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Sometimes choosing a CPU is hard. So we've got you covered. In our CPU Guides, we give you our pick of some of the best processors available, supplying data from our reviews. Our Best CPUs for Gaming guide targets most of the common system-build price points that typically pair a beefy graphics card with a capable processor, with the best models being suitable for streaming and encoding on the fly.
Best Android Phones: October 2020
It’s the autumn months and we’re only a week away from Halloween. At this stage every single smartphone vendor has released all of their smartphone devices for 2020, and...
11 by Andrei Frumusanu 2 days ago
Best SSDs: September 2020
A solid state drive is often the most important component for making a PC feel fast and responsive; any PC still using a mechanical hard drive as its primary...
17 by Billy Tallis on 9/30/2020
Best AMD Motherboards: September 2020
It is no secret that AMD has had a good couple of years with its Zen and Zen 2 architectures, and the next-generation Zen 3 is hyped plenty as...
31 by Gavin Bonshor on 9/29/2020
Best Intel Motherboards: September 2020
There's no disputing that Intel had a quiet first half of the year, with not much cadence in its product releases, aside from Comet Lake and its associated Z490...
12 by Gavin Bonshor on 9/28/2020
Best Consumer Hard Drives: August 2020
Data storage requirements have kept increasing over the last several years. While SSDs have taken over the role of the primary drive in most computing systems, hard drives continue...
32 by Ganesh T S on 8/27/2020
Best CPUs for Workstations: August 2020
Sometimes choosing a CPU is hard. So we've got you covered. In our CPU Guides, we give you our pick of some of the best processors available, supplying data...
35 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/12/2020
Best Mechanical Keyboards: Holiday 2019
Continuing our run of holiday buyers' guides, today we're taking a look at peripherals. Considering that a PC’s peripherals can easily outlive the main system’s components and usually stay...
49 by E. Fylladitakis on 12/6/2019
Best Gaming Laptops: Holiday 2019
Along with our quarterly laptop guide, near the end of every year we also like to take a look at the state of the gaming laptop market. With a...
12 by Brett Howse on 11/29/2019
Best PC Power Supplies: Holiday 2019
Now that you've picked out your CPU, it's time to start picking out the rest of your system components. And perhaps the most humble but overlooked of these components...
36 by E. Fylladitakis on 11/28/2019
Best Laptops: Holiday 2019
It's time for our holiday look at the laptop market. After years of waiting, Intel has finally launched its latest 10th generation Core processors based on the long-anticipated 10nm...
19 by Brett Howse on 11/22/2019
Best Motherboards: Q1 2019
We're once again back with our quarterly look at the PC motherboard market. For the first quarter of this year there has been a lot of buzz around impending...
10 by Gavin Bonshor on 3/14/2019
Best Video Cards for Gaming: Q1 2019
For gaming PCs that push the pretty pixels on the screens, the video card is the most important component. And given the sheer amount of custom options, choosing the...
19 by Nate Oh on 3/11/2019
Best Consumer Hard Drives: Holiday 2018
Data storage requirements have kept increasing over the last several years. While SSDs have taken over the role of the primary drive in most computing systems, hard drives continue...
0 by Ganesh T S on 11/15/2018
Best CPUs for Gaming: Holiday 2018
Sometimes choosing a CPU is hard. So we've got you covered. In our CPU Guides, we give you our pick of some of the best processors available, supplying data...
11 by Ian Cutress on 10/24/2018
Best CPUs for Gaming: Q3 2018
In our series of Best CPU guides, here’s the latest update to our recommended Gaming CPUs list. All numbers in the text are updated to reflect pricing at the...
1 by Ian Cutress on 6/19/2018
Delidding The AMD Ryzen 5 2400G APU: How To Guide and Results
Delidding is a process with the aim being to reduce CPU core temperatures on processors with a less-than-ideal thermal interface between the silicon and headspreader. The benefits of delidding...
73 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/10/2018
Overclocking The AMD Ryzen APUs: Guide and Results
With AMD’s new launch of Raven Ridge APUs, the Ryzen 3 2200G ($99) and Ryzen 5 2400G ($169), AMD holds the current integrated graphics apex when directly compared against...
64 by Ian Cutress & Gavin Bonshor on 4/16/2018
Best CPUs: August 2017
Our newest CPU Guide can be found here: https://www.anandtech.com/show/9793/best-cpus Best CPUs, August 2017 Sometimes choosing a CPU is hard. So we've got you covered. In our CPU Guides, we give...
1 by Ian Cutress on 8/30/2017
Best CPUs Q2 2017
In our series of Buyer Guides, here’s the latest update to our recommended CPUs list. All numbers in the text are updated to reflect pricing at the time of...
1 by Ian Cutress on 7/6/2017
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