Black Friday 2022 is shaping up to be a good season for gaming PC deals. Indeed, it will be the first Black Friday where RTX 30-series video cards go unmarked against MSRP. Lower prices for video cards also mean lower prices on prebuilt gaming PCs with those same GPUs. Also. with video card supplies no longer an issue, you can order a gaming PC and expect to receive it in a very reasonable time.

Walmart Black Friday Gaming Computer Deals

Walmart doesn’t have too many Black Friday gaming PC deals, but the ones they do have are pretty good. You will find fantastic deals on prebuilt gaming PCs from IBUYPOWER.

Best Buy Black Friday gaming PC deals

Best Buy has a wider selection of Black Friday gaming PC deals from more brands like IBUYPOWER, CyberPowerPC, Acer, and even Lenovo.

Dell Black Friday Gaming PC Deals

The Dell Black Friday sale includes deals on Alienware Aurora and Dell XPS gaming PCs. The Alienware Aurora certainly has gaming in its DNA; it’s sleek, shiny, colorful and includes more customization options and better cooling than XPS desktops to make it your ultimate gaming PC. The XPS, on the other hand, benefits from a simpler and more sober design with fewer options but at an extremely reasonable price. In terms of gaming performance, both will do the job just fine.

New Dell XPS Intel Core i7-12700 Alder Lake RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PC with 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD, 1TB Hard disk

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Alienware Aurora R14 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X RTX 3080 Ti Gaming PC with 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

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Alienware Aurora R13 Intel Core i7-12700F RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PC 16GB RAM 512GB SSD

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Alienware Aurora R14 AMD Ryzen 9 5900 RTX 3080 Ti Gaming PC with 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 1TB Hard disk

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Alienware Aurora R14 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming PC with 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

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Alienware Aurora R13 Intel Core i9-12900F RTX 3080Ti Gaming PC with 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 1TB Hard disk

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Check out our Dell Black Friday article or the latest Dell Black Friday Announcement more deals on laptops, PCs and gaming monitors.

HP Gaming PC Deals

These are the newly redesigned HP ENVY and OMEN models for 2022. With the exception of the super-cheap HP Pavilion RTX 3060 gaming PC for under $1000, the rest of these configurations are once again equipped with best-in-class 12e generation Intel Alder Lake processors. Some of these configurations are customizable; the upgrades we’ve selected place more emphasis on DIY components such as the CPU and GPU while leaving RAM and storage options completely stock. That’s because it’s often much cheaper to go find the best deal on your own RAM and SSD and then install it yourself.

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HP OMEN 25L AMD Ryzen 5 5600G RTX 3080 8GB RAM 256GB Gaming PC SSD

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HP OMEN 40L Liquid Cooled Intel Core i7-12700K Alder Lake RTX 3080 Gaming PC 8GB RAM 512GB SSD

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HP OMEN 25L Intel Core i7-12700 RTX 3070 Gaming PC 16GB RAM 512GB SSD

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28% off $1,749.99

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HP Victus Intel Core i5-2400 Alder Lake RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PC 8GB RAM 256GB SSD

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HP Pavilion Intel Core i7-11700 RTX 3060 Gaming PC with 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 2TB Hard disk

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35% off $1,349.99

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HP Pavilion AMD Ryzen 7 5700G RTX 3060 Gaming PC with 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 1TB Hard disk

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Check out our HP Black Friday article for more deals on laptops and PCs.

HP OMEN 45L RTX 3080 Gaming PC Deal

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HP OMEN 45L Intel Core i7-12700K RTX 3080 Gaming PC with 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

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The OMEN 45L 2022 is HP’s flagship gaming PC. We haven’t really seen a mainstream vendor offer a more robust cooling system than what we see here. The 45L is a chunky chassis with three intake fans for excellent airflow. Even more impressive is the beefy 240mm liquid cooling system (expandable to 360mm for $80) mounted in its own compartment at the top of the case, dubbed the “Cryo Chamber”. This allows for cooling that rivals DIY enthusiast systems.

New Release: Alienware Aurora R15 Intel Core i9 Raptor Lake GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming PC

with Cryo-Tech water cooling and 1350W power supply

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Alienware Aurora R15 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13900KF RTX 4090 Gaming Computer with Cryo-Tech Liquid Cooling and 1350W Power Provide

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New for the 2022-2023 season, the Alienware Aurora R15 is Dell’s first-ever PC featuring both the 13th Gen Intel Raptor Lake processor and RTX 40-series GPU. The Intel Core i9-13900KF boasts a turbo clock speed of 5.8 GHz and a whopping 24 cores and 32 threads. It’s significantly more powerful than the i9 Alder Lake, and it gives AMD’s flagship AMD Ryzen 9 7950X a run for its money.

The RTX 4090 is by far the most powerful video card you can get right now. No other GPU, whether from NVIDIA or AMD, comes close. For reference, the RTX 4090 is around 110% faster in 4K gaming than the already impressive RTX 3080. It’s around 60% faster than the previous king, the RTX 3090 Ti. This could very well be the biggest performance upgrade in a single generational gap for the GeForce line of cards.

Should you upgrade your gaming PC?

Of course, the answer depends entirely on your situation. However, in terms of technical advancements, the new CPUs and GPUs this time around are significant upgrades over their predecessors.

Gaming processors to consider

The Intel Core i7 Alder Lake processor is Intel’s 12th generation processor and a pretty big jump in power over any of the previous Intel chips. It’s definitely one of the best upgrades you can make on the Intel platform, especially since most previous Core i7 revisions have been incremental. There’s now an even newer processor, the 13th Gen Raptor Lake, but it’s too new to see any good deals on this processor and the improvement over Alder Lake isn’t worth the price premium.

On the AMD side, the Ryzen 7000 series processors are also a notable step forward. However, these are the latest generation processors and will not go on sale as easily as the AMD 6000 and 5000 series processors. On that note, the AMD 6000 is just a gradual upgrade from the 5000 series and you should consider getting one or the other depending on what offers are available.

Gaming GPUs to Consider

The RTX 30 series video cards are a huge improvement over the RTX 20 series video cards. The RTX 3060 Ti, for example, a “mid-range” card, is as powerful as the RTX 2080 SUPER, the card “top of the range” of previous generations. If you have a video card older than this generation, this will probably be the best upgrade you can make. Sure, the newly released RTX 40 series cards are even better performing, but with the cheapest RTX 40 series card starting at over $1000, the value proposition just isn’t there. .

AMD has decent video cards. The AMD Radeon RX 6850 XT is a bit slower than the RTX 3080 and the RX 6700 XT is a bit slower than the RTX 3070, but these cards lack DLSS and underperform in ray tracing performance. That said, gaming PCs with these AMD cards could potentially cost several hundred dollars less than their NVIDIA counterparts. You shouldn’t count them if you’re taking them for your money’s worth.

Looking for more discounts? Take a look at our guide to the best Black Friday deals.

Apple’s rapid transition to Arm-based systems-on-chips has shown the industry just how possible such a change is if designed correctly. Canalys analysts estimate that Arm’s architecture is progressing so rapidly that Arm-powered SoCs will take a significant share of the PC market and half of the cloud server market in just four years. But not everyone in the industry is so optimistic.

“By 2026, not 2050 but 2026, in four years half of cloud processors will be ARM-based, 30% of PCs will be ARM-based,” said Steve Brazier, president and CEO of research firm Canalys market, during an event, reports DigiTimes (opens in a new tab). “This is an extraordinary event and an industry-changing event that just hasn’t been taken seriously enough.

30% of PCs by 2026

Chinese PC maker HIGOLE has produced a tiny computer that blurs the lines between tablets and miniature desktops for years. But the company’s latest GOLE1 models are a bit different.

Whereas former members of the formation introduced Intel processors, the new GOLE1 R is a compact computer with a Rockchip RK3588 ARM processor, 8 GB of RAM, 128 GB of eMMC storage, a 5.5 inch touch screen and Android software. It’s up for pre-order via a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. But it’s also just one of two new models that HIGOLE is offering via Kickstarter.

While the GOLE1 R has a 5.5-inch screen and built-in battery, allowing you to use it as a small, chunky tablet, there’s also a GOLE1 RN that doesn’t have a screen or battery. Designed to be used as a mini-desktop rather than a portable device, it’s a bit cheaper than the GOLE1 R, but the stationary model has at least one advantage: it has an M.2 slot that you can use to add an SSD.

Both models feature LPDDR4 memory, eMMC storage, microSD card reader and full-size ports including:

• 1x Gigabit Ethernet
• 1 HDMI 2.1 output
• 1 HDMI 1.4 input
• 1 x USB Type-C (for power, DisplayPort or USB functionality)
• 4 USB 3.0 Type-A ports
• 1 x 3.5mm audio jack
• 1 x IR port for use with remote controls

The small computers also support WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 and come with Android 12 software, although HIGOLE notes that they do. not ship with the Google Play Store or other Google services. You should, however, be able to download apps. And the systems should also be compatible with Linux-based operating systems supporting the RK3588 processor.

The RK3588 processor is an octa-core chip with four 2.4GHz ARM Cortex-A76 processor cores, four 1.8GHz Cortex-A55 cores, Mali-G610 MP4 graphics, neural processing unit with up to to 6 TOP performance and 8K video support. proofreading.

But there are cheaper ways to get your hands on a desktop mini with this chip. The GOLE1 RN costs $300 during crowdfunding, while the GOLE1 R costs $353. But the FriendlyELEC NanoPi R6S single board computer with an RK3588S chip retails for just $119, and the pi orange 5 has the same processor and a starting price of just $69.

So I’m not particularly convinced that the GOLE1 RN is a very good deal. But the GOLE1 R might be slightly more appealing thanks to its tablet-like features, including a touchscreen, 2500mAh battery, mic, speaker, and G-sensor for auto screen rotation.

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It is inevitable that an operating system as complex as Windows will experience slowdowns. Most of these slowdowns are the result of underpowered hardware, which is an easy fix if you have the cash to spend on more powerful components.

The best thing to do is to adapt the background processors to use much less resources. And when it comes to reducing background resource usage, your first choice should be to customize Microsoft Defender.

This is where DefenderUI comes in. DefenderUI is a user interface overlay that lets you customize Windows Defender through an intuitive interface. Let’s see how to use it to make Defender less resource intensive.

How does Microsoft Defender slow down your PC’s performance?

Usually, Microsoft Defender always runs in the background. It periodically checks for virus definition updates and performs scheduled scans automatically.

Microsoft Defender also calculates file hashes for all executable files on your PC to provide better protection against malware. Calculating hashes is quite CPU-intensive, so it can significantly affect system performance.

Defender activities such as scheduled scans, frequent checks for definition updates, and file hash calculations can reduce system performance if your PC is not well equipped. So, disabling/tuning these features can help minimize the impact on Defender’s performance.

How to Change Microsoft Defender Settings to Make Your PC Snappy

While you can dig into the Windows Settings app and change Defender options, we wouldn’t recommend it, as there’s an easy way to do it. DefenderUI, a third-party tool, organizes all Defender settings in an easy-to-navigate way.

• First, download DefenderUI and install it.
• Launch the program and access the Advanced tongue.
• In the Advanced tab, uncheck File hash calculation and check Low CPU Priority.

Once you disable file hash calculation, Microsoft Defender will no longer use computer file hashes for every executable on your system, potentially increasing performance.

The Low CPU priority option will ensure that scheduled scans are not prioritized and therefore will not run before more important tasks like a command associated with a video game you are playing.

Under the Low CPU Priority option, you will find drop-down menus for Average CPU usage during scan and Signature Update Interval. Adjusting these options can also improve system performance.

First, click on the Average CPU usage during scan menu and select the lowest setting you are comfortable with. For example, if you select 10%, Defender will try to use, on average, only 10% of the CPU when running a scheduled scan.

Second, the Signature Update Interval is the time after which Defender will check for definition updates. The lower the number, the more frequently Defender will check for updates and therefore potentially reduce system performance.

Therefore, set the signature update interval to as large a number as you want. For example, if you choose 24 hours, Defender will only check for updates once a day.

Finally, you can also speed up Defender scans by excluding certain types of files and folders from scheduled scans. See how to whitelist files and folders in microsoft defender for more information on the subject.

In the Advanced you will find options such as Scan emails, Scan archives, Scan network filesetc While we don’t recommend disabling everything, you can uncheck anything you want to speed up Defender scans.

For example, press Scan emails to prevent Defender from scanning emails. If you do this, you will have to learn how to spot dangerous attachments, as you will no longer get Defender protection. However, if you are sure that you are not infected by an email, it may be useful to disable it to save CPU.

Also, if you trust removable drives connected to your computer, you can uncheck Scan removable drives to prevent Defender from scanning drives.

DefenderUI can do more than just speed up your PC

Fine-tuning Microsoft Defender’s background resource usage is just a small part of what makes DefenderUI so useful. You can use the utility for various Defender-related tasks, including changing scanning behavior and managing notifications.

Essentially, DefenderUI takes the already great Defender and makes it much more robust and easier to use.

The 2022 Great American Supercomputing Road Trip started off with a bang with my first stop at the Pacific Northwest National Lab in Richland, Washington — about 250 miles from base.

It was my first visit to the lab and I came away very impressed with their ambitious plans and the scope and depth of their work. In total, we spoke to five people, as you can see in the video below.

We started with Robert Rallo, the director of PNNL’s Advanced Computing, Mathematics, and Data Division. We discussed the lab’s mission and how they use highly advanced computing to accomplish it.

I also spoke with Kevin Barker, the group leader of their HPC group (did you know the government is working on new accelerators? I didn’t.) We went into all sorts of detail about the technology Current and future HPC and how it could be used by the lab.

As you’ll see in the interview, Mahantesh Halappanavar, Acting Group Leader of their Data Science and Artificial Intelligence group, really knows his graph analyzes and strives to make these difficult problems more parallel and faster. to calculate.

Vito Castellana, senior researcher, has hardware in his blood even if today he mainly works with software (compilers and others). He is working towards a mind-boggling goal: designing the technology where any developer can design a custom hardware accelerator for their unique code. It might take the form of an FPGA in the early days, but over time will become full-fledged ASICs or processors. It’s only a small step today, but Vito explains how it could become a reality in the medium term.

Gotcen Koster also has a dream. She wants to make sure that scientists never have to think about how their code will be processed by the computer. She envisions a compiler that will automatically compile code for any or all accelerator/CPU combinations without scientists having to get their hands dirty. She explains how it would work and the benefits we might see in her part of the interview.

I have to thank PNNL PR specialist Tom Ricky for organizing this leg of the tour. I also have to thank HPE, Cornelis Networks, Giga I/O and Dell Technologies for making this road trip possible. And of course, without our friends at HPCwire, you wouldn’t be reading this and watching the video. I should fax it to you or something, shouldn’t I?

Worried that your new 13th Gen Intel processor won’t run on Windows 10?

Updated: October 31, 2022 09:53

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from Intel 13th generation processors are a big talking point these days among hardware enthusiasts, PC gamers, and reviewers. The all-new Raptor-Lake lineup was unveiled to us in September 2022. Currently, the launch lineup that includes Intel’s first two 13th Gen processors is available for consumer purchase.

Long story short, the performance gains are pretty impressive. In both gaming and productivity workloads, we see a huge performance boost. Sure enough, there are also valid concerns in terms of efficiency, thermal, and power consumption.

So, whenever a new platform or generation is released, there are bound to be issues right from the start. Some are more concerning than others. For example, some people ask if Intel 13th generation can work on Windows 10.

You might think the answer is simple, but there’s a bit more to the story.

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13th Gen Intel Raptor Lake Lineup – A Quick Look

Before getting into the main topic of the discussion, it is important that you know about the 13th generation Intel processors available at launch. So here’s a refresher on the range and some quick specs.

• Intel Core i9 13900K – 24 cores (8 P cores + 16 E cores), up to 5.8 GHz Turbo, 36 MB L3 cache, DDR5 support and Intel UHD Graphics 770.

• Intel Core i9 13700K – 16 cores (8 P-cores + 8 E-cores), up to 5.4 GHz Turbo, 30 MB L3 cache, DDR5 support and Intel UHD Graphics 770.

• Intel Core i9 13600K – 14 cores (6 P cores + 8 E cores), up to 5.1 GHz Turbo, 24 MB L3 cache, DDR5 support and Intel UHD Graphics 770.

Apart from these three main processors, “KF” versions also exist. The KF variants lack integrated graphics and are slightly cheaper. That’s the only difference between them.

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Can 13th Gen Intel run on Windows 10?

Well, the short and simple answer to that is that Intel 13th Gen can run on Windows 10. However, using Windows 11 might be a safer bet for most people. Of course, if we talk about official support, both versions support 13th generation Intel processors.

In the real world, both will work without issue. However, 12th generation Intel processors showed some issues with Windows 10 at launch. The problem was that Windows 10 was having issues scheduling the processing of electronic cores (efficiency cores). This means that low priority tasks are assigned to electronic cores by default.

Although it is not a major problem, some programs such as Handbrake, a video encoder, create low priority threads to use all cores in the system. If Windows 10 assumes that these threads are not urgent, they will be assigned to electronic cores.

At the time, some games were also experiencing micro-stuttering issues due to this exact issue. The list is small, but still interesting.

There is a simple solution to this. Changing the power plan setting to High Performance may resolve the issue. The latest Windows 10 feature update would also fix this problem for most programs.

So while Intel 13th Gen may run on Windows 10, you’re probably safest to stick with Windows 11 to avoid minor glitches that may arise. Intel also recommends it.

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Should I upgrade to Windows 11 for 13th Gen Intel?

Intel recommends that you run its 13th generation processors on Windows 11. Indeed, Intel designed processors around Windows 11 and Windows 11 has recently become the standard that most PCs use at the time of writing.

Windows 11 also introduced game optimizations that Windows 10 did not have, such as Auto HDR, meaning any game can now be “upgraded” to HDR. There were also a number of small tweaks that amounted to significant FPS increases when looked at cumulatively.

This is mainly the reason why Intel 13th Gen should run on Windows 11. But 13th Gen will run on Windows 10 if you are really determined to stick with 10.