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.
Ravi Malhotra · 3d ago · 6 min
pc building
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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.
Ravi Malhotra · Aug 4 · 7 min
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.
Nadia Rahman · Aug 1 · 7 min