Hardware

A year after the first post about GPU prices in Europe, let’s revisit with the European GPU market. Last generations NVIDIA RTX 5000 and AMD RX 9000 are out, let’s have a look at the GPU prices in Europe using Amazon.fr and check which one gives the best “bang for the buck” as YouTubers like to say. I will use Hardware Unboxed comparison of the Radeon RX 9070 XT vs. GeForce RTX 5070 Ti over 55 games for this post. They have used the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC and the Sapphire Pure Radeon RX 9070 XT for their comparison, so I’ve used the prices for the same models and when possible, I used the same series for other GPU’s. ...

With all the buzz about AI these days, let’s have a look at the GPU prices in Europe and check which one gives the best “bang for the buck” as YouTubers like to say. YouTube is filled with people telling you how cheap GPUs are or that this model is the best value but unfortunately most of those people are living in the USA. Here in Europe, the story is usually different. I checked the cheapest model of each chip, and sorted them by the price per GB VRAM. The full table is available below. ...

I have just bought a mini PC based on Intel N100 CPU. Initially, I was going to buy another Raspberry PI or a used “TinyMiniMicro” PC, but I decided to have a look at the current mini PC offering. I am glad I did. On a major Chinese reseller website, I saw a lot of similar products with the Intel N100 CPU so I had a look at reviews (here here) and boy, this thing is powerful (for its size). I’ll talk about the mini PC in an other post. ...

If you plan to buy the Antec NX800 for your new build, you should be aware of a couple of things. First, it is one of the cheap-ish cases that support a 280mm radiator at the top. This is the primary reason I bought this case. Second, if you mount a radiator at the top, mount it last. Especially, mount it after you screwed the motherboard and plugged all cables (especially CPU power and fans). Accessing them with the radiator mounted will be difficult or even impossible. ...