It’s been at least five years since a new gaming CPU really got me excited. While the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X launched back in August, anyone looking to build a dedicated gaming PC has been patiently ...

AMD’s 7800X3D successor is also better at non-gaming workloads this time around. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. is a senior ...

Every now and then a component comes along that just nails the brief, without you having to add a big disclaimer to the end of your recommendation. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 did it (before it sold ...

After a week's delay, the Ryzen 9000 series desktop processors and Zen 5 architecture are finally here, starting with the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X, which will have retail availability from 8th ...

Excellent gaming performance. Dead simple and effective overclocking. Not really an upgrade from the 9800X3D. Requires substantial cooling. For at least the past year, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been ...

A new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D benchmark has leaked, and it appears to show a substantial increase in clock speed compared to the new CPU's predecessor, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. While the latter is an amazing ...

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This happened for two key reasons. First, the 3D V-Cache layer directly blocked heat transfer from the compute portion into the processor's integrated heat spreader (IHS) and thus onward to the CPU ...

The overall core counts and clock speeds have changed little between the Ryzen 9000 and the Ryzen 7000 lines. The Ryzen 7 9700X and its predecessor, the Ryzen 7 7700X, have eight simultaneous ...