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AMD has announced the Ryzen 7 9850X3D gaming CPU launching January 29 at $499, offering 3% more performance than the 9800X3D ...

Because the M5 was built on a platform that wasn’t widely utilised, and the M7 Ultra turned out to be built on a platform from 2022 that nobody used at all. However, don’t be ...

There were a number of new products that we expected to hear about at CES, including the much-rumored Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, NVIDIA's N1X SoCs, and the next Intel Arc GPU release. None of those came, but ...

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AMD also didn’t announce a new chip for handheld gaming PCs, no successor to the Z2 and Z2 Extreme it introduced a year ago, ...

When you're considering some of the best gaming PCs on the market, two components sit at the top of the priority list: The CPU and the graphics card (GPU). AMD's new Zen 5 Pro Ryzen processors have ...

Picking the best CPU for gaming in 2025 is a bit like shopping for shoes—there are tons of choices, and it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Whether you’re building a brand new rig or just upgrading your ...

Intel's first socketed microprocessors came in a dual in-line package (DIP) with 40 connectors. The i486 used a variety of sockets, but the most popular had 237 contacts. AMD's "Socket A" for the ...

AMD is reportedly ready to finally move to a new gaming CPU socket in the next few years, with the first unconfirmed details about its future AM6 socket starting to leak out. The new AM6 design will ...

If you're like most DIYers that frequently use a socket set for your projects, such as one of the Icon Series tools from Harbor Freight, you have probably lost at least one of the sockets out of it at ...