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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition review A new graphics card built for silicon austerity and a new era of AI rendering.
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You don't need an RTX 5090 or a 4K monitor for gaming when you can play Snake on your monitor's subpixels. But you will need a microscope or a good macro lens Or just squint really, really hard.
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Adata SE880 1 TB external SSD review A reasonably performant and extra-small USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 drive that faces tough competition.

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News Makes sense, but this still doesn't scream confidence in the product.

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All about the Gen A new graphics card built for silicon austerity and a new era of AI rendering.

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Nvidia RTX 5090

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By Jess Kinghorn published

News Save your pennies.

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By Jeremy Laird published

news Deep-dive video on the design of the RTX 5090's cooler is a great watch.

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By Jacob Fox published

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A gaming PC built using MSI's Project Zero components. With a small illustrated 'living' computer pointing at it in the bottom left.

I built the mullet of gaming PCs with MSI's Project Zero 'Back-Connect' parts

By Jacob Ridley published

Mullet PC Business up front, party out back.

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