Deals
this '$500 off' gaming PC deal has a number nobody's pointing out
The GPU alone costs $805 right now. the whole prebuilt PC is $1,600. let's actually do the math on whether that's a deal.
Aliteq Team · Aug 26 · 7 min
dram shortage
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Hardware
Nvidia's cheaper GPU just got more expensive than the one above it. no, that's not a typo
The RTX 5060 Ti 16GB launched $120 under the RTX 5070 to win on value. This week, several retailers have that flipped completely.
Aliteq Team · Aug 19 · 7 min
Hardware
Xiaomi's next flagship is getting way more expensive — and the phone itself isn't the reason
The Xiaomi 18 leak confirms a 2nm chip and dual 200MP cameras — but the real story is a 1,000-yuan price jump that has nothing to do with either.
Aliteq Team · Aug 18 · 7 min
Hardware
SSD prices just doubled in two months — and gamers aren't why
DRAM and NAND prices are wrecking PC budgets everywhere, and the customer actually buying up the chips isn't you — it's AI data centers.
Aliteq Team · Aug 17 · 6 min
Hardware
your next GPU is about to cost 30% more — and it has nothing to do with Nvidia
MSI just told investors gaming hardware prices are rising 15 to 30% this year, and the actual culprit is a DRAM shortage AI datacenters are causing, not GPU chips themselves.
Aliteq Team · Aug 13 · 6 min
Hardware
The ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC launched at $1,499.99. Best Buy now asks $2,099.99
That is more than the RTX 5090's $1,999 launch price. We checked the launch figure, today's shelf prices, and what a plain RTX 5080 costs instead.
Aliteq Team · Jul 31 · 6 min
Hardware
the Raspberry Pi just got up to $100 more expensive. same culprit as everything else
three price rises in five months, up to $100 on the 16GB Pi 5, and a seven-fold jump in memory costs behind all of it. I still think the cheap end of the range is the best value in computing — but the top end is a harder sell now.
Aliteq Team · Jul 20 · 8 min