Building or buying a PC in 2026 just keeps getting more expensive, with memory and storage prices surging. I've been building PCs for a long time, so here's how I would save my money.
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Buying or Building a PC in the RAM Crisis? Here's How to Avoid Paying the 'AI Tax'
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Qualcomm's Next Midrange Snapdragon Chip Brings Flagship-Like Super Zoom to Cheaper Phones
The Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 and its counterpart, the Snapdragon 4 Gen 5, boast a ton of premium features typically reserved for pricier handhelds.
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Everything Old Is New Again. Leak Tips Return of Nvidia RTX 3060 12GB in July
The big advantage of the RTX 3060 is its VRAM capacity, which at 12GB is more than enough for modern gaming.
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Samsung: Expect Memory Crisis to Get Even Worse Next Year
The warning about 2027 comes alongside record profits from Samsung Electronics.
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MSI Is Changing Its Motherboard Design to Protect Enthusiasts' Fingers
PinSafe's flattened rear solder joints should prevent DIY PC builders from cutting themselves.
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Amid RAM Crunch, AMD EXPO Now Supports Chinese Memory, CUDIMM
This suggests Zen 6 could support much faster memory standards.
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Samsung Workers Demand 15% Cut of Memory Profits, Threaten to Strike
Samsung Electronics's operating profits hit approximately $38 billion for Q1 alone amid huge demand for RAM from AI data center customers.
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YouTuber Tackles the RAM Crisis by Making It Himself in a Home Clean Room
This is not an affordable solution, but Dr. Semiconductor built a clean room in a backyard shed and used it to build his own RAM.
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YouTuber Tackles the RAM Crisis by Making It Himself in a Home Clean Room
This is not an affordable solution, but Dr. Semiconductor built a clean room in a backyard shed and used it to build his own RAM.
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AMD May Finally Add Multi-Frame Generation Support for Its Latest GPUs
An update to AMD's GPUOpen suggests older cards could get secondary support, while older FSR 3 games might be upgraded to FSR 4.
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Nvidia Just Made Path Tracing Better and Easier to Run
Maybe it'll make those retooled RTX 3060s that bit better.
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Intel Expected to Make PC Gaming Handheld Push at Computex
Intel's Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme chips for PC gaming handhelds will reportedly pop up in Taipei.
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I Tested Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme: This 18-Core Power CPU Hits Hard Against AMD, Apple, Intel
Inside Asus’ featherweight Zenbook A16, Qualcomm's new flagship laptop chip flexes massive multi-core muscle, upgraded graphics, and real momentum against the competition. The benchmarks speak for themselves.
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Intel Launches 6 New 'Wildcat Lake' Core Series 3 Chips for Budget Laptops
The chips are designed for the 'value-oriented buyer,' with 70 new products expected this year.
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Rumor Tips Nvidia RTX 5060, 5060 Ti Graphics Cards With 9GB VRAM
The new cards skirt the limitations of 8GB of VRAM, but that's not a lot of extra headroom.
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