Last year, it was easier to get a decently powerful budget gaming PC for under $1000. Thanks to the DRAM shortages, this is no longer possible. The worsening DRAM availability directly affected PC components, such as GPUs, making it more difficult than ever to build a PC. Plus, higher NAND costs drove SSD prices as well, making the situation worse than ever. We have been tracking the RAM and SSD prices for months, and these are still rising. So, it's unlikely that prices will return to the pre-RAMpocalypse era very soon. With so much demand for DDR5 memory, many gamers […]

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The cheapest X3D chip is now available in more regions, offering higher gaming performance at a budget price. Retailer PC Tec UK Lists AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D for 179 Pounds as AMD Expands its Availability AMD needs more of these, as the market cannot survive without DDR4 platforms at the moment. AMD's long-lasting AM4 platform is single-handedly saving the hardware market from the RAM shortages, and its Ryzen 5000 series still sells like hotcakes. Unfortunately, AMD discontinued the most powerful Ryzen 5000 gaming processors, i.e., the Ryzen 7 5700X3D and 5800X3D, last year, but thankfully, the Ryzen 5600X3D and Ryzen […]

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Future Intel Desktop sockets might support several generations of CPUs, as hinted by Robert Hallock in an interview with Club386. Intel Might Finally Offer Extended Desktop Socket Support For Multiple CPU Generations If there's one area where Intel has lagged versus AMD, that's socket support. Since the release of the first "Ryzen" CPU back in 2017, AMD has released two sockets, AM4 and AM5. Meanwhile, Intel has a total of four socket releases since then, starting with LGA 1151, LGA 1200, LGA 1700, & the most recent, LGA 1851 socket. Later this year, Intel will release a fifth socket, LGA […]

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The cheapest Ryzen X3D launched in China, offering a powerful gaming experience at an affordable price. AMD Launches Ryzen 5 5500X3D Zen 3 Processor in China; 6-Core/12-Thread, 4 GHz Boost Clock, And up to 105W TDP; Price Still Unknown As usual, AMD isn't limiting its cheapest X3D chip to a particular region. Initially launched for Latin America, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has now launched for the Chinese markets. As reported by @realVictor_M, the new X3D processor from a much older Ryzen family has hit the Chinese retail stores, but the official price hasn't revealed yet. Some earlier listings have suggested […]

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