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Save $160 off AMD's ultimate gaming CPU combo, includes motherboard and chip cooler — $458 combo features Ryzen 7 9800X3D, B850 motherboard, and a 240mm liquid AIO (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-08 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: bundle, deals, gaming

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Price Hikes May Be Coming for PC Motherboards Next (cnet.com)

2026-08-07 | by Omar Gallaga | tags: cost, motherboard, motherboards

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Score the ultimate AMD AM4 starter pack with a six-core CPU and 16GB RAM for only $280 — kickstart your next PC build with $138 in savings (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-01 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: amd, ryzen 5 5500, b550m motherboard

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Your motherboard's M.2 SSD heatsink might be slowing down your SSD — Only 6 of 20 tested boards made full contact (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Joe Shields | tags: motherboard, m.2 ssd, heatsink

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Motherboard VRM thermal testing – budget vs. high-end boards, does it really matter? (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Joe Shields | tags: motherboard, vrm, power delivery

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Grab AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary CPU with motherboard and 16GB RAM for just $529 — save over $100 on this epic AMD gaming bundle (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-18 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: amd ryzen 7 5800x3d, asus tuf gaming b550-plus, newegg

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AMD X870 Motherboard Roundup: 53 Motherboards Tested (techspot.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: amd motherboards, compare, compare amd

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AMD X870 Motherboard Roundup: 53 Motherboards Tested (techspot.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: amd motherboards, compare, compare amd

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China-made CXMT memory now supports faster speeds on MSI's AMD motherboards — new BIOS adds DDR5-8200 validation on dual-DIMM, DDR5-7200 on quad-DIMM models (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-06 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: china, memory, modules

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D re-review: Maxing out DDR4’s gaming potential (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-25 | by Jake Roach | get Corsair Vengeance DDR4 RAM → | tags: ryzen 7 5800x3d, am4 motherboard, ddr4 memory

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Micro Center Tech Days Delivers Big Savings on PC Building Essentials (cnet.com)

2026-06-24 | by Cnet Brandx For Gigabyte | get PC Building Starter Kit → | tags: micro center, amd ryzen 9 9950x3d, gigabyte x870e aorus master

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The motherboard market is so bad that flagship boards are selling at entry-level prices — save up to 57% of premium motherboard designs while RAM prices surge (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-22 | by Jake Roach | get ASUS ROG Strix Motherboard → | tags: asrock, z890 taichi, motherboard

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On CPU Physics and CPU Cycles (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-13 | by No Bugs | get Intel Core i9 Processor → | tags: cpu physics, cpu cycles, sherry ignatchenko

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Various vendors add AMD EXPO Ultra-Low Latency to 600-series motherboards in latest BIOS updates — tech tightens memory subtimings on compatible kits, boosting FPS by up to 4% (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-12 | by Hassam Nasir | get AMD EXPO Memory Kit → | tags: agesa, expo, motherboards

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Get 32GB of DDR5 RAM for only $255 in this 2-item combo from Newegg — just $514.99 gets you Corsair Vengeance RGB RAM and a Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite motherboard, 26% off (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-12 | by Joe Shields | get Corsair Vengeance RGB RAM → | tags: deal, deals, elite

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AMD B650 expansion cards hit retail starting at $199 — add four M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots and 11 USB ports to any PC with a PCIe slot (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-06 | by Zak Killian | get PCIe 4.0 M.2 Expansion Card → | tags: card, express, motherboards

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Production of DDR4 memory and motherboards is restarting amid unprecedented memory shortages — PC industry preparing for a world without DDR5 (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-04 | by Paul Alcorn | get Corsair Vengeance DDR4 RAM → | tags: hardware, memory, motherboard

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AMD’s Plan to Fix RAM Costs: Bring Back Bygone CPUs (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-01 | get AMD Ryzen Memory Upgrade Kit → | tags: amd, am4, ram

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Asus ROG Crosshair 2006 motherboard review: 20 years of ROG (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-28 | by Joe Shields | get ASUS ROG Crosshair Motherboard → | tags: asus rog crosshair, republic of gamers, motherboard

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Get 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM for $240 when paired with this Asus motherboard — start your AM5 PC for just $639, saving $245 in the process (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-28 | by Stephen Warwick | get Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM → | tags: corsair vengeance, asus rog strix, amd am5

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Shipping a laptop to a refugee camp in Uganda (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-22 | tags: macbooks, uganda, airtel

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Enthusiast crams reversed-engineered PS2 into a handheld, designs custom motherboard — bespoke "PlayStation 2 Portable" pairs modern features with original silicon (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-18 | by Hassam Nasir | get PlayStation 2 Portable Kit → | tags: playstation 2, ps2 portable, tschicki

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Motherboard sales are collapsing because AI data centers made RAM too expensive to buy (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get Corsair Vengeance RAM → | tags: motherboard, ram, ai data centers

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Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | by Jowi Morales | get ASUS ROG Strix Motherboard → | tags: nvidia, amd, intel

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iGame X870E Vulcan OC V14 Motherboard Review: Colorful enters the high-end overclocking scene (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-29 | by Joe Shields | get Colorful iGame Z790 Vulcan → | tags: colorful, igame x870e vulcan oc v14, overclocking

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Chernobyl virus turned 27 today, and it could brick your PC in ways modern malware can't by overwriting BIOS firmware (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-26 | by Luke James | get BIOS Firmware Update Tool → | tags: cih virus, bios firmware, motherboard

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AMD's memory-boosting EXPO 1.2 is here, adds support for three Chinese memory vendors — performance gains could be muted until Zen 6 (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-25 | by Zhiye Liu | get AMD EXPO 1.2 RAM → | tags: amd, expo 1.2, am5 motherboards

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Intel Xpress Resurrection: Reviving a Forgotten EISA Beast (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | by Doc Tb | get Intel Xpress Resurrection Kit → | tags: intel xpress, eisa motherboard, pentium 60 mhz

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Nvidia's mythical N1 SoC surfaces on a real motherboard, and it's packing 128GB of LPDDR5X (techspot.com)

2026-04-10 | get Nvidia N1 Motherboard Kit → | tags: nvidia n1, lpddr5x, motherboard

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Enthusiast installs Win 3.1X on bare metal Ryzen 9 9900X and RTX 5060 Ti system using floppy disk drive, OS from 1992 running on 2025 hardware — Asus motherboard’s ‘classic BIOS’ functionality was instrumental to the feat (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-04 | by Mark Tyson | get Vintage Computing Floppy Disk Kit → | tags: windows 3.1x, ryzen 9 9900x, asus motherboard