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ASRock BC-250: Building the Budget Steam Machine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: asrock, bc-250, steam machine

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AMD's new Radeon RX 9050 is roughly 30% slower than the RTX 5050 in games, early testing shows — the cheapest 8GB RDNA 4 GPU comfortably handles 1080p gaming but doesn't impress (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: amd, radeon rx 9050, nvidia geforce rtx 5050

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Show HN: Qwen Scribe – local transcription and dictation for Apple Silicon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: qwen scribe, apple silicon, qwen3-asr

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4GB GPUs might return with AMD's Radeon RX 9050 (techspot.com)

2026-07-29 | by Daniel Sims | tags: amd, radeon rx 9050, asrock

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4GB graphics cards are back (theverge.com)

2026-07-28 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: asrock, rx 9050, amd

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ASRock officially announces Radeon RX 9050 with 8GB VRAM — RDNA 4 card offers boost clock of up to 2600MHz (updated) (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: asrock, radeon rx 9050, rdna 4

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Leaked Radeon RX 9050 hints at the return of 4GB VRAM GPUs in 2026 — new budget RDNA 4 card also spotted in 8GB config with half the power of an RX 9060 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: radeon rx 9050, amd, asrock

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Refactoring cuisine: how an Iraqi stew sailed to Singapore (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-26 | by Josh Izaac | tags: calamansi, bamya asam, noomi basra

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Get AMD’s new Ryzen 7 7700X3D with 16GB of RAM and a motherboard for just $450 — save 31% on a B650M Micro ATX and G.Skill DDR5 for an epic small build (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-17 | by Stewart Bendle | tags: amd, ryzen 7 7700x3d, asrock b650m

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Japanese firm launches hyper-realistic capsule toy PC parts ‘you can assemble and play with’ — tiny motherboards, cases, and CPUs are coming after Tarlin inks collab with the ‘big four’ PC parts makers (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-28 | by Mark Tyson | get Miniature PC Building Kit → | tags: asrock, gigabyte, intel

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RAM crisis provokes enthusiast to try Windows 11 on DDR1-era hardware — other key vintage components included the Core 2 Q6600 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-27 | by Mark Tyson | get Vintage PC RAM Upgrade → | tags: ram crisis, windows 11, core 2 quad

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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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Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | get Meta Workplace Privacy Kit → | tags: meta, privacy protections, work devices

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Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work - but only for half an hour at a time (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-03 | get Meta Privacy Tracking Block → | tags: meta, privacy protections, work devices

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AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE review: A cheaper GPU for a wildly expensive era (engadget.com)

2026-06-02 | by Devindra Hardawar | get AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPU → | tags: amd, radeon rx 9070 gre, asrock

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Core i7-14700F gaming PC with RTX 5060, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage gets $470 discount — Newegg's ABS Cyclone Aqua prebuilt is $1,329 with code (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-31 | by Kunal Khullar | get Gaming PC with RTX 5060 → | tags: core i7-14700f, rtx 5060, asrock b760m-cx

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ASRock BC-250 used for Steam Machine duty gains third-party hack to unlock all 40 CUs — mining board now has more CUs than a base PS5 (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-28 | by Aaron Klotz | get ASRock Steam Machine Hack → | tags: asrock bc-250, ps5 soc, gddr6 memory

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Motherboard sales 'collapse' by more than 25% as chipmakers strangle enthusiast PC market to build more AI chips — Asus projected to sell 5 million fewer boards in 2025, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock also expected to see reduced sales numbers (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-07 | by Jowi Morales | get ASUS ROG Strix Motherboard → | tags: asus, gigabyte, msi

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Outstanding RTX 5080 combo bundle saves you $1,385 on a complete high-spec PC build — 64GB of RAM, 9850X3D, 2TB Samsung 9100 Pro, Corsair Case, and Power Supply for $2849 (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-05 | by Stewart Bendle | get RTX 5080 Graphics Card → | tags: nvidia, rtx 5080, amd ryzen 7 9850x3d

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Get a DDR5 starter build with a Ryzen 5 7600X and ASRock B650M Pro motherboard for 23% off — $430 bundle helps avoid inflated RAM prices (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-04 | by Aaron Klotz | get Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM → | tags: ryzen 5 7600x, asrock b650m pro, teamgroup delta rgb

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Microsoft now recommends 32GB of RAM as the future-proof 'no worries' config for gaming — 16GB becomes the new 'practical starting point' during the RAMageddon (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-03 | by Hassam Nasir | get Corsair Vengeance 32GB RAM → | tags: microsoft, windows, rampocalypse

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Newegg finally has a worthwhile Intel combo that includes memory, saving almost $240 — snag an Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, ASRock Z890 motherboard, and 32GB of GSkill Trident Z5 DDR5 RAM for only $768.34 (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-30 | by Joe Shields | get Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Bundle → | tags: intel, asrock, gskill

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VibeVoice: Open-source frontier voice AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | get VibeVoice Voice Assistant Kit → | tags: vibevoice, hugging face, asr

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Microsoft VibeVoice: Open-Source Frontier Voice AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | get VibeVoice Voice AI Kit → | tags: vibevoice, huging face transformers, asr

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Asrock's new HUDIMM standard wants to make DDR5 affordable again, by cutting it in half (techspot.com)

2026-04-20 | get DDR5 Memory Module → | tags: asrock, hudimm, ddr5

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Latest Intel Core Ultra 7 270K bundle includes a 2TB SSD and 64GB of RAM for just $1,499 — includes Z890 motherboard, case, and AIO cooler, just add a GPU and PSU for a complete PC build (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-20 | by Stewart Bendle | get Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Bundle → | tags: intel, core ultra 7 2700k, asrock z890

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New HUDIMM memory specification debuts with goal of slashing DDR5 prices during RAM shortages — A new, cheaper memory standard with half the bandwidth and half the capacity (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-19 | by Hassam Nasir | get DDR5 Memory Module → | tags: hudimm, asrock, teamgroup

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Level up your gaming setup with this Core Ultra 5 250K Plus bundle for $299 — save $60 with ASRock's rock-solid B860 motherboard (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-03 | by Zhiye Liu | get ASRock B860 Motherboard → | tags: core ultra 5 250k plus, asrock b860, arrow lake refresh

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Save $240 on Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K Plus with 32GB of DDR5-6000 and Z890 motherboard — get Intel's newest, fastest gaming CPU in a bundle that's 23% off (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-03 | by Jake Roach | get Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Bundle → | tags: intel, core ultra 7 270k plus, asrock z890

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Cohere's open-weight ASR model hits 5.4% word error rate — low enough to replace speech APIs in production pipelines (venturebeat.com)

2026-03-30 | get Cohere Speech Recognition Kit → | tags: cohere, asr model, word error rate