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AMD is considering a Ryzen 5 9600X3D ‘later this year’ but its value for gaming could suffer against its own stiff competition

Sometimes the best things at Computex are the things that aren’t at Computex; namely, talk of upcoming tech. Case in point here is AMD’s Ryzen and Radeon VP and GM David McAfee telling Tom’s Hardware that a Zen 5 replacement for the Ryzen 5 7600X3D—meaning surely a Ryzen 5 9600X3D—“may be something that we look…

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Maingear MG-1 Mk.II (2026) review

US-based Maingear has been offering custom and prebuilt desktop PCs, laptops, and workstations for around 24 years, and most recently, it has launched an updated version of its gaming-focused MG-1. What makes this particular model stand out is that, amongst the raft of hardware configurations you can choose from, there’s the option to fit the…

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‘People talk about AI reducing jobs, complete nonsense’: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang criticises economic doomerism on GTC stage

Nvidia’s second GTC of the year took place in Taipei, Taiwan this week, with CEO Jensen Huang repeatedly assuring that “useful AI” (read: AI that makes a return on investment) has arrived. As for AI’s wider-ranging effects on the economy, Huang expressed some scepticism on stage. “People talk about AI reducing jobs—complete nonsense,” Huang said…

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“Commodore Can’t Survive Solely On Nostalgia” – C64 Ultimate Creator Will Announce Its Next Product Later This Month

“We have to be a little brave here if Commodore is to endure”. Commodore CEO Christian Simpson has teased the company’s next big project, following on from the Commodore 64 Ultimate, which has now hit over 30,000 units manufactured. This isn’t the Commodore 64C Ultimate, which was confirmed a while back, but an entirely new…

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‘Tell me that’s not R2D2. Tell me that’s not robotics’: Jensen Huang thinks the future of personal computing is letting AI agents run your PC

If you are aware of AI, you are likely also aware of the word ‘agentic’. Effectively, as AI gets more powerful, it is supposed to run your tasks autonomously with less oversight, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang thinks that is the future of personal computing. In a Q&A at Computex 2026 attended by PC Gamer,…

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Excess often sells in the world of gaming PCs, but Asus’ new 3000 W power supply makes little sense for even the wealthiest of whales

The old marketing saying of ‘sex sells’ frequently gets converted to ‘excess sells’ when it comes to computer tech, and for the 20th anniversary of the ROG brand, Asus has taken this to another level with a new 3000 W power supply unit for gaming PCs. It’s not the power rating that’s so eyebrow-raising about…

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