Ryzen
As we stride through the holiday period, the tinsel, glitz, and fanfare of festivities are on their way. And the CPU market looks pretty solid as we round out the end of the year. Intel recently launched their latest 14th Gen Core family to the market, with the Core i9-14900K spearheading things with 6.0 GHz out of the box. While impressive on paper, there's AMD's Ryzen 7000 series to contend with, with competitiveness at the top end of the market scorching right now, and that's not a pun. Stock levels look good on processors at popular retailers such as Amazon and Newegg, and many motherboards/DDR5 memory are floating around to satisfy demand. The CPU market, on the whole, looks strong as we move into...
The MSI MEG X570 Godlike Motherboard Review: Thor's Flagship
With the introduction of AMD's X570 chipset, motherboard vendors have upped its game in the premium stakes with a variety of premium mid-range and high-end models. The MEG X570...
116 by Gavin Bonshor on 8/28/2019Retailers Begin to Sell Pre-Binned AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs
For many PC enthusiasts, overclocking means a lot of fun, both in terms of process and the end result. To a large degree overclocking is a lottery that is...
40 by Anton Shilov on 8/14/2019G.Skill Reveals Trident Z Neo DDR4-3800 CL14 Kit for AMD Ryzen 3000
G.Skill has introduced its new high-end Trident Z Neo memory kits for systems based on AMD’s latest Ryzen 3000 processors. According to G.Skill, its Trident Z Neo DDR4-3800 CL14...
10 by Anton Shilov on 8/1/2019AMD Releases New Chipset Drivers For Ryzen 3000: More Relaxed CPPC2 Upscaling
It’s been nearly three weeks since AMD’s launch of the new Ryzen 3000 series CPUs and our extensive coverage of the new parts. Among one of the things that...
39 by Andrei Frumusanu on 7/30/2019AMD’s Eight-Core Ryzen 7 2700X Now Available for $200
As a part of Prime Day deals at Amazon, AMD’s eight-core Ryzen 7 2700X processor is now available for $199.99, which is $129 off its original MSRP. This is...
36 by Anton Shilov on 7/15/2019G.Skill Launches Trident Neo Memory Modules for AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs
After every major CPU launch leading suppliers of memory modules release DIMMs validated to work with the new platform. This time around G.Skill not only announced DRAM modules that...
23 by Anton Shilov on 7/10/2019The AMD X570 Motherboard Overview: Over 35+ Motherboards Analyzed
During Computex 2019, AMD's CEO Dr Lisa Su introduced the company's newest AM4 chipset, the X570. Designed to support the new AMD Ryzen 3000 series processors, X570 is...
231 by Gavin Bonshor on 7/9/2019The AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen Deep Dive Review: 3700X and 3900X Raising The Bar
It’s the review we’ve all been waiting for. Since December last year – and particularly since CES – AMD has been teasing us about the new Zen 2 microarchitecture...
451 by Andrei Frumusanu & Gavin Bonshor on 7/7/2019ASRock’s 4X4 Box-R1000: A Ryzen-Based 0.87-Liter SFF PC
ASRock has introduced what could be the world’s smallest system based on AMD Ryzen processor. The 4X4 Box-R1000 ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) PC can fit on the palm of a...
22 by Anton Shilov on 7/5/2019AMD Launches Xbox Game Pass for PC Bundle for Current Radeon & Ryzen Products
Last month back at the Radeon RX 5700 series reveal, AMD announced that they would be launching a new kind of game bundle with the new video cards. Rather...
24 by Ryan Smith on 7/3/2019Fireside Chat with Ian and Wendell: Ryzen 3000, Zen 2, Navi, Xeon W
The last couple of weeks have been a blitz, with the Computex trade show in Taipei almost immediately followed by E3 in Los Angeles. In both instances, AMD...
35 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 6/14/2019AMD 16-Core Ryzen 9 3950X: Up to 4.7 GHz, 105W, Coming September
One of the questions that was left over from AMD’s Computex reveal of the new Ryzen 3000 family was why a 16-core version of the dual-chiplet Matisse design was...
173 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 6/11/2019AMD Zen 2 Microarchitecture Analysis: Ryzen 3000 and EPYC Rome
We have been teased with AMD’s next generation processor products for over a year. The new chiplet design has been heralded as a significant breakthrough in driving performance and...
218 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 6/10/2019The AMD Next Horizon Gaming Keynote Live Blog (Starts at 3pm PT/22:00 UTC)
We're here in sunny (and hot) Los Angeles, California for E3, and more specifically, AMD's next big product-focused keynote. Dubbed "Next Horizon Gaming", AMD's crew, including CEO Dr. Lisa...
36 by Ryan Smith on 6/10/2019ECS Mini-ITX Ryzen Streaming PC, with M.2 Capture Card
We reported on the SF110-A320 back at CES, where it was a small form factor machine using a 35W AMD APU. ECS had this design at Computex as well...
2 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2019Spotted at Computex: A Ryzen PC in a Threadripper RETAIL box
A common marketing tool at trade show events is for companies to commission custom PC builds to showcase their hardware and products. Modding is an interesting aspect to our...
8 by Ian Cutress on 6/3/2019AMD Confirms PCIe 4.0 Not Coming to Older Motherboards (X470, X370, B350, A320)
One of the salient points of the next generation Ryzen 3000 CPUs coming next month was the support around PCIe 4.0. As the successor to PCIe 3.0, offering double...
50 by Ian Cutress on 6/2/2019A New Collection of HP Envy Convertible Laptops with Wooden Palmrests
On the opening day of Computex, HP introduced its first laptops and convertible notebooks featuring premium wooden inlays on their palmrests. The new HP Envy PCs will be available...
11 by Anton Shilov on 5/28/2019Computer Upgrade King Shows Off a Compact 32-Core Ryzen Threadripper PC
Workstations based on AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper processors with up to 32 cores are available from the vast majority of boutique PC makers. Since we are dealing with hardware for...
9 by Anton Shilov on 5/28/2019AMD Ryzen 3000 Announced: Five CPUs, 12 Cores for $499, Up to 4.6 GHz, PCIe 4.0, Coming 7/7
Today at Computex, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su is announcing the raft of processors it will be launching on its new Zen 2 chiplet-based microarchitecture. Among other things, AMD...
310 by Ian Cutress on 5/26/2019