Intel announces Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs, claims 15% higher gaming performance and multi-threaded boost — Core Ultra 7 270K and Core Ultra 5 250K come with more cores, faster memory, and a price cut

Intel is introducing two new Arrow Lake CPUs under the Core Ultra 200S Plus banner, while slashing prices and adding more E-cores. The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus are said to offer 15% better gaming p…

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Grab this speedy 4TB Crucial P310 SSD, the cheapest on sale right now, for just £299.99 — nearly £90 price drop is as good as it gets for high-capacity PC storage as the AI crunch continues to bite

Another big sale day means you can grab a 4TB Crucial P310 2280 NVMe SSD with PCIe 4.0 speeds for just £299.99, nearly £90 less than it cost a few weeks ago, and pushing back a little against the AI price hikes.
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Get 32GB of Kingston DDR5 for $261 when bundled with the new 9850X3D and an X870 motherboard — get AMD’s fastest gaming chip and the core of an AM5 build for less than $1,100

Get an AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D, Asus ROG Strix X870E-H, and 32GB of Kingston Fury Beast RAM for $1,099 at Newegg.

Cancelled Blu-Ray recorder production leads to flood of orders for Panasonic after rivals exit market — last supplier standing apologizes for delays as firm inundated with orders

Panasonic is struggling to keep up with orders for its flagship Blu-ray recorder system in Japan.

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Rumored RTX 5050 9GB GDDR7 could make hay from recycled RTX 5060 silicon — refreshed entry-level Blackwell card might finally have enough VRAM for DLSS and MFG in demanding games

Trusted hardware leaker kopite7kimi has released fresh rumors regarding Nvidia’s purported GeForce RTX 5050 9GB GDDR7 graphics card.
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Intel shares XeSS 3.0 SDK for game devs with 3x and 4x MFG modes — but it still hasn’t followed through on its open-source promise

XeSS 3.0 has been available inside Intel’s graphics driver suite for some time now, but the chipmaker has finally released the accompanying SDK for game developers, albeit only in closed-source form.
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Intel Nova Lake CPU teaser lists official support for speedy DDR5-8000 RAM — B960 mini-PC’s upgraded power system signals Nova Lake’s higher power demands

ECS showcases revamped Liva P300 mini-PC for Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake processors, revealing some interesting features along the way.
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SK hynix introduces turbocharged LPDDR6, 33% faster and 20% more power efficient than LPDDR5X — 16Gb chips deliver 10.7 Gbps, uses 10nm node

SK Hynix has announced the successful development of its first LPDDR6 memory modules that operate at “over” 10.7Gbps. The new modules take advantage of the manufacturer’s bleeding-edge 10nm-class (1c) process node.
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Dynamic MFG comes to RTX 50-series GPUs to push monitor refresh rates to the max — more flexible mode with 5x and 6x multipliers arrives March 31

Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, announced back at CES, will be arriving March 31, along with extended 5X and 6X modes.
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Get an X870 Motherboard, 32GB of RAM, a 1050W Power supply, and a Montech King 95 Pro case for only $774 — save over $220 on this 4-item combo from Newegg

Snag an MSI X870 Tomahawk Wifi, 32GB of V-Color DDR5-6400 RAM, Montech 1050W ATX3.1/5.1 power supply, and a sweet-looking Montech King 95 chassis for $774 – start your AM5 build off with this comprehensive 4-item combo fro…