$100 CPU Shootout: Comparing the Ryzen 5 5500, Core i3-14100F, and Core i3-12100F to find the top DDR4 CPU

As RAM prices continue to climb, budget CPUs are becoming more important. Here, we look at the three leading CPUs around $100 that use DDR4 memory to find which one is right for your next budget PC build.
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Huawei develops 122TB SSD with new packaging tech to sidestep US sanctions on 3D NAND chips — Chinese firm develops proprietary tech to cram more NAND dies in a smaller footprint

Huawei developed a new die-on-board packaging, which directly mounted NAND dies on the SSD PCB, to get around the sanctions that prevented it from acquiring high-layer-count 3D NAND chips that used American tech. This allo…

Elegoo’s Centauri Carbon 2 Combo 3D printer gets a $50 discount — brings beginner friendly 3D printing at $399

Elegoo’s family-friendly 3D printer offers seamless four-color printing, quick filament switching, and support for high-temperature materials.
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Chinese memory maker CXMT enters mainstream consumer memory with Corsair Vengeance DDR5 kit — Chinese-made DRAM emerges as an antidote for crushing shortages

Is the answer to the RAM crisis Chinese-made DRAM that’s much cheaper to source since those companies aren’t tied up in AI data center contracts? It’s too early to say yet, but when a manufacturer as big as Corsair starts …

Analyst says Nvidia poised to capture two-thirds of the x86 server CPU market from Intel and AMD with expected $20 billion in revenue — ‘Nvidia is already on track’to deliver 4 million Vera CPUs in FY2027

Having become the main supplier of AI accelerators, Nvidia is now on track to outsell AMD and Intel with Vera CPUs and become a leading supplier of processors.
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Get RTX power for less at Lenovo’s epic Memorial Day gaming sale — save big on Legion gaming PCs and laptops

Discover a wide range of fantastic deals on Lenovo’s gaming systems and laptops this Memorial Day! Don’t miss out on these exciting savings.
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Intel leans on LPDDR5X to dodge global HBM crisis, leaked Crescent Island AI GPU pics reveal massive Xe3P core — chip sidesteps HBM shortage with 160GB of cheaper memory

Images of the PCB Intel will be using with Crescent Island has been published on X, showing a single-GPU design and pads for the graphics card’s 20 LPDDR5X modules.
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China’s new homegrown gaming GPU flops in performance and price — flagship $485 LX 7G100 can’t keep pace with Nvidia’s older RTX 4060

Lisuan Tech’s LX 7G100 gaming graphics card goes up for preorder at $485, along with reviews from Chinese media outlets.
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AMD Ryzen AI Max 400 ‘Gorgon Halo’ packs up to 192GB of unified memory — refreshed APU uses Zen 5 and RDNA 3.5, and can clock up to 5.2 GHz

AMD is refreshing its Ryzen AI Max chips with the new 400 series, known as Gorgon Halo, and they’ll show up in the Ryzen AI Halo development box. That box, with last-gen Strix Halo chips, is going up for pre-order in June,…