Australian PC builder Aftershock PC has launched the Cherry Bloom, a liquid-cooled gaming desktop featuring 70 handcrafted titanium-alloy cherry blossoms that mechanically unfurl as the system heats up, with no motors or electronics involved. The system, built in an APNX V2 case, includes an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, 64GB of DDR5 memory, a 1300W power supply and an RTX 5080 GPU, and sells for roughly $14,150 (about £10,650), excluding shipping.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-23
Aftershock, working with Zotac, has released the Cherry Bloom PC, a prebuilt gaming computer priced at roughly AU$19,995 (about $14,200). It pairs an RTX 5080, Ryzen 9800X3D, 64GB of DDR5-6000 RAM, a 2TB PCIe Gen4 SSD and a 1300W Platinum PSU with 70 handcrafted titanium-alloy cherry blossoms that open when the system heats up and close as it cools, all visible through a 270-degree case window.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-23
CyberPowerPC's SLC8500WST prebuilt pairs AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor with Nvidia's RTX 5080 Founders Edition graphics card, 32GB of DDR5-6000 memory, and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, all for $2,299 at Walmart. The CPU and GPU alone typically cost over $2,000 when bought separately, making the bundled memory and storage essentially free by comparison.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-21
Best Buy is selling the Asus ROG Strix G18, an 18-inch gaming laptop with an Nvidia RTX 5080 GPU, Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 2TB SSD, for $2,699.99, down $600 from its $3,299.99 list price. The machine features a 240Hz IPS display, RGB lighting, tool-less access for upgrades, and Thunderbolt 5 connectivity.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-16
Lenovo's Legion 9i Gen 10 pairs a 24-core Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus with an RTX 5080 GPU capable of drawing up to 175W, 64GB of DDR5-4800 memory, a 2TB Gen 5 SSD, and a nearly 100Wh battery. The reviewer calls it the best laptop they've tested, noting it performs almost identically to a desktop PC despite weighing 7.7 pounds and requiring a bulky 400W charger.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-11
Remedy Entertainment has released final PC requirements for Control Resonant, launching September 24. Every listed configuration relies on upscaling, with a GTX 1070 and Core i5-8500 needed just for 1080p at 30fps, while 4K/60fps path tracing demands an RTX 5080 alongside performance-mode upscaling. All tiers require 16GB RAM and a hefty 120GB of SSD space.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-10
Newegg is selling the ABS Kaze II Aqua gaming PC, which pairs an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D with an Nvidia RTX 5080, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB SSD, for $2,999.99 using a coupon code. That's $500 off list price and actually cheaper than the same bundle cost when it was featured back in April, despite rising component prices industry-wide.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-07
A Reddit user who paid nearly $1,400 for an MSI RTX 5080 SUPRIM Liquid SOC graphics card on Amazon received only a cheap vacuum mug instead. The third-party seller included a pamphlet with AI-generated images claiming the mug was a free gift and that the actual GPU would ship separately in about seven days due to bulk ordering, directing the buyer to a suspicious email address for tracking or refund requests.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-01
Playground Games has published official PC requirements for its upcoming Fable reboot, launching February 23, 2027. Entry-level 1080p/30fps play needs only an RTX 2060 or equivalent, but reaching 4K at 60fps on Ultra settings calls for an RTX 5080 or RTX 4080 paired with a Ryzen 9 7900X or Intel i9 13900K.
techspot.com
· 2026-08-30
A Reddit user reported finding a PNY GeForce RTX 5080 OC graphics card marked down to $702.56 at a local Walmart, well below its $1,249 listed price and Nvidia's $999 MSRP. The buyer verified the box contents matched the correct model and found the card in good condition before purchase.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-08-23
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