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Flipping through The Manual: Classy kicks for summer, dry bags, BBQ accessories

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Burned out on apps, keys and screens? Improve your analog life this weekend! Digital Trends’ brother site The Manual exists to give men straight-up advice, from unspoken suit rules you need to know, to the latest in fashion, food, drink, travel, grooming and culture. Here are a few of our favorite stories to appear on The Manual lately.

Grainwell makes customized woodworking a breeze

Grainwell makes customized woodworking a breeze
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Started by three sisters from Kentucky, Grainwell specializes in customized woodworking which is perfect as a unique gift or beautiful piece of home decor.

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Micro Guide: Provincetown

Micro Guide: Provincetown
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Here are just a handful of ways to spend the weekend in Massachusetts’ most iconic seaside getaway: Provincetown.

Filson’s Dry Bags: Stylish, rugged, and ready

Filson's Dry Bags: Stylish, rugged, and ready
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Outdoor adventures just got easier with Filson’s Dry Bags. No need to worry about water or sand.

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The Manual Wind: Bell & Ross BR 03-96 Grande Date

The Manual Wind: Bell & Ross BR 03-96 Grande Date
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Forget about elaborate limited editions. Bell & Ross has finally come out with a new true classic in both size and design in its latest piece; The Bell & Ross BR 03-96 Grande Date and BR 03-96 Golden Heritage.

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5 useful BBQ accessories to help you prepare for July 4th

5 useful BBQ accessories to help you prepare for July 4th
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For your reading (and grilling) pleasure, we would like to present a few of our favorite BBQ accessories for this July 4th and beyond.

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On Your Feet: J. Crew and New Balance celebrate the dog days of summer

On Your Feet: J. Crew and New Balance celebrate the dog days of summer
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With dark brown and blue suede over off-white nylon, the New Balance Hilltop Blues 998s from J. Crew are the perfect summer sneaker with a touch of class.

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The grim news comes from IT Home, a Chinese tech publication that cites anonymous "industry sources" as it predicts that Nvidia's AIBs are about to raise their prices by up to 10% on average -- and this won't be limited to high-end GPUs along the lines of the RTX 4090. In fact, IT Home reports that the RTX 4070 Super has already received a price increase of about 100 yuan, which equals roughly $14 at the time of this writing. This is a subtle price increase given that the GPU costs $550 to $600, but according to the report, it might just be the beginning.

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Intel Core i9-13900K held between fingertips.

In a surprising twist, Intel has just decided to discontinue its entire lineup of 13th-generation Raptor Lake CPUs, and it's happening faster than anyone might have expected. Who would have thought that Intel would bid farewell to some of its best processors so soon? While today is a sad day for Raptor Lake, the news is good for those wanting to buy a CPU -- while supplies last, that is.

The discontinuance applies to Intel's lineup of overclockable Raptor Lake processors, bar the 14th-gen refresh, of course. This means that CPUs like the Core i5-13600K are no longer in production and vendors will no longer be able to restock them as of May 24, 2024. This comes from an official product change notification document from Intel, which was spotted by Tom's Hardware. The full list of affected processors is as follows:

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 GPU.

Nvidia's RTX 4090 remains the undisputed most powerful GPU on the market right now, despite being a year-and-a-half old. As such, you might think that reselling it later should be a breeze, not to mention that it should net you a nice amount of money -- but that is not always the case.

Wccftech reports that one owner of an MSI RTX 4090 tried to use the Micro Center GPU Trade-In Program to get some money back, and the GPU was valued at just $700 -- a mere 36% of the total cost of the graphics card.

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