Ryzen 5 5500X3D hits China, keeping AM4 upgrades relevant

AMD’s Ryzen 5 5500X3D is making the jump from a limited regional SKU to broader retail availability, with new listings indicating the processor is now being sold in China.

Anyone who thinks the #SteamMachine aka. #GabeCube / #GabenCube will be a $499 thing or even a $749 thing needs to get updated on #pricing for #hardware.

• Thanks to the "#AI" #Scamconomy, #PriceFixing and #OpenAI buying 40% of global #DRAM production output due to #Trump's "#Stargate" shitshow and the circular #Scam #economy associated, the 2x16GB #DDR5-SODIMMs (even if those were slow -4800 and not the recommended #Zen4 -6000 speeds) will cost about $250+ as of today.

• #SSD|s too - which use the same chip dabs - also climb beyond $100 per TB or > $50 for a 512 GB #NVMe.

So already these components are $300+ as of today, and industry insiders claim this will get much worse so I'm not even shure a $999 pricetag will be possible by Q1/2026. Not to mention the 8GB VRAM of the built-on, dedicaded #GPU!

• Espechally since #Valve, unlike #Sony, #Microsoft, #Apple and #Nintendo will not have the capital to order like #RAM Chips or even sticks in decent qualtities right now.

The only reason why noone expects Apple to raise prices is because they already shaft their buyers by overcharging them for their #SolderedDownRAM & #SolderedDownSSDs and they tend to buy not just huge quantites, paying abovemarket, but also fewer, higher capacity chips.

(Video via #GamersNexus)

#Enshittification #AIslop #Scams #Scalping #PriceHike #PriceHikes #SKhynix #Micron #Samsung #AMD #SODIMM #DIMM #RAMpricing #Prices #ConsumerElectronics #Greedflation #USpol

Valve’s New Steam Machine: Compact, upgradeable PC-console hybrid with Zen 4 CPU, RDNA 3 GPU, 16GB RAM, 4K 60FPS, and ray tracing. Affordable, living-room gaming solution.

#Valve #SteamMachine #SteamOS #PCGaming #4KGaming #Zen4 #RDNA3 #RayTracing #GamingPC #ConsolePCConvergence #NextGenGaming #TECHi

Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/valve-unveils-new-steam-machine-4k-gaming-living-room/

AMD has already released its first #openSIL #BIOS for one of their CPU architectures, specifically #Zen4:

https://youtu.be/JplSooSb30o

This is quite big, as it means they are replacing its #ClosedSource AGESA with an #OpenSource BIOS.

And it will be the future for newer Zen's too.

More on AMD and openSIL: https://www.basicinputoutput.com/2025/01/amd-opensil.html

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX delivers unmatched performance for high-end creators and developers:
🔥 24 Cores / 48 Threads
⚙️ Zen 4 Architecture - up to 5.3 GHz
💾 8-Channel DDR5 (ECC Ready)
🔌 128 PCIe 5.0 Lanes

Perfect for multi-GPU rigs, 8K video editing, AI training, and serious simulation workloads. Built for those who demand reliability and raw strength.

👉 https://mycustompc.com/cpu/amd-ryzen-threadripper-pro-7965wx

#ThreadripperPro #threadripper #AMD #CPU #Hardware #Workstation #AI #CustomPC #Zen4

Z2 Extreme handleds:

- Too expensive
- Little performance gains
- Tech from two years (Zen 4 + RDNA 3)
- To be obsolete in two years.

An RTX laptop reign supreme I guess.

https://videocardz.com/newz/frustration-grows-over-ryzen-z2-extreme-handheld-launches

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #AMD #Zen4 #RDNA #RDNA3 #Radeon #Hardware #Tech #Handled #Handleds #MSI #MSIClawA8 #Lenovo #LegionGo #LegionGo2 #ROG #ROGAllyX #ROGAlly #XboxAlly #XboxAllyX

Is Zen 5 finally better for gaming? Ryzen 9600X vs. 7600X

https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]d/t/2690216

Hey #Valve, here is an idea:

The "Steam Dock", a 1080p@60 machine:

- Valve Freemont SoC (6@12 Zen4, RX 7600 RDNA3)
- Steam OS
- 16GB RAM (8 DDR5 + 8 GDDR6)
- 512GB / 1TB

* $199, no controller + 512GB
* $249, with controller + 512GB
* $299, with controller + 1TB

It's basically free money. Hell, I'm throwing my wallet right now to the screen as I'm writing this.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #SteamDock #Steam #AMD #ValveFreemont #Consoles #Console #SteamConsole #ValveConsole #Zen4 #AMD

If #Valve can push a console for $199, they will own the market.

https://wccftech.com/valve-fremont-spotted-custom-amd-soc-zen-4-cpu-cores-4-8-ghz-rx-7600-rdna-3-gpu/

For such old hardware (#Zen4 and #RDNA3), I don’t think they’re aiming for premium price but something that runs well and is accesible. Much like the #SteamDeck.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Amd #SoC #Steam #Console #Consoles #Hardware #ConsoleHardware