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AMD reportedly instructed board partners not to sample the Radeon RX 9050. Hardware Unboxed got one through side channels and reviewed it without showing the card or naming the source.

https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu-displays/amd-tried-to-block-rx-9050-reviews-now-we-know-why/

#AMD #Radeon #GPU #GraphicsCards #PCHardware #Semiconductors #tech

NVIDIA sold the RTX 5060 Ti with 8GB or 16GB. Same chip. Launch price difference: $50.
Today the market difference is $191.
The 4060 Ti ran the same experiment two years earlier and landed within 50 cents per gigabyte.

https://www.buysellram.com/blog/nvidia-consumer-gpu-price-report-august-2026/

#NVIDIA #GPUPrices #RTX50 #RTX5090 #VRAM #GDDR7 #DRAM #GPU #PCHardware #ITAD #ITAssetDisposition #DataCenter #ResaleValue #technology

NVIDIA sold the RTX 5060 Ti with 8GB or 16GB. Same chip. Launch price difference: $50.
Today the market difference is $191.
The 4060 Ti ran the same experiment two years earlier and landed within 50 cents per gigabyte.

https://www.buysellram.com/blog/nvidia-consumer-gpu-price-report-august-2026/

#NVIDIA #GPUPrices #RTX50 #RTX5090 #VRAM #GDDR7 #DRAM #GPU #PCHardware #ITAD #ITAssetDisposition #DataCenter #ResaleValue #tech

This hurts to watch...

#PCBuilding #PCHardware #fail

«Buy our prebuilt computers!»

Great, let's check them out.

«We have multiple financing optio--»

Fuck you.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #PCGaming #PCGames #PCHardware #Hardware #PC #Computer #Computers #Laptop #Laptops

Has anyone ever seen a CR2032 or similar coin cell type battery leak? 🤔🤷‍♂️

I can't say I ever have in many decades of working with them in PC's.

#PCHardware #CR2032 #PCComponents

As someone said, the #SteamMachine is not a bad product....

...it has a bad price.

People who has the console (YES, IT'S A CONSOLE. FIGHT ME) love it, which is proof that #Valve knows what they're doing.

It's a shame that not enough people is going to love it.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Steam #PC #PCHardware #Hardware #PCGaming #PCGames #Console #Consoles

RE: https://mastodon.social/@darkghosthunter/115062453856148189

So, I gave #Valve the idea of the #SteamMachine 3 months in advance...

...but they didn't took the price into consideration.

When we moved from the good timeline to the bad timeline?

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Steam #SteamMachine #PC #PCGaming #PCGames #PCHardware #Hardware #Computer #Computers #SteamOS #Linux

At $1,050, the #SteamMachine is DOA. This is the end of PC Gaming 😥

- $1,049 - 512GB
- $1.130 - 512GB + #SteamController
- $1,350 - 2TB
- $1,430 - 2TB + Steam Controller

You're paying $1,000 for 4-year old hardware: #Zen4 6@12, 16GB RAM, RDNA3 8GB VRAM (similar to RX 7600M, RTX 3060~ Desktop).

This makes the #PS5Pro look cheap 🤯.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Steam #Valve #AMD #RDNA3 #RDNA #Zen #AMDZen #PCGaming #PC #PCHardware #PCGames #Hardware #Technology #Computer #Computers #ComputerGames

Wow, another great video by #JustJosh: "Gaming" laptops on Amazon are a scam?

My rule of thumb: RTX for gaming, Apple for working, the rest for anything else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO5AWF1WMS8

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Laptop #Laptops #AMD #NVIDIA #RTX #GamingLaptop #GamingLaptops #PC #PCHardware #PCGaming #PCGames

This is my #FediHire help post:
I'm a Senior Software Developer (and general computer technologist) based in Western Canada Calgary region looking for work:

• Primary industry work has been with #csharp #sqlserver and #javascript
• Other skills include #linux #devops #continuousIntegration #continiousdelivery #pchardware #networkinfrastructure
• I've experience advising and enforcing #ITSM practices

Looking for employment or contract work. Prefer hybrid or Work From Home but willing to commute with the right circumstances.

Please Boost & don't be shy about reaching out for more info!

#calgaryJobs #getfedihired #fedihire #gethired #AskFediCanada #canadajobs

Edit-to-add: I like coding, problem solving, hunting for root-causes, enabling all levels to better understand and use their systems. I do this now, but I need to feed my family, thus payment is the exchange. I'd do it for free if I could.

On my own time projects:

• Creating a console TUI/library to use Skylanders Portal to read & Adjust/Alter Figs/1

Nice to see that #WulffDen coincides with my recommendation: the #Switch2 is the best deal in gaming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZNik05z5dQ

Even then, the #XboxROGAlly is surprisingly a very close second alternative.

For $599, it's one of the most affordable handleds around... until it gets a price increase in the coming months.

No device is safe.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #XBOX #ROG #ROGAlly #ASUS #Handleds #Handled #Microsoft #PC #PCHardware #Windows #Windows11

What's sad about the twilight of PC is that also content creators will get less revenue.

The less people are interested in new PC technologies, the less there is incentive to see PC content.

#PC #PCGaming #Computer #Computers #PCGames #Hardware #PCHardware #Technology

GIGABYTE and CORSAIR smash DDR5 world record

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/06/gigabyte-and-corsair-smash-ddr5-world-record/

I believe this will the only kind of #PCGaming announcement next year.

https://videocardz.com/newz/hp-and-ferrari-launch-5599-ai-pc-limited-to-4999-units

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #PCGames #PC #Laptop #Laptops #LaptopGaming #PCHardware #Hardware #HP #Ferrari

Okay my #pchardware people. What would be a low cost GPU that would run Windows 11 reasonably well. I picked up a contract job and need to run Windows 11/Microsoft 365 in a libvirt VM. I'd like to have a bit better graphic performance so I am going to use GPIO pass through.

https://www.wacoca.com/games/1389161/ AMD and Nvidia Just Dropped the MOTHERLOAD! ##GAMING #7700x3d #amd #cpus #Game #GameNews #games #GamingNews #gpus #NewCpus #NewGpus #NextGen #NextGenCpus #NVIDIA #NvidiaSpark #pchardware #RX9070GRE #ゲーミング #ゲーム #ゲーム攻略 #ゲーム最新情報

I'll rather take #GamersNexus interpretations of #NVIDIA #N1X rather than brainded optimistic #LTT coverage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJMbeG3tXjc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXneUrL3Fe0

What you prefer?

#Computex #Computex26 #Computex2026 #LinusTechTips #YouTube #RTXSpark #N1 #Technology #GTC2026 #GTC26 #Hardware #PCHardware #ARM #PCGaming #Laptop #Laptops #GamingLaptops #AI #Agents #Agent #Agentic #AgenticAI #GenAI #ArtificialIntelligence

Valve is going to have to pivot from "Selling a console alternative at $499" to "Selling #HalfLife3 machine for $1,200".

The more time passes, the more cooked the #SteamMachine looks to me. We're talking hardware from 2022 (Zen4, RDNA3) being sold as novelty in 2026.

For $1,200, you can get a very powerful #RTX laptop.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Laptops #Laptop #Valve #Steam #Hardware #PCHardware #PCGaming #PCGames #AMD

In the coming months, you will see #Palit / #Gainward, #Sapphire, #Zotac, #PowerColor, #Seasonic, #GSkill and #TeamGroup, #ASRock, #Kingston, etc. selling direct to consumer (#D2C).

Many of them will opt to outsource their store to #AliExpress, #NewEgg or #Amazon.

#Microcenter will be the last bastion of DYI PC.

#PC #PCGaming #PCGames #PCHardware #Hardware #Technology #Computers #Computer

The #SteamDeck price hike is to me the beginning of the end for mainstream #PCGaming.

- Retailers will shrink or move to B2B.
- Boutique assemblers will just vanish.
- Mainstream brands will move to premium (and die) or cheap (and die)
- OEM will sell direct to consumer (MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte, etc) or move entirely to Server (like Micron).

I would sell all gaming stonks today.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Steam #Valve #PCGames #PC #Hardware #PCHardware

Shocker! The #SteamDeck got a price hike!

- 512GB OLED = $789 ($200)
- 1TB OLED+AG = $949 ($300)

I cannot longer recommend the Steam Deck as entry level gaming.

If you want to play *something*, get a #MacMini or a #MacBookNeo... if you can find them.

How much the #SteamMachine will cost? $1,200? Will be DOA?

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Steam #Valve #Handled #Handleds #Portable #PortableGaming #PortableGames #Hardware #PCHardware #PGGaming #Linux #Arch #SteamOS #PCGames #Computer #Computers

What will be closing end of 2026, early 2027:

- #OriginPC
- #Maingear
- #FalconNorthwest
- #iBuyPower
- #CyberPowerPC
- #NZXT

What will dissapear or reduce operations (output or only high-end products) in 2027/2028:

- #ASRock
- #MSI
- #Gigabyte
- #Zotac
- #TeamGroup
- #PowerColor
- #Palit
- #Corsair

#PC will become a luxury. Laptops will become the new entry point.

#Technology #Computer #Computers #Laptop #Laptops #PCHardware #Hardware #PCGaming #PCGames

«You had your Email on the cloud. Your files on the cloud. Your music on the cloud. Your social messages, on the cloud. Your software, on the cloud.

Did you expect that your computer will never end up on the cloud too? Really?»

#Computer #Computers #Technology #Datacenter #Cloud #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #PC #PCHardware #Hardware #DIY

Eventually, you will end up with a thin-client that connects to an #AI-powered virtual machine on the locud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyQwAhppWj8

It will _look_ like your PC, and will _perform_ like your PC. It will not be *your* PC.

The sooner the AI bubble explodes, the better. Until then, expect #CoolerMaster, #MSI, #Corsair, and others to move into the AI market, like #Micron did with #Crucial.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Computers #Computer #PC #PCGaming #PCHardware #PCMarket #GamersNexus #Video

Windows laptops in 2026 are a great upsell for a #MacBook.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3hNCC_YPCE

The exception is a #GamingLaptop. If you want to play games, you're better with a #MacBookAir and a #PlayStation5.

I'm all in with #JustJosh, the era of computer builders is ending, the era of vertical integration is here. Look Apple.

#Technology #JustTech #Apple #MacBookAir #MacBookPro #Microsoft #Windows11 #MicrosoftWindows #Laptop #Laptops #AppleSilicon #RAM #AI #Hardware #PCHardware #PCGaming #PCGames

Nvidia implemented a $300 wholesale price hike on the RTX 5090 effective May 13 — passed directly to board partners like ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte. The official MSRP stays at $1,999, but that card is effectively impossible to buy at that price. Most configurations are now trading above $4,000.
The root cause isn't arbitrary. GDDR7 memory — which the RTX 5090 uses 32GB of — now makes up over 80% of the card's total bill of materials. AI data centers are consuming foundry wafer capacity at scale, pushing memory costs up across the board. Nvidia has also cut RTX 50 series production by up to 40% and canceled the RTX 50 Super entirely, pushing the RTX 60 generation to 2028.
For enterprise teams weighing hardware investments: local GPU acquisition still beats cloud compute on TCO for sustained workloads — but the math is changing fast. And legacy GPU inventory is worth more right now than it's been in years.
Full breakdown linked below.

#Nvidia #RTX5090 #GPU #GDDR7 #ITAssetManagement #ITAD #HardwarePricing #TechInfrastructure #AIInfrastructure #DataCenter #PCHardware #EnterpriseIT #BuySellRam #technology

Nvidia quietly raised RTX 5090 wholesale prices by $300 on May 13 — and board partners have no choice but to pass it on. The culprit: GDDR7 memory now accounts for over 80% of the card's bill of materials, driven by AI infrastructure demand consuming foundry capacity. Street prices are already above $4,000 on most configurations, with some models heading toward $4,500–$5,000.
https://www.buysellram.com/blog/why-rtx-5090-prices-keep-climbing-nvidias-wholesale-hike-and-the-gddr7-shortage-behind-it/

#Nvidia #RTX5090 #GPU #GDDR7 #DataCenter #PCHardware #EnterpriseIT #BuySellRam #technology

Nvidia quietly raised RTX 5090 wholesale prices by $300 on May 13 — and board partners have no choice but to pass it on. The culprit: GDDR7 memory now accounts for over 80% of the card's bill of materials, driven by AI infrastructure demand consuming foundry capacity. Street prices are already above $4,000 on most configurations, with some models heading toward $4,500–$5,000.
https://www.buysellram.com/blog/why-rtx-5090-prices-keep-climbing-nvidias-wholesale-hike-and-the-gddr7-shortage-behind-it/

#Nvidia #RTX5090 #GPU #GDDR7 #DataCenter #PCHardware #EnterpriseIT #BuySellRam #tech