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Today β€” 20 February 2026Main stream

AMD's next-gen Ryzen 10000 desktop CPUs rumored to come in seven different configs β€” Starting from 6 cores, flagship "Olympic Ridge" silicon may feature up to 24 cores

The next desktop chips from AMD are said to refresh the core configs of the Ryzen brand in a major way. Finally stepping away from 8-core CCDs, "Ryzen 10000" is said to bring 12-core chiplets that should enable a new 24-core dual CCD flagship option. The base config is reportedly 6 cores, so budget buyers shouldn't worry.

Razer unveils$500 flagship gaming keyboard β€” Huntsman Signature Edition built from CNC-machined aluminum, featuring 8,000 Hz polling and Snap Tap

Razer has a new flagship gaming keyboard, the Huntsman Signature Edition, that embraces a fully CNC aluminum construction and PVD mirror finish on the back. The $500 keyboard is basically a spruced-up Huntsman V3 Pro aimed at gamers that wanted a more aesthetically pleasing keyboard.

Yesterday β€” 19 February 2026Main stream

Microsoft's new Windows 11 speed test is just a link to Ookla's Speedtest via Bing β€” button housed in the taskbar in latest Insider Preview build

Amidst endless complaints over the instability and bloating nature of Windows 11, Microsoft's latest insider builds add new emojis and a taskbar feature for its beta testers. Now, you can check your internet speed by right-clicking the network icon or opening network quick settings, where you'll be taken to a simplified Ookla Speedtest inside Bing.

A 16-year-old intern helped Netgear catch scammers in India for $800 β€” Culprits would pose as Netgear employees & sell fake support packages to customers

After scammers were successfully able to phish their way through Netgear customers for months, the company was forced to adopt a more unconventional cybersecurity measure: a 16-year-old intern named Wyatt. He was able to eventually lead the law firm to the source bank accounts of these scammers back in India.

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Nearly half of PC gamers prefer DLSS 4.5 over AMD's FSR and even native rendering β€” Nvidia scores clean sweep in blind test of six titles

In a new blind test featuring six different games, users heavily preferred the image quality of DLSS 4.5 and crowned it as the best against FSR 4 and native rendering. Nvidia walked away with 48.2% of all votes, with native rendering scoring 24% and FSR coming in third place with 15% of the tally.

$1,000 bought an RTX 5080 in November 2025, now it only buys an RTX 5070 Ti β€” report shows 15% average global price hike across Nvidia, AMD & Intel GPUs

Nvidia's RTX 5090 is the most overpriced GPU in the world, selling at 65% above its MSRP while AMD's RX 9070 XT saw the smallest price hike of just 7% worldwide. India has been hit the worse with extreme price surges, while Australia has been largely stable. On average, GPUs are now 15% more expensive around the world.

New report shows RAM prices are continuing to fall in Germany, US trends less certain β€” SSDs and HDDs are more expensive than ever in the States

Memory prices have stabilized in Germany, with some kits even experiencing price cuts over the past month, showing decent progress towards normalization. They're still over 300% more expensive than they were five months ago, though. In contrast, HDDs and SSDs have become more expensive, and their prices continue to rise.

MSI's RTX 5060-equipped Cyborg 15 gaming laptop is down to just $899 on Walmart β€” Featuring an Intel Core 7 240H CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 144Hz display

Unlike most cheap gaming laptops that cut major corners to cram in beefy hardware, the MSI Cyborg 15 gets rid of all the bells and whistles to focus on what's necessary. Its powerful hardware combo, mixed with that 144Hz screen, makes it one of the best budget machines around that can play any game you throw at it.

Save $100 Asus ROG Azoth X gaming keyboard, now down to $199 at Best Buy β€” Featuring a 75% hot swap PCB, tri-mode connectivity & OLED screen

If you've been looking for a high-end gaming keyboard but didn't want to overspend, Best Buy has discounted the ROG Azoth X by $100. You can grab this 75% mechanical keyboard with a hot swap PCB, five-layer sound dampening, tri-mode connectivity, multi-function knob, and customizable OLED display for just $200!

This external disc drive can play 4K 3D Blu-rays, along with all your old CDs and DVDs, now for 43% off β€” TROPRO's media player is just $79.99

If you've been looking for a way to access your Blu-ray collection on PC without breaking the bank, TROPRO's external disc drive has got you covered. With up to 6X Blu-ray, 8X DVD, and 24X CD read/write speeds, it can play essentially any disc on your computer thanks to its USB 3.0 connection with both Type-A and Type-C plugs.

$5,000 RTX 5090 Lightning Z gets killed in extreme overclocking attempt, thermal shock cracks the GPU core β€” MSI's 2,500-Watt XOC BIOS pushed too high a voltage to the core

In a sudden moment of thermal shock, a $5,000 RTX 5090 ended up cracking under pressure when too much voltage was pushed to the core at once. The dead card aided in achieving a world record in Geekbench 5 GPU Compute before, with the help of liquid nitrogen.

Grab this gigantic, 1600W 80+ Platinum power supply for just 33 cents per watt β€” Seasonic's Prime TX 1600W is down to just $532

Seasonic makes some of the best power supplies on the market, and its Prime TX-1600 is a great option for high-end builds. Thanks to the native PCIe 5.0 and ATX 3.1 compatibilty, it can easily power any component out there. It's fully modular, rated 80+ Platinum by Cybernetics, and features quite operation all in one solid package.

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