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I'm tired of waiting for AMD's entry-level Ryzen 9000 series chips
By Zak Storey published
AMD is taking too long with its budget Ryzen 9000 CPUs, and I'm starting to get impatient.

What is a normal temperature for a CPU?
By Aleksha McLoughlin published
Processors can run hot, but when should you be worried?

AMD’s powerful Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D CPUs rumored to arrive on March 12 – but gamers will still be better off with the 9800X3D
By Darren Allan published
If you were wondering when the next 3D V-Cache chips might arrive, apparently it’s March 12, with reviews emerging the day before.

One Redditor spotted an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D for $99 in the wildest price drop I've ever seen
By Isaiah Williams published
It might be a bit of a head-scratcher at first, but yes, AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D was recently available for $99 at one retail store.

AMD raises the bar for gaming on lightweight laptops – its new Strix Halo chip could run games better than an Nvidia RTX 3060
By Christian Guyton published
AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU gets benchmarked, and supposedly offers performance that beats Nvidia’s RTX 3060.

Hoping for new desktop CPUs from Intel this year? I hate to break it to you, but it still very much sounds like they won’t arrive until 2026 with Nova Lake
By Darren Allan published
One of Intel’s interim co-CEOs has dropped some clues about what kind of CPUs we’re getting in the near future.

AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU could be on sale soon – but I’m still worried about the price
By Darren Allan published
Heavyweight AMD Ryzen 9 X3D chips that’ll make short work of gaming and running demanding apps could be on sale soon.

AMD declares battle of Ryzen 9950X3D vs 9800X3D for gaming will be a dead heat – so gamers may as well buy the cheaper CPU
By Darren Allan published
AMD primes us not to expect too much from the incoming Ryzen 9950X3D CPU – it’ll only offer ‘similar gaming performance’ to the 9800X3D.
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