The biggest announcement from Lisa Su's keynote at CES 2021 was undoubtedly the reveal of the Ryzen 5000 mobile processors. However, we did also get confirmation of the rumoured non-X Ryzen 9 5900 and Ryzen 7 5800 CPUs. We've been hearing about these non-X Ryzen desktop parts since the end …

After plenty of speculation, Lisa Su today officially announced AMD's Ryzen 5000 mobile processors at CES 2021. These new mobile parts are split between the more performant H-series and the lower-power U-series, scaling up to 8-core/16-thread parts that can push past a 45W TDP...

The first set of specifications for AMD's rumoured OEM CPUs have come to light...

CES is coming up in just a few days time and we're expecting some big announcements from AMD in particular. Thanks to a last-minute leak this week, we've got a new look at the die for an unreleased Ryzen 5000 "Cezanne" APU, which should be officially unveiled next week. 

While the Zen 1 based Ryzen Threadripper line-ups featured a 16-core SKU, we did not get a 16C/32T Ryzen Threadripper 3000 chip. As we look ahead to Ryzen Threadripper 5000, it looks like the 16-core chip will be making a return.  According to Yuri Bubliy, AMD might be working on bringing …

ClockTuner for Ryzen is getting a 2.0 version, updating its GUI with a new dark theme and introducing interesting new features such as the Hybrid OC mode and support for Ryzen 5000 series processors. The slides from Yuri (aka as 1usmus) shared by Guru3D describe each new feature and come with …

A new entry for an Intel Core i7-11700K has been found in Geekbench 5 database. This time around, we have results for the upcoming processor up against the Ryzen 9 5950X while running at frequencies of up to 5GHz.  The Intel Core i7-11700K is an 8C/16T processor using the 14nm-based Rocket …

Ryzen CPU users have found that the Epic Games Launcher is causing unusual CPU temperature spikes. In some cases, just having the app running idle can cause temperatures to jump by 20ºC

We've reached Day 27 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020! For our last competition of the season, we've teamed up with ASUS to give away a ZenBook Flip S UX371 laptop! 

For Day 26 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020, we’re teaming up with AMD to give one lucky KitGuru reader a CPU upgrade! Our prize today is none other than the Ryzen 7 5800X! 

The name of this gaming PC is the Cyberpower Ultra 7 RTX  however we want to be crystal clear this is a completely different system from the PC reviewed by Dominic that had exactly the same name. In fact the hardware is bang up to date as the latest Cyberpower …

Geekbench 5 database entries of four Ryzen 5000H mobile SKUs and two Intel Tiger Lake-H processors have been spotted. Expected to be announced in CES 2021, both the Ryzen 5000H and Tiger Lake-H series should be paired with the upcoming Nvidia RTX 30 series mobile GPUs, once they have been …

New rumours from two different sources claim that AMD is developing a Ryzen 7 5800 CPU and a Ryzen 9 5900 CPU for the desktop market, and a Ryzen 5 5600G APU and a Ryzen 7 5700G APU to be used by OEMs. Despite being from the same series of …

Back when AMD announced Smart Access Memory, it was said that only Zen3 processors would support it. Contrary to this, Asus and MSI were able to make it work on systems using AMD 400-series and 500-series motherboards equipped with Zen and Zen2 processors. Back when AMD said Smart Access Memory …

The first Asus laptop featuring a Ryzen 5000H series SKU has been spotted at a German retailer. Besides being powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H processor, the Asus TUF Gaming A17 laptop also features the unannounced Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics card. The laptop listing found by @momomo_us at Expert also informs …

ZeniMax Online Studios appears to be putting some of that Microsoft buy-out money to good use. This week, it became known that the developer has formed a second studio in San Diego with the goal of producing a new IP.  Quentin Cobb, an industry veteran that has previously worked at …

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Ryzen 5000 has launched and both Luke and Leo are impressed by the performance offered up by the chips. Some of AMD's pricing decisions seem a bit bizarre, though, and have let Intel back into the picture with some of their ageing refined 14nm processors. Let's discuss Ryzen 5000, Zen 3, Intel competition, and more availability woes.

AMD previously announced that 400-series motherboards would gain support for Smart Access Memory and Ryzen 5000 CPUs in January 2021. As it turns out, motherboard makers are eager to get the update out early, with beta versions of the BIOS already publicly available.  Motherboard vendors have started shipping a beta …

AMD's Ryzen 5000U CPUs are expected to arrive within the next few months, with a mix of Zen 2 refreshed SKUs and newer Zen 3 models. Recent leaks have started to point towards what performance we can expect from these upcoming processors.  A Geekbench 5 database entry for the Ryzen …

AMD is getting ready to launch a new version of Precision Boost Overdrive. Also known as PBO. This tool is often used to overclock Ryzen processors, but with Precision Boost Overdrive 2, undervolting will also be possible. Precision Boost Overdrive 2 behaviour will be based on three aspects: CPU temperature, socket …

We assess AMD's 8-core Zen 3 processor, the Ryzen 7 5800X

EKWB has collaborated with AMD for a new line-up of Ryzen and Radeon specific watercooling components. This includes a Ryzen-themed CPU waterblock, an AIO unit, AMD-themed Vardar fans, and new EK-Quantum Vector blocks for the Radeon RX 6000 series.  The star of the show here is the EK-Quantum Vector RX 6800/6900 …

This month, we have teamed up with BOX and Seagate to give KitGuru readers a chance to win a bundle of new hardware. This includes a new PCIe 4.0 SSD, an AMD Ryzen processor and a Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD for mass storage. 

Despite claims that Ryzen 5000 processors wouldn't be supported on 300-series motherboards, screenshots of a Ryzen 9 5900X running on an A320 motherboard have been spotted on a Chinese forum. AMD has only officially announced support for Ryzen 5000 processors on 500-series and 400-series motherboards, leaving 300-series motherboard owners out …

AMD's next-gen laptop processors aren't expected until early 2021, but listings for them are already popping up in the wild.

To coincide with the release of AMD's Ryzen 5000 series processors, ASRock is launching a matching X570 motherboard. The X570 PG (Phantom Gaming) Velocita was “designed to meet the needs of high-end gamers” while offering the best price/performance ratio. The wireless and wired network connectivity of the X570 PG Velocita is …

Alongside AMD's Ryzen 5000 series CPU launch, G.Skill has also updated its Trident Z Neo memory series. The Trident Z Neo series was introduced to offer an optimised memory solution for AMD Ryzen systems. The latest kits are looking to be the best yet.  G.Skill's new Trident Z Neo DDR4 …

After a one month wait, AMD has officially released the first Ryzen 5000 series processors, starting at the top with the Ryzen 9 5950X and going down to the Ryzen 5 5600X. With retailers now able to list and ship the CPUs, we take a look at UK availability and …

AMD's Ryzen 9 5900X is here - how does it stack up against the competition?