The launch of 3rd Gen Ryzen appears to be going down very well, leading to a big boost in AMD CPU market share.
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With the launches of 3rd Gen Ryzen and the RX 5700 series, we know a lot of you are looking to make an upgrade this year. One lucky KitGuru reader will get to make that jump for free, as we have teamed up with Fierce PC to give away a brand new gaming rig, featuring a Ryzen 5 3600 and Radeon RX 5700. Make sure you take the time to enter !
Read More »AMD Zen 3 said to be on track for 2020, Zen 4 begins design phase
AMD refuses to slow down as next-gen Zen 3 and Zen 4 architectures are on track.
Read More »Fierce PC Shuriken System Review – Ryzen 5 3600 & RX 5700
It's an ALL-AMD system from Fierce PC, priced at £1499. What does Andy think?
Read More »AMD Launches EPYC ‘Rome’ Zen 2 CPUs – Up to 64 Cores for $7K
AMD has today officially launched its new range of Zen 2-based EPYC datacenter CPUs, codenamed Rome, introducing the world's highest performance x86 processor.
Read More »AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (Zen+ & Vega 11) APU Review
It's a Zen+ APU with Vega 11 graphics, priced at £139.99. Does Luke rate it?
Read More »G.Skill unleashes Ryzen optimised 3800MHz DDR4 RAM kits
With the jump to 3rd Gen Ryzen processors and the X570 chipset, RAM speeds have greatly improved on AMD's platform. As a result, we have already started seeing new ‘Ryzen optimised' memory kits hitting the market and today, G.Skill is launching its fastest yet. The new G.Skill Trident Z Neo …
Read More »OCUK Red Hot sale brings discounts to 3rd Gen Ryzen, gaming laptops, monitors and more
Amazon Prime Day may have passed but there are plenty of other tech deals floating around for those after a summer-time upgrade. Today, the Overclockers UK red hot sale has launched, with decent savings to be had across everything from pre-built PCs and laptops, to DIY PC components and peripherals. …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (6C12T) CPU Review
How does AMD's Ryzen 5 3600X fare in the mid-range market segment?
Read More »LUKE and LEO get technical – The AMD Zen 2 Episode!
Now that Ryzen 3000 has been out for a few weeks and we've had a good chunk of time with the new processors and X570 platform, Leo and Luke got together to discuss recent findings. It is a lengthy discussion, going over Zen overclocking, X570 as a whole, using Ryzen 3000 on an older motherboard, what's next for Threadripper and more.
Read More »BIOS fix begins rolling out to fix Destiny 2 on 3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs
Last week, it was widely reported that Destiny 2 was not able to run on AMD's new 3rd Gen Ryzen processors and X570 motherboards. Bungie began investigating the issue fairly swiftly but it turns out that the main problem was on the AMD side, as Destiny 2 and several major …
Read More »Luke Gets Technical: Ryzen 3000 Success, X570 & AM4 BIOS issues, AGESA 1.0.0.3 Testing
AMDs new platform launched a while ago and Luke Hill, one of KitGuru's Senior Technical Editors was impressed at launch time, saying it was a great step forward for AMD and of great benefit to the enthusiast consumer. After spending some time with the platform he wanted to share some of his technical in depth analysis to this point.
Read More »Destiny 2 appears to be broken on 3rd Gen Ryzen PCs but a fix is coming
Update (12.07.19): Earlier this week we learned that Destiny 2 players upgrading to AMD's new Ryzen 3000 CPUs and X570 motherboards were having trouble launching the game. Bungie has been investigating the issue this week but so far, the developers haven't been able to patch out the problem. Fortunately, it …
Read More »3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs, X570 motherboards and RX 5700 GPUs land in UK
Last week was a huge one in the tech world as not only did we get two new GPUs launching from Nvidia, but AMD's long-awaited Navi GPU and Zen 2 CPU launches both arrived. Reviews for the Radeon RX 5700 series and the Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 7 3700X …
Read More »G.Skill Trident Z Neo is on the way and optimised for 3rd Gen Ryzen and X570
While initially Ryzen processors had trouble maintaining super fast DDR4 RAM speeds, AMD has taken strides in this area with 2nd Gen and now 3rd Gen chips. To accompany the launch of 3rd Gen Ryzen ‘Zen 2’ processors, G.Skill is launching all new RGB memory kits optimised for the X570 …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 9 3900X & Ryzen 7 3700X ‘Zen 2’ CPU Review
Looking for a new CPU upgrade? AMD delivers in spades with the Ryzen 3900X and 3700X
Read More »2nd Gen Ryzen CPUs get big price cuts ahead of 3rd Gen launch
Whenever there is a big new tech launch, it is usually a good time to shop around a bit, whether you are interested in the latest and greatest or not. Those looking to upgrade on the cheap will be happy to hear that 2nd Gen Ryzen CPUs have received some …
Read More »Intel rumoured to be planning 8th Gen and 9th Gen price cuts to combat Ryzen 3000
The launch of the Zen architecture back in 2017 brought some much needed competition back to the CPU market and AMD is about to hit a new milestone with the launch of Zen 2 next week, which will make the jump to 7nm technology. According to a report, the impending …
Read More »AMD launches Ryzen 9 3950X with 16-cores and 32-threads
Just two weeks ago on the first day of Computex, AMD unveiled the Ryzen 3000 series, complete with Zen 2 architecture, built on the 7nm process and with options all the way up to 12-cores. What we didn’t know at the time was that AMD was holding a little something …
Read More »Computex 2019: Gamers Nexus confirms 16-core Ryzen 3000 with Leo!
Leo bumped into Steve from Gamers Nexus at Computex, and they got talking about a whole range of topics - including 16-core Ryzen 3000
Read More »Leo reacts to AMD Ryzen 3000 series launch and shares first impressions
After a long day at Computex, Leo is sharing his first impressions and reactions to AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen launch.
Read More »Computex 2019: ASUS unveils new dual-screen ZenBook laptops
While Computex officially kicked off today, ASUS was keen to get ahead of the game and held a ‘Sneak Peek' event on Sunday evening. There was a range of new products on show, but undoubtedly the dual-screen ZenBook Duo and ZenBook Pro Duo laptops were the main attraction. Leo was on …
Read More »Computex 2019: AMD’s 3rd Gen Ryzen processors are officially here
3rd Gen Ryzen is officially here. The Zen 2 architecture has paved the way for 7nm, IPC improvements, higher core counts and more, all at sensible prices.
Read More »AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen rumours put Threadripper’s future in question
There is no doubt that so far, Ryzen has been a huge success for AMD. Not only has competition been restored to the mainstream and high-end gaming segments of the CPU market, but Threadripper also posed a huge challenge to Intel’s HEDT line up. We are closing in on the …
Read More »Researchers observe marketshare growth for AMD ahead of Zen 2 launch
AMD has been doing extremely well in the CPU market over the last couple of years, as the launch of the Zen architecture brought some much needed competition back to the forefront. We are currently awaiting the launch of Zen 2, which will push AMD CPUs over to the 7nm …
Read More »ASUS confirms BIOS updates for next-gen Ryzen on 300 & 400 series motherboards
AMD's next generation Ryzen processors are just around the corner and motherboard makers are busy preparing for the launch. Since launching Ryzen, AMD has been committed to maintaining motherboard compatibility across generations and that will be continuing. We've already seen MSI issue BIOS updates to add 3rd-gen Ryzen support to …
Read More »Star Citizen is free to play again this week
It has been a few months since Star Citizen last had a ‘free fly' week. The last one occurred in late 2018 and brought in an extra $7 million in crowd funding. Now, Crowd Imperium Games is looking to draw even more people in. Following on from the game's 3.5 …
Read More »AMD to launch first Zen 2 CPUs and Navi GPUs in Q3 2019
AMD seems to be on track to launch the first Zen 2 processors and Navi graphics cards in Q3.
Read More »AMD is celebrating its 50th anniversary with gold edition Ryzen 7 and Radeon VII
This year, AMD is celebrating its 50th year in business. To celebrate the milestone, AMD is releasing ‘Gold Edition' versions of the Ryzen 7 2700x CPU and Radeon VII graphics card. These Gold Edition releases don't appear to come with any particular performance benefits like higher clock speeds. Instead, AMD …
Read More »Atari VCS will be powered by the newly unveiled AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 series
Atari delayed its nostalgic VCS gaming device last month, upgrading from the aging Bristol Ridge A10 APU to a then-undisclosed Ryzen processor. Unveiling its new embedded system-on-chips (SoC) on April 17, AMD has announced that Atari’s console will be powered by its R1000 series. The Ryzen Embedded R1000 series consists …
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