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The Intel Core i7-13700T has shown up on Geekbench. The sixteen-core, twenty-four-thread processor scored 1,939 and 11,564 on the single and multi-core tests, respectively. Its base/boost clocks are set at 1.4/4.78 GHz.

YouTuber Moore's Law is Dead heard from his sources that Intel will soon give Arc the axe. Raja Koduri, head of Intel's GPU division, said the aforementioned statement was false by showing that the Arc A770 was being prepped for launch.

Nvidia's internal test data for an unspecified GeForce RTX 4000 series graphic card has been leaked online. The SKU in question isn't a flagship model, and it is, on average, two times faster than Ampere in gaming and productivity applications such as Cyberpunk 2077, Control, Blender and Autodesk Arnold.

An unnamed overclocker has provided Wccftech with a CPU-Z screenshot showing an overclocked Intel Core i9-13900K in action. The Raptor Lake processor goes as high as 8.0 GHz with LN2 cooling and a CPU voltage of 1.792 V.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card has supposedly been put through the 3DMark Time Spy Extreme benchmark. It scores 20,192 points in the test, with boost clocks going as high as 3,015 MHz.

The very capable RTX 3070 Ti desktop graphics card from Nvidia, which was often sold at more than US$1,000 during the height of the GPU shortage, is finally on sale for a very reasonable price of US$599 at a well-known US retailer.

Cyberpunk 2077 is all set to receive a major update in the form of Patch 1.6. It adds new weapons, cosmetics and several QoL improvements, many of which are not accessible on last-gen consoles. Even the Phantom Liberty DLC will be limited to the PS5, Xbox Series S|X, PC and Stadia.

Even though AMD promised USB4 support for the upcoming Zen4-based processors, it looks like this feature could still see very limited availability even on premium AM5 motherboards. Gigabyte's new X670E AORUS MASTER, for instance, does not feature any USB4 ports, but supports a future USB4 add-in card.

A new leak says that Nvidia has two GeForce RTX 4080 variants lined up. One will supposedly feature 16 GB of VRAM while the other with 12 GB. The company plans to launch them both simultaneously, the leak adds.

A previously unseen Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 variant with 20 GB VRAM has shown up online. It uses a GA102-250 GPU and seems to be tailor-made for cryptocurrency mining. The model is likely the result of a failed test run as only 100 of those supposedly exist.

The USB Promoter Group has unveiled specifications for USB4 Version 2.0, the next-gen standard for type-C ports that might increase data-transfer speeds by 2x, even through some existing cables. It is also rated as compatible with its PCIe and DisplayPort counterparts, and may improve performance for some USB 3.2 devices.

According to reports, Microsoft is looking to introduce plenty of new devices at this year's autumn hardware event. Not only is the company rumoured to have Surface Pro 8 and Surface Pro X successors ready, but also the Surface Laptop 5 and even a Surface Studio 3.

MSI's latest IoT silent and compact mini PCs feature Intel’s Alder Lake-P ultra-low voltage processors with up to 64 GB of DDR4-3200 RAM and support for NVMe + SATA storage, plus quad 4K video outputs and dual 2.5 GbE NICs. There is optional support for Wi-Fi 6 + BT and NANO SIMs.

After years of ridiculously inflated prices, a new desktop GPU deal on Amazon finally brings the quick Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 back below US$1,000, which is a decent price for impatient gamers who can't wait for the upcoming release of the RTX 4000 series of graphics cards.

A hands-on photo of NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition graphics card has leaked online. Pictured ahead of the RTX 40 series' official announcement later this year, it appears as though NVIDIA has tweaked the design that it introduced with the current RTX 30 series.

An early AMD Ryzen 9 7950X sample has been tested on Cinebench R23. It scored 2,205 and 29,649 in the single and multi-core tests, respectively. The CPU's single and multi-core boost clocks were set at 5.7 GHz and 5.0 GHz, respectively.

Geekbench results of the 6C/12T AMD Ryzen 5 7600X have surfaced online indicating a single-core performance equivalent to that of the Core i9-12900KS and better multi-core compared to even the 8C/16T Ryzen 7 5800X. At US$299, the Ryzen 5 7600X could turn out to be a viable option for those looking at gaming and pre-dominantly single-core use cases.

Due to slowdowns with PC component demand, DDR5 prices have been steadily declining in the past few months. Industry insiders believe that the downward trend will continue into 2023, when the gap between DDR4 and DDR5 prices could be significantly reduced.

Offered by the Kubuntu Linux developers themselves, the new Focus NX mini PC is powered by either a Core i5-1135G7 or i7-1165G7 and comes with premium features such as 2x Thunderbolt 3 connectors plus an SDXC card reader.

Lenovo touts its latest Chromebox for Enterprise as the mini-workstation for nearly every conceivable 2022 use-case with up-to-date specs, support for business-grade cloud management and streamlined, even remote, installation options crammed into a chassis of just about 1 liter (l) in volume. It also features security and support features from both Google and Lenovo.

The ThinkVision S25e-30 is Lenovo's latest 24.5-inch FHD monitor. It has a starting price in line with its HDMI 1.4 spec; nevertheless, it has launched with the same new, red-accented design of its higher-end siblings that integrates its own joystick for easier physical control. It also benefits from potentially realistic color reproduction and a faster-than-average refresh rate.

AMD’s Zen 4 announcement was jam-packed with the talk of performance gains of AMD CPUs over competing Intel Alder Lake chips. Intel is allegedly returning the favor on the same day as the AMD Zen 4 sale is set to go live by announcing the Core i9-13900K, the Core i7-13700K, and the Core i5-13600K.

Hobbies? Not in this economy. Money has always been a concern, but with the way things are looking going forward, it's becoming even more of an issue. With luxury purchases being the first to suffer during economic downturns, it's good that there are still powerful and affordable chips that gamers can turn to.

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X has finally made its Geekbench debut with a single-core score of 2,217 and a multi-core score of 24,396. Its main competitor, the Intel Core i9-13900K scored 2,169 and 24,189 in the same test.

YouTuber TeaserPlay recently outed a concept trailer for The Witcher 4 running on Unreal Engine 5. The trailer utilizes UE5 technologies including Lumen, Nanite, and Metahuman. With developer CD Projekt RED building the next Witcher game on UE5, the concept trailer offers a glimpse of what it might end up looking like.

AMD showed off a high-end RDNA 3 GPU at its Ryzen 7000 launch event. The unnamed graphics card was shown running The Lies of P, a newly-announced game at 4K with maximum settings. Unfortunately, AMD didn't specify a launch date for the Radeon RX 7000 series and said it would come later this year.

AMD has finally lifted the covers off its Ryzen 7000 lineup, which includes the Ryzen 9 7950X, Ryzen 9 7900X, Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 5 7600X. They outperform Alder Lake's best, the Core i9-12900K in gaming and offer remarkable upgrades over Zen 3. The processors will be purchasable on September 27 starting at U$299.

A new leak says that the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and GeForce RTX 4060 score about 8,600 and 6,000 points on the 3DMark Time Spy Extreme benchmark. The former consumes around 275 Watts of power and performs on par with a GeForce RTX 3080 and the latter trades blows with a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti while drawing 240 Watts.

An updated GeForce RTX 40-series rumor specsheet along with a handy power-efficiency chart have been produced by a well-known tech tipster. The data, which comes from numerous leaks by noted sources, reveals that the RTX 4090 could be a must-buy for well-off gamers while the RTX 4070 is looking like a mid-range champion.

Starting tomorrow, the top-of-the-line SK hynix Platinum P41 PCIe NVMe SSD will get a 15 percent off coupon for the 2 TB and 1 TB models. This Amazon deal will only be available until Wednesday, August 31. The Gold P31 SSD with the same capacities is also available with the same discount until Wednesday.

HP has unveiled an all-in-one (AiO) desktop that features some impressive hardware. Equipped with 12th generation Intel Core processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs, the HP 34" AiO Desktop PC puts these to use in combination with a 5K ultra-wide display, among other features.

The Raptor Lake Intel Core i7-13700 has made a surprising first appearance on PassMark, with the hybrid chip performing solidly if somewhat underwhelmingly in single-thread testing and in the CPU Mark test suite. The measured performance gains over the i7-12700 are only satisfactory, with more cores available to tempt buyers.

The ROG Keris and Gladius III are Wireless AimPoint mice designed by Asus with a Push-Fit Switch Socket II design that allows the user to replace their stock switches for others. The accessories support wired and wireless modes and have a build rated for "precise control" and a battery estimated to last for over 100 hours per charge.

Asus has announced the expansion of its X670E motherboard offerings at Gamescom 2022, with new ROG Crosshair, ROG Strix, Prime and ProArt variants. They are all rated to upgrade to DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 support as well as that for the latest AMD Ryzen chipsets - plus USB4 in some flagship cases. Meanwhile, the OEM's popular Thor series of power supplies has just been joined by a first-gen Loki variant with an 80 PLUS Platinum certification.

A leaked Cinebench R20 score of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Zen 4 processor has shown up online. It nets single and multi-threaded scores of 773 and 7,701, which are 25% faster than its Zen 3 counterpart, but slower than the Core i7-13700K, which scored 814 and 11,243.

Although the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 family is expected to arrive in October, a fresh leak revealed that the GeForce RTX 4090 with an impressive 24 GB of memory has been in production for more than a week already. This card is expected to feature four display connectors, namely a single HDMI and three DP.

AMD's Zen 4 X3D lineup could be launched sometime in H1, 2022. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Ryzen 9 7950X3D will use a second-generation V-cache and perform up to 30% faster than the corresponding Zen 4 processors.

An early AMD Ryzen 5 7600X prototype is being sold on a Chinese marketplace for RMB 9,999 (~US$1,400). The engineering sample has a base clock of 4,400 MHz and was manufactured sometime in May 2022.

The MSI PRO HM570TI-B I526 appears to be a laptop mainboard converted to desktop PC mini-ITX format. No pricing info, but the inclusion of a soldered Intel Core i5-11260H processor without too many bells and whistles suggests this is a budget-friendly product.

Intel Core i9-13900K is shaping up to be a multi-core beast thanks to a total of 24 cores (8 P-cores and 16 E-cores). The chip has now paid another visit to Geekbench, resulting in valid single-core and multi-core runs. The results are in line with our previous reports with the Core i9-13900K absolutely destroying the current-gen AMD front runners.

The very first generations of Apple computers often do quite well when offered at high-end auctions. However, the latest such deal may outshine the rest, with a final bid of well over US$650,000. This is because it is the Apple-1 prototype Steve Jobs brought to a pitch at one of the world first PC retail stores.

The list of upcoming Amazon deals for SK hynix SSDs in the following days includes a 20 percent discount for the P41 2TB/1TB/500GB starting on August 22, a 20 percent off one-day deal for the P31 2TB/1TB/500GB on August 23, and a 15 percent off coupon for the P31 2TB/1TB, starting on August 24.

Samsung has posted a promo teaser clip for an upcoming SSD that the company has labelled as “The Ultimate SSD”. It is believed this may be the Samsung 990 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD that has already made an appearance on the PCI-SIG website. Hopes that the 990 Pro could be a 13 GB/s-capable PCIe 5.0 SSD may have been dashed, though.

The 350 W PL mode may be easily accessible through a BIOS option, but smooth CPU operation will also require improved cooling and possibly a more powerful PSU on top of the premium Intel 700-series motherboard.

Intel Raptor Lake engineering samples have been spotted producing incredible results on a synthetic benchmark. While there are some considerable caveats involved, desktop PC builders can still be excited by the results for the 13th-gen CPUs, with the upcoming Raptor Lake vs. Zen 4 showdown looking incredibly competitive.

AMD has confirmed that its upcoming "together we advance_PCs" live stream is scheduled for 7 PM ET on August 29. The company will officially announce its next-generation of Ryzen 7000 processors based on the Zen 4 architecture.