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Explore why building your own custom PC remains the superior choice in 2025, offering unmatched long‑term value, upgradability, and personal satisfaction.

Explore Nvidia's GPU shortage crisis as RTX 50-series faces massive stock issues, production delays, rampant scalping, and New Year's vacation delays in China.

NVIDIA introduces the RTX 50 series, a new lineup of GPUs based on the Blackwell architecture, offering improved performance, advanced features, and a range of pricing options.

AMD officially unveils the Radeon RX 9000 series, featuring the Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9060. These GPUs utilize the RDNA 4 architecture, offering advanced AI, ray tracing capabilities, and efficient 4nm design.

Intel is reportedly preparing a new addition to its Arc Battlemage series: a 24GB VRAM model aimed at productivity markets, targeting AI workloads, research, and professional applications.

AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GPUs are expected to use traditional 8-pin PCI-E connectors, offering board partners more design flexibility. Reports suggest the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070, part of the RDNA 4 lineup, will have power requirements of around 260W for reference designs, with custom versions potentially reaching 330W.

NVIDIA's RTX 50 Series GPUs with higher bandwith, more CUDA cores, and PCIe 5.0 support.

Gamers hoping to buy the Ryzen 7 9800X3D are facing steep prices and limited availability in Europe and the U.S., with prices soaring and stock running dry.

Intel's Arc B580 and B570 “Battlemage” GPUs bring Xe2 architecture and excellent 1440p/1080p gaming at budget-friendly prices.

AMD's Radeon RX 8800 XT brings RDNA 4 architecture with improved ray tracing and AI technologies, aiming to rival NVIDIA's RTX 4080.

AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D promise solid gaming performance, but no 128MB 3D V-cache leaker says.

NVIDIA's RTX 5090 is set to be unveiled at CES 2025, showcasing the GB202 graphics processor with significant size and performance improvements.

The NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti is part of the highly anticipated Blackwell series, offering improvements in CUDA cores, ray tracing, and energy efficiency.

Intel confirms plans for CPUs with large caches in 2025, targeting data centers instead of gaming. AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D continues to dominate gaming performance benchmarks.

Intel's upcoming Arc Battlemage GPUs are set to deliver improved performance and a more polished user experience, with an official announcement expected in December 2024.

MSI is investigating reports of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs experiencing severe damage when paired with the MAG X870 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard.

Rumours say Nvidia is moving production from the RTX 4000 series to the new RTX 5000 Blackwell Gaming series, with a possible CES launch in early 2025.

For gaming PC builds in late 2024, AMD’s Ryzen X3D CPUs are the top choice due to superior performance and stability, especially compared to Intel’s recent offerings. With no major CPU updates expected soon, now is an ideal time to invest in a high-end, mid-range, or budget gaming setup.

With Intel’s Core Ultra 200 series release, MSI’s new Memory Extension Mode optimizes performance on MSI’s Z890 motherboards for enhanced gaming and heavy workload efficiency.

Intel’s Core Ultra 200S processors, expected to shine in gaming, have fallen short of performance goals. Intel is working on fixes for the OS and BIOS-level issues that affected early reviews.

AMD has launched the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, setting new standards in gaming and application performance, outperforming Intel's Core Ultra series. With a $479 launch price, it's set to make waves.

A recent leak suggests AMD may be planning to launch a Ryzen 9000 16-core X3D processor with 3D V-Cache, aimed at delivering enhanced gaming performance.

Intel announces a shift in its GPU strategy, focusing more on integrated graphics and scaling back on dedicated Arc GPUs. The Battlemage desktop line is still expected in early 2025.

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D delivers first impressive benchmark results, providing a 20% performance increase over its predecessor. With a November 7 launch, it’s set to be a strong choice for gaming.

Intel’s Arrow Lake processors, including the Core Ultra 9 285K, Core Ultra 7 265K, and Core Ultra 5 245K, bring new efficiencies and enhanced performance metrics.