RTX 5070 Drops Below Launch MSRP In The UK
… Pricing varies across territories of course, but in the UK, the RTX 5070 is now more worthy of consideration as MSI brings the price down to just under £500. …
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PS6 Pricing: 41% of Digital Foundry Viewers Would Pay $699 or More for a Next-Gen PlayStation
… What about launching alongside a PlayStation handheld? And in terms of games, would it have exclusive titles, or would we see the same kind of extended launch cross-gen period that has characterised the current console generation? …
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10-year AM4 Anniversary Edition Rumoured, Enabling Cheaper Systems In AI Price Boom
… The 5800X3D originally launched at $449, but even the faster 7800X3D is $359 these days, I'd expect to see the 5800X3D around the same price - with the savings largely coming from DDR4 RAM and older motherboards rather than the CPU itself. …
SanDisk Announces $3000 PS5 SSD as Component Pricing Surge Continues
… I'm of two minds about them - on the one hand, you can't expect SSD makers to stop making new drives just because they're incredibly unaffordable right now, but equally, launching drives with a 20 percent discount off MSRP to given the illusion of value is just weird. …
Valve Would "Love to Make the Steam Machine More Affordable" - Just Don't Expect It "Any Time Soon"
… That would put the Steam Machine roughly in the $700 range, and perhaps that is a reasonable floor for pricing should the AI bubble burst and a huge number of components return to the DIY and prebuilt PC market. …
Update Hints Steam Machine Will Arrive in 512GB and 2TB Versions, Despite AI-led SSD Pricing Surge
… Given the huge increase in SSD and RAM prices over the past six months as components have been bought up by AI firms, it wasn't a forgone conclusion that Valve would launch Steam Machine with a four-model lineup as planned. …
Intel's Arc G3 goes official: Acer Predator Atlas 8 and OneXPlayer 3 PC gaming handhelds look powerful, expensive
… Pricing is yet to be announced, but I expect it to be expensive based on the ongoing RAM/SSD pricing crisis - perhaps $2000 or more for the fully loaded model. The device is scheduled to launch in October, just four months away, so we should learn more on that front soon. …
Intel 14th-Gen CPUs Are Getting a Refresh, as DDR4-Based Platforms Help PC Builders Escape RAM Price Increases
… No new features are planned to be included, which makes sense given that this isn't being launched as a new generation of CPUs. …
It's Time To Say Goodbye To The Ryzen 5 3600
… Ryzen 7000 generally offers slightly better value, but either can make sense depending on local pricing and both are well beyond their initial launch 2022 for Ryzen 7000, 2024 for Ryzen 9000 . …
Weirdly, the Steam Machine Only Has One Stick of DDR5 RAM - Here's Why
As Valve announced back in November, the Steam Machine launches with 16GB of DDR5 memory and a choice of a 512GB or 2TB SSD. …