After the big wave of work-from-dwelling tech shopping last twelvemonth and the holiday discounts backside u.s., here's what TechSpot readers bought during the first month of 2022. We usually monitor for this kind of activity, and we thought it'd be interesting to share information technology with yous also, so we may showtime publishing this kind of lists every other month or then.

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#1 SanDisk Extreme microSDXC UHS-I Memory Menu with Adapter

By far the about popular items were SanDisk Extreme microSD cards. According to stats, you bought over 60 microSD cards of 128GB ($23.99) and 256GB ($39.99) capacities. You can learn more nigh microSD classes, operation and what to purchase in our microSD and SD Carte Buying Guide.

#2 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 six-core/12-thread CPU

Our favorite value CPU of 2022 ($199) remains the i of the best selling processors on Amazon. Although the 5600X has made its appearance in the pinnacle xx selling items, it's non as widely bachelor and information technology's more expensive. The 5950X is selling particularly well, too, surprisingly.

#3 Asus RT-AX3000 (AX58U) Router

One of the latest and greatest Wi-Fi six routers is the Asus RT-AX3000, currently available for $168. As we institute in our roundup, it's ane of the fastest you can buy, too. This was the most popular router amid TS readers both during the vacation season and during 2022 and so far as well.

#4 Sabrent Rocket 4 PCIe four.0 SSD

Sabrent is one of the SSD brands currently offering the best performance and blindside for your buck in the storage department. With excellent speeds at noteworthy prices, you bought plenty of Rocket 4 ($169 for 1TB, $349 for 2TB) and the Rocket 4 Plus ($199 for 1TB) models in 2022 already.

#v Arctic MX-four Thermal Compound Paste

Properly building that rig means getting high quality cooling and thermal paste, you have bought quite a few units of Chill's MX-4 ($12.99).

#half-dozen Noctua NF-A14 PWM "chromax.Blackness.bandy" Quiet Fan

We were non surprised to find Noctua on this list, but instead of one of their hefty heatsinks, you seem to have favored their quiet fans which go for $25 each. The amend the cooling, the ameliorate the operation and for enthusiasts and beginners alike, the NF-A14 PWM is serenity and easy to install.

#vii LG 27GL850-B 27" Ultragear QHD Nano IPS Monitor

One of our long-fourth dimension favorite gaming monitors that offers great value, the LG 27GL850 has recently been topped past rivals, simply information technology's still pretty cracking if you find at the right price.

The cheap Acer SB220Q ($93.99) was another monitor that has sold well amid you recently. If you're wondering if it'south any good for less than $100, read our review.

#eight Samsung 980 Pro PCIe NVMe Gen4

The latest generation of NVMe SSDs are selling well. Samsung's 980 Pro PCIe NVMe Gen4 is among the best SSDs in the market place and you seem to agree with your wallet.

#ix Samsung EVO MicroSDXC Memory Cards

SanDisk sold the most SD cards but Samsung was also preferred selling over twoscore cards betwixt the EVO and EVO Plus lines which sell for as footling as $ten.99 for a 64GB menu.

#10 MSI GS66 Stealth 10SGS & MSI GL65 Leopard 10SFK Gaming laptops

The MSI GS66 Stealth 10SGS and MSI GL65 Leopard 10SFK were at the top of laptop purchases, both gaming models equipped with RTX 2080 and RTX 2070 GPUs respectively, perhaps it's not ideal to purchase them with Ampere RTX serial now landing on laptops unless you tin score a salubrious discount.