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Buying guides, deal roundups, and price drop tips for CPUs, GPUs, RAM, SSDs, and motherboards. Find the best deals on Amazon UK.

PC Parts Blog

Buying guides, deal roundups, and price drop tips for CPUs, GPUs, RAM, SSDs, and motherboards. Find the best deals on Amazon UK.

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Motherboard Prices UK 2026: AMD vs Intel Platform Costs Compared

Choosing between AMD AM5 and Intel LGA 1700/1851 in 2026 is as much a question of platform cost as chip performance. Here is what the UK motherboard market actually looks like right now.

28 May 20267 min read

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Motherboard Prices UK 2026: AMD vs Intel Platform Costs Compared

Choosing between AMD AM5 and Intel LGA 1700/1851 in 2026 is as much a question of platform cost as chip performance. Here is what the UK motherboard market actually looks like right now.

28 May 20267 min read

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SSD Prices UK 2026: How PCIe 5.0 Has Changed the Storage Market

PCIe 5.0 SSDs have pushed PCIe 4.0 drives to their most competitive prices ever. Here's what the UK storage market actually looks like in mid-2026 — and where the real value sits.

26 May 20268 min read

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GPU Prices UK 2026: What the RTX 5000 and RX 9000 Launch Has Done to the Market

RTX 5000 and RX 9000 pricing has reshaped the mid-range graphics card market in the UK. Here's what that means for PC builders still running an RTX 3000 or RX 6000 card.

25 May 20265 min read

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Why Apple pulled the 512GB Mac Studio: RAM shortage, pricing, and what buyers should do

Apple quietly removed the 512GB unified-memory Mac Studio option, and it’s a useful signal about high-end RAM supply, config strategy, and when you should (and shouldn’t) buy a maxed-out workstation.

9 March 202613 min readUpdated 22 May 2026

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Nvidia’s Focus Shift: What Jensen Huang’s Remarks Mean for GPU Availability and Street Prices

Jensen Huang says Nvidia likely won’t make more strategic investments like OpenAI/Anthropic. That won’t instantly boost RTX GPU availability, but it’s a useful signal for 2026 pricing—alongside datacenter demand, HBM supply, and advanced packaging capacity.

7 March 20269 min readUpdated 22 May 2026

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SSD Reliability and Performance: Key Facts

Explains how to compare SSD endurance (TBW/DWPD), warranty terms, controller/DRAM design, and real-world performance metrics like sustained writes after SLC cache, 4K QD1 latency, and thermals.

2 March 20266 min readUpdated 22 May 2026

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Exploring New Motherboard Releases: essentials for gamers and PC builders in 2026

With no single flagship standard landing all at once, 2026 motherboard launches are mostly about practical platform choices: AM5 BIOS maturity for Ryzen 7000/8000, Intel's LGA1700 end-of-line value, wider Wi‑6 7 adoption, and more boards shipping with PCIe 5.0 M.2 even when the GPU slot stays PCIe 4.0.

28 February 20265 min readUpdated 22 May 2026

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Understanding RAM Pricing in 2026: Trends and Consumer Impact

DDR5 pricing in early 2026 is being pulled in opposite directions by falling cost-per-GB versus periodic shortages of specific IC bins, keeping popular 32GB (2x16GB) kits volatile even when headline pricing looks stable.

26 February 20265 min readUpdated 22 May 2026

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How to Choose the Right SSD in 2026

NVMe vs SATA, TLC vs QLC, DRAM cache — cut through the jargon and pick the best SSD for your PC build or upgrade.

15 February 20263 min readUpdated 22 May 2026

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Understanding CPU Benchmarks: What Actually Matters

Single-core, multi-core, Cinebench, Geekbench — learn which CPU benchmarks matter for your workload and how to read them.

10 February 20263 min readUpdated 30 May 2026