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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

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

2026-04-04 | by Mark Tyson | get Retro Windows 3.1X Kit → | tags: windows 3.1x, ryzen 9 9900x, rtx 5060 ti

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Don't ignore your desktop PC's empty M.2 slots - they're more useful than you think (zdnet.com)

2026-03-31 | by Kyle Kucharski | get M.2 NVMe SSD Adapter → | tags: m.2 slots, pc motherboard, usb expansion

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MSI MPG X870E Carbon Max Wifi Review: Small tweaks, same Carbon DNA (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Joe Shields | get MSI MPG X870E Motherboard → | tags: msi, x870e, wifi 7

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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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Billy bookshelves as a retro motherboard "rack" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-01 | by Ruben Schade | get Bookshelf → | tags: ikea billy, motherboard, atx

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Save $379.99 on this Asus X870E motherboard and 32GB of DDR5 RAM — Newegg combo deal is cheaper than buying the memory separately (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-20 | by Stewart Bendle | get X870E → | tags: asus, deals, gaming

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Save $900 on RAM bundle with almost a whole PC: 128GB of G.Skill memory, 9850X3D, MSI X870E motherboard, and 4TB SSD — the same price as buying the RAM by itself, just $1699.99 at Newegg (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-18 | by Stewart Bendle | get G.Skill → | tags: best, deals, gaming

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$50 junk second-hand motherboard turns into a SSD treasure trove worth $1,500 — 12 terabytes of blazing-fast storage finds a new owner amid crushing shortages (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Zhiye Liu | get SSD → | tags: ebay, hardware, motherboard

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Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset's EDAC driver — removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Motherboard → | tags: chipset, hardware, incompatibilities

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Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset — driver removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Motherboard → | tags: chipset, hardware, incompatibilities

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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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Modder more than doubles Asus ROG Xbox Ally X's memory with massive 64GB RAM upgrade — advanced soldering and BIOS modification unlock more capacity (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-02 | by Kunal Khullar | get Memory → | tags: ally, memory, modder

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Save big on an AM5 bundle perfect for AMD's imminent Ryzen 7 9850X3D — $499 Newegg X870 motherboard and 32GB DDR5 RAM bundle is the ideal start for your build (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-28 | by Stewart Bendle | get AM5 → | tags: deals, gaming, motherboard

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Grab a premium AM5 motherboard and RAM bundle for just $459 at Newegg — 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 and ASUS ROG Strix X870-A gets a big discount (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-13 | by Stephen Warwick | get RAM → | tags: asus, best, bundles

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Newegg bundles 16GB of DDR5-6000 RAM with Asus AM5 B850 mobo for under $240 — get 41% off and save $169.99 with this all-white combo (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-11 | by Jowi Morales | get RAM → | tags: best, deals, gaming

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MSI unlocks the full power of AMD CPUs with new MEG X870E Unify-X Max motherboard — premium Ryzen overclocking comes to AM5 (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-08 | by Zhiye Liu | get Ryzen → | tags: meg unify, motherboard, slots

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Grab DDR5 RAM and a motherboard for as little as $219.99 in these Newegg bundles — 16GB memory ships with Asus and MSI boards for AMD and Intel gaming PC builds (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-07 | by Ben Stockton | get DDR5 → | tags: board, deals, gaming

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What Happened to Abit Motherboards (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-30 | by Dave Farquhar | get Motherboard → | tags: abit, board, motherboards

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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 (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Zhiye Liu | get Motherboard → | tags: asus, hardware, motherboards

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New $110 Intel Z790 motherboard with DDR4 support is a Christmas gift to the world amid the memory pricing crisis — an affordable home for Alder Lake, Raptor Lake, and Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Zhiye Liu | get Motherboard → | tags: lake, motherboard, onda

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How ‘Cyberchase’ keeps up (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-23 | get Smartwatch → | tags: adapting, ai world, digital

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Hands-on with the Thermal Grizzly Der8enchtable: Updating our longstanding motherboard test bench (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-20 | by Joe Shields | get Thermal Grizzly → | tags: future, header, image