I ditched my 5800X3D for a 9800X3D and learned these 3 lessons the hard way
…On top of that, AMD's long-term platform support means I can upgrade to a Zen 6 or maybe even a Zen 7 CPU later on without replacing everything again. At…
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I still regret these 4 PC building blunders that haunted my upgrade path for years
…AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Brand AMD CPU Model 5 7600X Cores 6 Threads 12 Architecture Zen 4 Process TSMC 5nm AMD's entry-level Zen 4 chip is still great for gaming…
Intel's Panther Lake looks great, but it's not the upgrade desktop owners were hoping for
…He also competed in semi-pro Counter-Strike for 8 years, making him intimately familiar with everything to do with peripherals. Sign in to your XDA account When I finally got my…
AM4 might still be supported when AM6 launches, but that doesn’t mean you should buy into the platform now
…He also competed in semi-pro Counter-Strike for 8 years, making him intimately familiar with everything to do with peripherals. Sign in to your XDA account AMD have done a subjectively…
Valve says the Steam Deck 2 needs a chip that doesn't exist yet
…In terms of CPU, Zen 6 will focus on better area efficiency, allowing Valve to potentially use more compact cores that handle background SteamOS tasks while leaving the heavy lifting for gaming…
The Lenovo Yoga 7a is gorgeous, but AMD's Ryzen AI 7 445 feels like a downgrade
…The Ryzen AI 7 445 is significantly slower than it's predecessor in both multi-core and single-core workloads. Multi-core makes some sense, since the eight cores of the Ryzen…
Valve's Steam Deck didn't just succeed, it quietly changed how PC games are made
…Steam Deck Dimensions 11.7 x 4.6 x 1.9 inches (298 x 117 x 49mm) Weight 1.48 pounds (669 grams) Chipset Custom AMD Zen 2-based processor (4 cores…
These PC building "best practices" are costing you money and doing nothing for your rig
…AMD Ryzen 5 9600X $185 $279 Save $94 8.5 /10 Cores 6 Threads 12 Architecture Zen 5 The 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is a powerful processor with an efficient…
The stock cooler on your Ryzen is probably good enough, and the upgrade isn't worth it
…It came with AMD's top-end Ryzen 7 and 9 non-X CPUs, and for those high-core-count beasts, it packed enough of a punch. If you purchased a CPU…
The Steam Machine is coming for consoles, whether Valve admits it or not
…Steam Machine CPU AMD 6-core Zen 4 x86, up to 4.8 GHz, 30W TDP Graphics Semi-custom AMD RDNA3 28CU (8GB GDDR6, 2.45GHz max sustained clock, 110W TDP) Memory…