Gigabyte’s AORUS RTX 5090 INFINITY is listed in Europe for an eye-watering €6,194.84. For comparison, NVIDIA’s official RTX 5090 MSRP is €2,329, 166% so this card costs about €3,866 more than the MSRP, The INFINITY is a high-end custom model with a massive cooler, 32GB of GDDR7 memory and a boost clock of up to 2,730 MHz. Other AORUS RTX 5090 models are also expensive, but they’re generally listed around €3,800–€4,100

Gigabyte has reportedly increased GPU prices in Japan by up to 40%, depending on the model. The price hike affects GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards and is linked to higher production costs, including more expensive memory and chip manufacturing. NVIDIA is also said to have raised prices for its board partners. Similar price increases have already been reported in South Korea, suggesting other regions could also see higher GPU prices in the coming months.

A Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU exploded on a Gigabyte X670E AORUS MASTER motherboard when the computer suddenly shut down during use and failing to boot afterward. The user did not overclock the CPU and only ran DDR5 RAM at 6000 MHz on a very old BIOS from May 2023, before Gigabyte released firmware updates for Ryzen X3D processors. AMD denied the warranty claim and said the damage was due to human error, which adds to the growing number of similar AM5 CPU failures reported on different motherboard brands.

NVIDIA RTX 5090 graphics cards now cost 425€ more, and premium models from Gigabyte and Zotac are hit the hardest, with some top versions like the Gigabyte AORUS RTX 5090 now selling for over 6,000 euros. The price rise comes professional users who buy these cards for AI work, 3D design, video editing, and other heavy tasks because they focus more on power than the cost of the graphic cards The card is expensive to make since it has 32 GB of memory and the new Blackwell technology Meanwhile, prices for many other NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards have been falling.

A Japanese capsule toy company is making tiny PC parts that you can collect and build. Tarlin has teamed up with ASRock, Gigabyte, MSI, and Intel to create small, realistic PC components that fit together like a real desktop PC. The first collection includes: - Three different motherboards from ASRock, Gigabyte, and MSI - An Intel Core Ultra 7 processor - A PC case - A power supply - Case fans The parts are not just for display. You can assemble them to build a miniature PC, making them more fun than regular capsule toys. Tarlin is already known in Japan for making detailed miniature tech collectibles, and this is its latest project.