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One gigabyte of RAM cost as much as a house back in 1995 — $64,000 price tag resurfaced in 31-year-old press release, equivalent to $140,000 today
By the looks of it, we're going back to that pricing, too.
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Windows
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LG's native 1,000 Hz 1080p gaming monitor has a matching $1,000 price tag — preorders open for the 25-inch UltraGear 25G590B
$1 per Hz is the going rate for the LG UltraGear 25G590B
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Gaming Monitors
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CPUs
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32GB of DDR5 6000 RAM now costs $400 — the latest price hike puts DIY PC building further out of reach than ever before
A memory record no one asked for
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Two Intel chips break Amazon's top 10 CPUs for the first time in months — Core Ultra 7 270K and Core i7-14700K finally challenge AMD desktop dominance
The parts in question offer remarkably good value for specific purposes.
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DDR5
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence (AI), chatbots, and machine learning: News, R&D, and more
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Networking
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Undersea cable to Antarctica through Drake Passage is viable, researchers find — 1,600km route to Chile could spell an end to research data leaving in 'suitcases full of hard drives'
The $370 million to $620 million system would double as a seafloor sensor array.
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Valve was founded 30 years ago today — changed PC gaming forever with Half-Life, then Steam
Microsoft veterans Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington founded the company on August 24, 1996.
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Video Games
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Nintendo
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Semiconductors
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Kyoto University builds transistor that survives 600C temperatures, compatible with standard fabs — Standard ion implantation and bottom-gate design fix leakage and voltage drift
The bottom-gate JFET holds its threshold voltage to within 0.1V at 400°C.
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PC Gaming
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Nvidia’s GB300-powered DGX Station desktop tower listed for nearly $100,000 online — Enterprise AI powerhouse now available to buy for mere mortals with lots of cash
You can actually buy up to ten of them at once.
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Desktops
Desktop reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Self-driving Ford F-250 truck with shotgun-equipped drone-killing turret tested by US Army — autonomous system designed to blast fast-moving drones at between 10 and 100 meters range
Project Sandhills 2.0 builds on an earlier project that produced the Lancer UGV, shared with Ukraine.
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Video Games
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Nvidia reportedly warns biggest customers of 15% price hikes on AI servers — memory costs continue to soar
Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell systems shipped from early 2027 affected.
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DRAM
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Data Centers
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The world's first webcam was switched off 25 years ago today — 128x128 grayscale feed predated the World Wide Web to monitor a Cambridge coffee pot
Coffee pot watching was an important time saver for the 15-strong academic team who worked across several floors.
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Modular pocket gimbal camera that transforms into a self-flying drone retroactively banned by FCC, certification revoked — Agency closes foreign UAS loophole on 230g HoverAir Versa
The regulator said it granted the certification in error.
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Webcams
Webcam reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Lucky shopper finds RTX 5080 for just $702 at Walmart — saves almost $800 compared to current retail prices
Walmart clearance strikes again.
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PlayStation
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Enthusiast mods GTX 1080 Ti with a dual-tower CPU cooler, sees up to 32°C reduction in temps — Mod yields 30W power savings and 9% higher FPS
It actually ends up consuming less power, too.
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GPUs
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Drones
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Maxell brings back classic 1970s cassette tapes — 1970s ferric formula is custom-made for vintage PC data drives
The UD series debuted in 1970, and these Type I cassettes earned a reputation as a worthy rival to TDK SD and Sony HF ferric alternatives.
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Officials nationwide face death threats and gunfire over AI data center projects — More than 500 towns restrict builds as councils shutter public comment
Monitoring shows threats have stayed elevated since April.
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Storage
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Fake GTA VI ISO circulates on the internet a few days after leak, internet sleuths claim 113GB download is padded malware — testers claim file is 99.99% empty zeroes with 50KB virus embedded
Beware downloading unreleased pirated games folks.
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Group plans one-week PlayStation blackout to protest Sony’s plan to end physical game production — calls for players to turn off their consoles or log out of PSN from August 23 to 30
Can you stay away from your PlayStation for a week?
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PC Components
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Video Games
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Windows
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Tech Industry
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This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: August 22, 2026 — foundries, supercomputers, China, and how to not overpay on a motherboard
New roadmaps and essential advice in the modern market
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Programming
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Logitech faces lawsuit for withholding $61M in tariff refunds from customers — lawsuit claims company extracted up to $97M from consumers in 2026 through tariff-justified price increases
Logitech increased prices on more than half of its product line by up to 25%.
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