It’s about time we had some Good Tech News - Aug 9 ▷ MY STORE - shirts, pint glasses & hoodies: http://paulshardware.net ⇨ Sponsor: Lexar NM790 Gen4 NVME SSDs | buy: https://geni.us/hiXb info: https://tinyurl.com/LXNM790 ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Welcome to Paul’s Tech News - Aug 9, 2026 TECH BRIEFS - GOOD NEWS 1:47 AMD Radeon GPUs are getting per-chip VRAM temperature monitoring in HWiNFO 2:55 5070, 5080, 5090 to be sold at MSRP QuakeCon 2026 4:03 Microsoft just deleted Windows 11’s 32GB RAM recommendation docs 5:02 Microsoft will let publishers bring Xbox 360 games to PC, handhelds and next-gen Xbox 5:54 New York to impose the country’s first statewide moratorium on data centers 6:59 Awesome Hardware Charity Live Stream Announcement - Sat Aug 22 THE REST OF THE NEWS 7:26 RAM production worldwide sold out through 2027, but hope for storage / NAND 9:18 GPU Prices Up, Up, Up - Motherboards Too ► LINKS TECH BRIEFS - GOOD NEWS AMD Radeon GPUs are getting per-chip VRAM temperature monitoring in HWiNFO https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-gpus-are-getting-per-chip-vram-temperature-monitoring-in-hwinfo https://www.hwinfo.com/forum/threads/hwinfo-v8-51-6045-beta-released.11277/ https://videocardz.com/newz/hwinfo-beta-adds-per-chip-radeon-vram-temperatures-first-rx-9070-xt-tests-show-7-4c-spread 5070, 5080, 5090 to be sold at MSRP at QuakeCon 2026 https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/prodazhi-rtx-5090-rtx-5080-i-rtx-5070-po-rekomendovannym-tsenam-projdut-na-quakecon-2026 Microsoft just deleted Windows 11’s 32GB RAM recommendation docs https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/05/microsoft-just-deleted-windows-11s-32gb-ram-recommendation-docs-as-prices-soar-and-it-rushes-to-sell-8gb-ram-pcs/ Microsoft will let publishers bring Xbox 360 games to PC, handhelds and next-gen Xbox https://www.theverge.com/games/974544/microsoft-xbox-360-games-pc-disc-digital-program https://videocardz.com/newz/microsoft-will-let-publishers-bring-xbox-360-games-to-pc-handhelds-and-next-gen-xbox New York to impose the country’s first statewide moratorium on data centers https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-impose-countrys-first-statewide-moratorium-data-centers-rcna587429 https://otherwords.org/ai-and-big-tech-are-flooding-middle-america-with-bribes/ Awesome Hardware Charity Stream - Sat Aug 22 THE REST OF THE NEWS RAM production worldwide is sold out through 2027 Digitimes (Chinese, machine translated) - https://www.digitimes.com.tw/tech/dt/n/shwnws.asp?CnlID=1&id=0000763847_DVY7YHX65GMLYZ6UQEEMP English, paywalled - https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260804PD217/2027-capacity-dram-nand-2026.html https://www.techpowerup.com/351344/memory-makers-seal-2027-deals-no-room-for-new-buyers https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/05/ram-production-worldwide-is-sold-out-through-2027 https://www.blocksandfiles.com/ai-ml/2026/01/21/memory-semiconductor-supercycle-set-to-run-through-2028/4090501 Hope for storage / NAND flash - https://www.techpowerup.com/350922/report-nand-flash-shortages-to-finally-end-in-2027 https://www.trendforce.com/presscenter/news/20260721-13148.html GPU Prices Up, Up, Up - Motherboards Too https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-and-gigabyte-reportedly-raise-gpu-channel-prices-by-around-20-in-china https://wccftech.com/asus-asks-5090-for-rtx-5090-after-cancelling-users-order-who-already-paid-4607/ https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-50-prices-rise-by-30-on-average-in-south-korea-within-days https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-gigabyte-and-msi-reportedly-plan-motherboard-price-increases-for-q3-2026 Intro Story about PC Building (PCWorld) - https://www.pcworld.com/article/3207230/pc-building-is-more-fun-when-you-have-no-idea-what-youre-doing.html Please note that links above may be affiliate links -- if you click them and make a qualifying purchase I earn a commission. ▷ MY STORE - shirts, pint glasses & hoodies: http://paulshardware.net ▷ SOCIAL Twitter: @paulhardware http://www.twitter.com/paulhardware Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pauls-Hardware/195425877329550 Instagram: http://instagram.com/paulhardware :::Send Me Stuff::: Paul's Hardware P.O. Box 4325 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 ► Edited by Joe Aguilar - ShaostylePostProductions https://www.youtube.com/@hatguyjoe Audio file(s) provided by Epidemic Sound http://www.epidemicsound.com/
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Something ironic about Microsoft going back to pushing 8GB PCs while actively contributing to the RAM crisis themselves.
Increasing prices because there's less demand feels a bit counter intuitive.
Finally, RWIDA 50 series cards are selling at their MERP
We need to go back and save Harambe.
Over 60 data centre licenses handed out by Westminster for use in Scotland to take advantage of our lochs and rivers. This is being railroaded through even though the Scottish Government originally denied them.
Perhaps we should start writing "Wildberries" in the side of all the data centres then watch them go boom.
19 Seconds after it's posted, I saw this upload. I know it's going to break my heart, but I'm clicking anyway to support Paul.
Me, keeping my Ryzen 7 3700X and RTX 3060 Ti, for 2 more years...
It's going to get worse before it's going to get even more worse.
DATA Centers & AI infuriate me more each day
I bought a 4tb Lexar drive last year when they first sponsored Paul. Not sure I could afford that now 😒
Back to building scrap yard systems I suppose
Instead of spending big money on pc upgrades ive gotten into other hobbies. If the games are good and worthwhile, ill still hear about them later. Maybe this is a sign for us to go and do something new.
Thanks for the Tech News Joe and Paul, even if it's not the best news.
I just soldered tensor cores on my GTX 1080 Ti
We getting burnt to a crisp with each week of tech news.
3:41 If you want some genuine good news, I "won" one of those last spring, and I did not sell it and am using it right now.
Gotta love the commitment to the sponsor. Bold strategy, Lexar. Bold. LMFAO.
Paul, ill always give you credit for your video scripts. Its witty and funny and generally segues very well. Props to you.