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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 | 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

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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