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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 | tags: asrock, z890 taichi, motherboard

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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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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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Radeon RX 9070 XT bundle bonanza includes free SSDs, AIO coolers, and power supplies for $699 — Red Team rescues gamers with reasonably-priced GPU bundles (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-28 | by Kunal Khullar | get Radeon RX 9070 XT Bundle → | tags: amd, radeon rx 9070 xt, asrock challenger

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Newegg Promo Code: 10% Off in March 2026 (wired.com)

2026-03-20 | by Molly Higgins | get Newegg Gift Card → | tags: newegg, pc hardware, gigabyte

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ASRock launches new Frankensteined motherboard with one DDR4 slot and two DDR5 slots — Intel board signals the RAM apocalypse is truly nigh (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-15 | by Hassam Nasir | get ASRock DDR4/DDR5 Motherboard → | tags: asrock, frankensteined motherboard, ddr4 ddr5

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Asrock responds to reports of Ryzen 9000 CPU failures on its AM5 motherboards (techspot.com)

2026-02-06 | get Ryzen 9000 → | tags: areas, areas including, asrock

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ASRock issues statement concerning yet another round of Ryzen 9000 CPU failures — motherboard vendor says it is 'working in seamless coordination' with AMD to investigate (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-05 | by Zak Killian | get Ryzen CPU → | tags: asrock, cpus, issue

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Someone just scored an AMD Radeon 5700 XT graphics card for $4.99 at Goodwill (techspot.com)

2026-01-26 | get Radeon 5700 → | tags: asrock, asrock phantom, box goodwill

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Someone found an AMD RX 5700 XT graphics card at Goodwill for just $5 (techspot.com)

2026-01-26 | get Graphics Card → | tags: asrock, asrock phantom, box goodwill

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ASRock to enter AIO liquid cooling market with an intriguing pumpless design at CES — full lineup to include more traditional options, some with LCD displays (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-01 | by Hassam Nasir | get AIO → | tags: asrock, coolers, just

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ASRock releases new Intel motherboard with support for both DDR4 and DDR5 memory — The "H610 Combo" features both types of DIMM slots, but you can't mix generations (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-04 | by Hassam Nasir | get Motherboard → | tags: asrock, combo, memory

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ASRock X870 LiveMixer Wifi motherboard review: Connectivity for the creator (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-04 | by Joe Shields | get LiveMixer → | tags: asrock, board, gbps

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The same ASRock B850 motherboard kills three Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs worth $1,000 one by one in South Korea — victim used updated BIOS and never overclocked, but still lost all their processors (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-03 | by Hassam Nasir | get ASRock B850 → | tags: asrock, chips, cpus