AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D tipped for modest price hike — early listings point to $500 list for refreshed Zen 5 CPU

A new tip suggests the pricing of AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D will be close to the 9800X3D. Listings show a $511.4 ask for the new chip, but no official MSRP is mentioned. Running a few calculations gives us a value of around $4…

MSI B850 MPower Motherboard Review: Micro ATX made for overclocking memory

MSI’s B850 MPower is a solid all-around motherboard, but excels at memory overclocking, specifically with 8000-series APUs, where speeds over 10,000 MT/s are possible.

Another 16-pin GPU power connector gets scorched, but this time it’s not an RTX 5090 — User finds their Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 XT with scorched pins

The decisions to put a 16-pin power connector on a non-Nvidia GPU has started to show its consequences on the RX 9070 XT. Sapphire’s Nitro+ variant uses a 12v-2×6 connector, which has burnt down thrice already, making this…

Asus teaser video outs upcoming ‘Neo’ motherboards for AM5 — updates could include new AIO connector, M.2 upgrades, and NitroPath DRAM for ultra-fast DDR5

Asus teases forthcoming Neo AM5 motherboards supporting AMD’s Ryzen processors, to be officially announced at CES 2026.

Lisuan’s G100 series has reportedly begun shipping out to customers in first batch of deliveries — China’s first homegrown 6nm GPUs are no longer a show-floor exclusive

China’s first 6nm-class discrete GPUs, the G100 series from Lisuan, has apparently started to ship out to customers, months after their initial announcement. These GPUs, if as performant as claimed, hold the potential to f…

Former Samsung engineer accused of giving 10nm DRAM data to China’s CXMT, handwritten notes detailed over 600 process steps — gas flow ratios, photoresist settings and more critical stages detailed

A former Samsung Engineer accused of offering the secrets behind the company’s 10nm DRAM data to China’s ChangXin Memory Technologies has been accused of making hundreds of handwritten notes on detailed process steps.

Corsair MP700 Micro 4TB SSD Review: A monster in the tiny M.2 2242 form factor

The Corsair MP700 Micro is everything you want from a drive with high performance and power efficiency in a small form factor.

Fujifilm to begin shipping 40TB Ultrium tape cartridges in January 2026 — updated LTO Ultrium 10 archival storage can hold 100TB of compressed data in 0.8-inch thick cartridge

Fujifilm has confirmed that its new LTO Ultrium 10 data cartridges with 40TB native capacity will begin shipping in January 2026.

Grab this RTX 4050 HP Victus gaming laptop for just $599.99 — save $300 on budget-friendly 15.6-inch laptop featuring AMD Ryzen CPU and 16GB of RAM

This sub-$600 HP Victus 15 is a budget-friendly 1080p gaming laptops featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 7445HS CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD.