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Score A Huge $600 Saving On This RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop From HP, Now Under $2,100
HP has cut the HyperX Omen Max 16 with an RTX 5070 Ti by $600 to $2,099.99. OLED configurations cost slightly more.
MacBooks, Windows Laptops And More Are Cheaper With These Early Black Friday Deals
CNET lists early Black Friday laptop discounts, including $200 off the M5 MacBook Air and $500 off the HP OmniBook Ultra 14.
Prebuilt NAS Boxes Are Underpowered For The Price, So I Built One With A Desktop CPU Instead
An XDA test of its XDB Builder tool produced a desktop-based NAS configuration with an 8TB drive for $1,071, above its $1,000 target.
Does PCIe 5.0 Matter For VR Graphics Cards?
PCIe 5.0 offers little gaming benefit for most GPUs, including in VR. Eight-lane cards and low VRAM are important exceptions.
Selling My Old PC Parts Would Have Been A Mistake, So I Built A Second PC
An XDA writer reused leftover PC hardware to build a gaming PC for his wife, arguing that a second system can be more useful than resale cash.
7 PC Building Habits That Made Sense In 2016 But Don’t Today
An XDA Developers article revisits seven PC-building habits from 2016, from oversized cases and HDD game storage to avoiding BIOS updates.
Samsung’s 34-Inch Odyssey G5 Monitor Drops To $250, One Of Its Lowest Prices Ever
Amazon lists Samsung’s 34-inch Odyssey G5 at $250, down from its typical $400 price. The deal is described as a recent low for the monitor.
Save $134 On This WD Red Plus 10TB HDD Bundle At Newegg
Newegg’s two-drive WD Red 10TB offer is listed at $785.98, $134 below the stated $919.98 list price. Availability and checkout terms may change.
4 Things No One Tells You About Daily Driving A Mini PC
An XDA Developers contributor describes noise, bulky power supplies, port limits and support concerns from daily mini PC use.