Last month, AMD officially announced its new 3rd Gen Ryzen ‘XT' series desktop processors, consisting of the Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT and Ryzen 5 3600XT. Today, reviews for these CPUs officially went live and retailers were able to begin shipping out to customers, so we've had a look at …
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Tomahawk is back... we review the MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk
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There have been a number of versions of the CORSAIR ONE PC over the years, typically featuring the latest Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs. Today, the CORSAIR ONE a100 is launching, the first one in the series to feature 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen processors instead, delivering excellent performance for both …
Read More »ASUS offering cashback campaign for UK B550 motherboard buyers
With the B550 chipset motherboards officially launching today, many PC gaming enthusiasts will be shopping around for upgrades, particularly now that there is a cheaper alternative to X570. To sweeten the deal for those making the jump, ASUS has launched a cashback/rebate program, which could save early adopters up to …
Read More »AMD officially announces Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT and Ryzen 5 3600XT
Today not only marks the launch of AMD B550 motherboards, but it is also the launch for new 3rd Gen Ryzen ‘XT' series desktop processors. The Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT and Ryzen 5 3600XT all join the lineup today, offering better power efficiency and performance gains. As explained …
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We are looking at two of ASUS’ ROG STRIX offerings – the B550-F Gaming (WiFi) & B550-E Gaming
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It's a cracking B550 board from Gigabyte, but is it worth the steep £300 asking price?
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Looking for a new gaming PC that won't break the bank? This PC from Cyberpower is a great option
Read More »AM4 motherboards could be running CPUs out of spec
Modern motherboards are able to adapt the voltage given to the CPU, according to how much power is needed during any given time. However, it has been revealed that some motherboard vendors might purposely manipulate boards to give too much power to AMD CPUs for higher performance, at the potential …
Read More »AMD will support Zen 3 on B450 and X470 motherboards after all
AMD has backtracked following its controversial Zen 3 support announcement earlier this month.
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Read More »AMD’s 6-core Ryzen 5 3600 is currently on offer for under £160
Update 10:47 24/04/2020: The price has dropped further – now to under £159. Even better. AMD's Ryzen 3000 processors have been around for almost a year now, and they have been widely praised for offering top multi-threaded performance and high efficiency levels. Now, you can get a 6-core Ryzen 5 …
Read More »AMD launches 3rd Gen Ryzen 3 processors and B550 motherboard chipset
Today, AMD is announcing its 3rd Gen Ryzen 3 series processors in addition to the B550 chipset for Socket AM4 motherboards. The new Ryzen 3 series will include the Ryzen 3 3300X and the Ryzen 3 3100, both housing four cores and eight threads...
Read More »Luke and Leo Get Technical (Ep6) – New AMD EPYC & Ryzen 3 Rumours
Things are looking busy for AMD. Last week saw new set of EPYC processor SKUs released, and we've also seen leaks and rumours pointing to an impending release of Zen 2-based Ryzen 3 3000 processors. And Luke and Leo talk about the prospect of a Zen 2-based desktop APU akin to what we see from the new Ryzen 4000 Mobile APUs...
Read More »Win a water-cooled gaming PC worth £2,500! (closed)
We are running a HUGE competition this month. In partnership with Alphacool, AMD, Cougar, Gigabyte and Patriot, we have put together a custom water-cooled gaming PC worth £2,500 and one lucky reader is going to win it!
Read More »Luke and Leo Get Technical (Ep5) – Zen 3 Rumours and Speculation
Zen 3 is still likely to be many months away, but the rumour mill has certainly begun churning. Keeping up with AMD's release cadence from Zen, Zen+, and Zen 2, we initially expected to see Zen 3 around Q4 2020. Will this still be the case?...
Read More »AMD Threadripper 3990X and Gigabyte Aorus Real-World Workstation Build
Today we build a high-end workstation system based around the 64-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X, Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Master motherboard, and two Aorus Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics cards... see how this beast performs in the real world!
Read More »Leo Says 47 – March 2020 – AMD is Upbeat
As the Human Malware spreads around Planet Earth, Leo is doing his best to remain chirpy. Thankfully we can turn to news from AMD for a healthy portion of sunshine and happiness that will keep us all sane in these dark times.
Read More »Ryzen 4000 Mobile – 7nm Zen 2 & Vega Explained
AMD has shared more details on its upcoming Ryzen 4000 Mobile 'Renoir' APUs with 7nm Zen 2 and Vega cores. Offering up to eight cores and sixteen threads from the Zen 2-based CPU cores in 15W and 45W form, will AMD be able to compete against Intel's dominance in the mobile market? And how will AMD's strict focus on high performance graphics capability compare to Intel's competition?
Read More »Extreme overclockers push Threadripper 3990X to 5.5GHz
Last week, AMD released its flagship 64-core Ryzen Threadripper 3990X. As per our review, the Threadripper 3990X is an immensely powerful CPU out-of-the-box, regardless of the workload thrown at it. But how much extra performance can be squeezed out of this CPU through extreme overclocking? Some overclockers already had the chance to experiment …
Read More »AMD’s 64-core Ryzen Threadripper 3990X is officially available
Back at CES, AMD promised to ‘push the envelope' of high performance computing once again in 2020 and so far, the company is off to a very good start. Today, the Ryzen 9 3990X officially launches, bringing a whopping 64-cores and 128 threads to desktop platforms. We have been fortunate …
Read More »AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X CPU Review
Just how good is AMD's 64-core Threadripper processor? Here's our deep-dive review
Read More »Early review gives us our first look at Ryzen 4000 series performance in a laptop
The first review of a laptop using a Ryzen 4000 series CPU has been published online. A Ukrainian website reviewed the upcoming Acer Swift 3 SF314-42, which houses the mid-tier Ryzen 5 4500U. With this being our first look at a Ryzen 4000 series laptop processor in action, we had a peek at the …
Read More »AMD continues gaining x86 CPU market share
Following on from AMD's Q4 2019 results, some interesting news has been shared, detailing AMD's gains in the x86 CPU market over the last year.
Read More »Zalman CNPS20X and CNPS17X: Noctua didn’t see this coming!
Zalman are back! and with a bang too - their new 20X is a monster performance cooler!
Read More »AMD had record earnings in 2019, next-gen RDNA GPUs coming in 2020
AMD's quarterly financial earnings call took place last night and aside from record earnings for 2019, AMD also had good news on the 2020 front, with next-gen RDNA GPU architecture set to debut, along with AMD's return to high-end graphics with ‘Big Navi'. For the full year of 2019, AMD …
Read More »AMD set to push the high performance computing envelope again in 2020
AMD ended 2019 with the message that the company will push the envelope of high computing again in 2020, at the same time as announcing it will be holding its annual CES press conference on Monday 6th January at 2 pm. AMD finished off 2019 with a message on its …
Read More »ASUS ROG STRIX TRX40-E Gaming – 960A of power!
Is ASUS ROG's TRX40-E Gaming worth a look at just under £500?
Read More »EKWB confirms water block compatibility with new sTRX4 socket and TRX40 motherboards
AMD's latest series of HEDT processors have officially arrived alongside the new TRX40 motherboard platform and the sTRX4 socket. To support the latest chipset and 3rd Gen Threadripper CPU socket, EKWB has ensured sTR4 compatible waterblocks for those looking to put a custom loop together. The EK Velocity sTR4 series …
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