Upcoming Tech: Information on AMD’s Zen 6 “Olympic Ridge” desktop CPUs (featuring 6 to 24 cores) and Intel’s Nova Lake-S processors is generating buzz.
Market Trends: Due to high demand for AI, Western Digital’s hard drive supply may be severely limited for 2026.
Hardware Issues: Reports indicate the 16-pin connector on the NVIDIA RTX 5090 can still fail under high power loads. Additionally, there are reports of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors failing.
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Component Shortages & Price Hikes: RAM prices are surging, leading to price increases on systems like the Framework Desktop. Global GPU prices have also risen by nearly 15% over the past three months, with high-end cards like the RTX 5090/5080/5070 Ti seeing the largest increases.