latest
AMD's X3D CPUs aged so well that gamers won't upgrade, and that's a nightmare for AM5
Thanks to AM4's X3D CPUs, many gamers still don't feel left behind.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon C is a new chip for just awful laptops
Qualcomm is targeting the $300 price point
I replaced my 12-core with an X3D CPU for high-refresh gaming, and the difference was bigger than I expected
More cache, not cores, was all I needed for gaming.
Your X3D CPU cares less about RAM speed than you do
They've got something other CPUs don't to compensate.
AMD's rumored Ryzen 7 7700X3D could be the budget X3D CPU gamers have been waiting for
Get ready for yet another lower-binned CPU launch.
AMD finally nailed the dual-CCD X3D CPU, but the 9950X3D2 proves nobody needed it
Looks like throwing more cache has its limits.
I stopped repasting my CPU every year after learning what actually degrades thermal paste
Turns out, I just needed thermal paste that lasted longer.
I blamed my budget CPU for poor performance until I checked these 4 things instead
A new processor won't fix your stutters as much as addressing these issues will
My RTX 5090 can't keep up with Apple Silicon on the biggest local LLMs, and I hate to admit it
They don't win on speed, but they do win on being able to run them in the first place.
AMD brings its game-changing 3D V-Cache to its Ryzen Pro 9000 CPU series
The workstation-focused CPUs will make their way to PC manufacturers later this year.
Intel's Nova Lake could fix the one thing that's driven builders to AMD for over five years
And not a moment too soon
I ignored mini PCs for years, until AMD APUs made them a serious value proposition
Budget desktops are no longer the obvious pick.
I upgraded to AM5 expecting a massive jump, but the real upgrade surprised me
We often jump to the next platform for the latest CPUs but the rest of the package is the impressive part
This AMD Ryzen 5 chip proves you don't need to spend big for a solid budget build
The perfect storm of affordability and functionality
The Ryzen 5 7600 is the most boring CPU AMD has ever made, and that's why I love it
It disappears into your build, and that's exactly the point
These old gaming CPUs are costing you frames you didn't know you were losing
2026 might be the right time to upgrade
I ditched my motherboard's fan presets and built my own curve, and the difference is massive
The default curve is safe, but often times leaves a lot to be desired
Nova Lake is set to change nearly everything you know about Intel CPUs
Nova Lake is about to go where no Intel chip has gone before
AMD's X3D CPUs only help with two things, and most gamers have neither
3D V-Cache isn't a reason to buy blindly.
