pc building

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Close-up of an SSD circuit board covered in NAND flash memory chips

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

An AMD Ryzen CPU being installed into a motherboard socket

Hardware

everyone's obsessing over the 9800X3D — for local AI, it's basically a rounding error

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is the CPU every gaming build guide wants you to buy right now. If you're building for local AI too, here's where that money should actually go instead.

Aliteq Team · Aug 4 · 7 min

An MSI Codex gaming desktop PC tower with front mesh panel and RGB fan lighting

Deals

this RTX 5070 gaming PC just hit its lowest price ever — the real math on $1,399

$900 off, an all-time low, and specs that actually make sense — but here's what you're really paying for versus building it yourself.

Aliteq Team · Aug 1 · 7 min

Official Grand Theft Auto VI key art from Rockstar Games

Gaming

building a PC for GTA 6? put the wallet away — it's console-only, and PC could be 18 months out

GTA 6 lands Nov 19 on PS5 and Xbox — no PC version, and Rockstar hasn't said a word about one. GTA 5 took 19 months to reach PC. here's why your 'GTA 6 build' can wait, and what to actually prioritize when it's finally time.

Aliteq Team · Jul 19 · 6 min