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Lexar Shows 9600MTs ARES RGB Memory During CES 2025

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Splave PC Announces their new line of Overclocked Gaming PCs at CES 2025
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Splave PC Announces their new line of Overclocked Gaming PCs at CES 2025

This adventure started with a special memory line that you could by from GSKill, the Splave edition. This special memory bin offered Trident Z5 RGB modules with special tuning and are now getting included with custom overclocked gaming PCs tuned by Splave himself.

New Graphics Cards and AI Enabled Hardware from Gigabyte during CES 2025
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New Graphics Cards and AI Enabled Hardware from Gigabyte during CES 2025

One of the exciting releases during Computex 2024 was the AI Top product line from Gigabyte. These new motherboards are specially designed for the unique demands of AI development and now range to include most every available chipset from the AMD B850 up to the TRX50 Threadripper and Intel W790.

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