First official details of AMD’s next-gen ‘Mustang Peak’ Threadripper CPUs come into view — chips feature DDR5, PCIe 6.0, and a new socket

We now have the first confirmed details about AMD’s Zen 6-based Threadripper CPUs, code-named Mustang Peak.

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Save $500 on this Acer 16” Predator Helios Neo 16 IPS Gaming laptop — just $1,499.99 gets you a powerful portable gaming rig with an RTX 5070, 32GB DDR5, and Intel Core Ultra 9 275 HX processor

Save $500 on Acer’s Predator Helios Neo 16 AI Gaming laptop and score a powerful gaming laptop with 32GB of RAM and RTX 5070 for only $1,499.99.
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Fight the price rises on SSDs with this 31% saving on Samsung’s brilliant 1TB 990 Pro SSD — now $219 at Amazon, lowest price since April

Save $100 off the price of this 1TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD. Amazon’s 31% discount fights off the current storage price rises.
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This $339 Corsair 32GB DDR5 RAM kit is the cheapest on sale right now, $45 less than the next-best rival — secure overclockable RGB kit with 6,000 MT/s speeds for a new gaming PC build and beat inevitable future price rises

This 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM kit is on sale at Woot for $339.99 right now, $45 less than its next-best rival.
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SMI says Nvidia is driving its consumer PCIe 6.0 roadmap, not AMD and Intel — RTX Spark agentic AI platform fuels a hunger for storage bandwidth

Nvidia may be ahead of AMD and Intel with PCIe Gen6-supporting platform for client PCs due to its client agentic AI ambitions, and that roadmap has suppliers like Silicon Motion paying attention.
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AMD silently removes memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs, leaving users unaware that they may be vulnerable — security feature vanishes after newer AGESA firmware, AMD engineers go radio silent when pressed about the change

AMD has reportedly stripped TSME from consumer Ryzen processors after years of working support, with testing suggesting newer AGESA firmware disables the memory-encryption feature while Pro and EPYC CPUs remain unaffected….

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Chinese memory brands ditch Samsung and Micron for homegrown CXMT and YMTC silicon — Corsair, HP, and Dell are already adopting the China-produced DDR5 chips

Chinese memory brands Gloway and KingBank have begun using homemade chips to produce DDR5 memory kits in lieu of Samsung, Micron, or SK hynix DRAM.
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SanDisk Optimus GX Pro 8100 8TB SSD Review — the undisputed king of high-capacity PCIe 5.0 SSDs

The SanDisk Optimus GX Pro 8100 is a top-tier drive with excellent performance, exceptional random read latency, and good power efficiency. As you’d imagine, it just has a pricing issue.
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Build an elite AMD gaming PC around Gigabyte’s X870 motherboard for $70 off — Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7 drops to $249

The Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7 usually retails for $319..99, but the premium motherboard has gone on sale for $249.99.
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‘The retail SSD market has almost disappeared,’ says Silicon Motion exec — PC OEMs are buying third-party drives as direct NAND supply dries up

Vice president of client storage solutions at Silicon Motion warns that the retail SSD market has almost disappeared as NAND makers prioritize shipments of memory to AI data centers.
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