AMD officially announced new A620 chipset for Ryzen 7000 series CPUs
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ASRock, Asus, Biostar, Gigabyte, and MSI show their motherboards

AMD has officially announced its new A620 chipset, giving an entry-level motherboard option for its Ryzen 7000 series CPUs. ASRock, Asus, Biostar, Gigabyte, and MSI have already announced their own motherboards, and AMD says these should start at $85.

G.Skill announces new 24GB and 48GB module capacity kits
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Reaching up to DDR5-8200

G.Skill has unveiled new 24GB and 48GB capacity modules, making up new 48GB and 96GB capacity kits with DDR-8200 and DDR5-6800 frequencies.

Intel updates its Xeon roadmap
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144-core Sierra Fores and Clearwater Forest on 18A

Intel held its Data Center and AI Investor webinar earlier today, updating its Xeon roadmap, and showing progress on its P-core Xeon and E-core Xeon lineups. The big surprise was the E-core Xeon lineup, the 144-core Sierra Forest Xeon, coming in 1H 2024, and the Clearwater Forest Xeon lineup, scheduled for 2025 on Intel 18A manufacturing process. The P-Core Xeon lineup is on track with Emerald Rapids in Q4 2023, and Granite Rapids, closely following Sierra Forest in 2024.

be quiet! adds white color to its Light Wings ARGB fans
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Coming in 120mm and 140mm, and standard and high-speed versions

be quiet! has updated its Light Wings ARGB series fans with all white color. The new Light Wings White will also be available in 120mm and 140mm sizes as well as come in standard and high-speed versions.

Lenovo brings back the VGA port on gaming PC
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Party like it is 1987

Lenovo’s Tower 17IRB8 features a VGA port which is an odd thing to see on what it is billing as a 2023 gaming computer.