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When building a new PC, longevity and upgradability of components are often at the forefront of the purchasing process. AMD has historically given its chipset platforms a long life, with numerous upgrades over time. AMD's AM5 platform appears to be no exception, with recent BIOS updates from ASUS and MSI all but...
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If you needed any further confirmation that AMD's "Granite Ridge" desktop processors sporting the Zen 5 architecture were on their way before long, the latest piece of evidence is an update for the popular MC Extractor binary microcode extraction tool. This update adds support for two different AMD CPU identification...
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It's been a year and a half since AMD launched its Socket AM5 platform and its Zen 4 desktop processors, so the time is nigh for a new generation. Most people are expecting AMD to announce its second series of Socket AM5 processors at Computex in May, and then launch them not long after. There's a new piece of...
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Do you have a Socket AM4 system, dear reader? If you're reading this, there's a solid chance you've at least had one in the past even if you don't right now. Launched eight-and-a-half years ago, the Socket AM4 platform has been enormously successful for AMD, and it continues to persist into 2024 with new CPU releases...
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TAITRA, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, has just announced that Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger will deliver a keynote speech at Computex Taipei. Gelsinger is scheduled to go on stage June 4th, and the release from TAITRA says that he will "detail how Intel's AI portfolio ... unlocks new possibilities in the...
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We have a secret to reveal to you, dear readers. It's something that Intel and AMD are rather coy about, although if we're being honest it's not exactly a "secret". The truth is this: supposed "mobile" processors that end in "HX" from both Intel and AMD are in fact not really mobile processors at all, but rather...
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When leakers first revealed the existence of AMD's upcoming Strix Halo processor, many people sneered at the idea. After all, it's a completely new concept, at least for consumer PCs. AMD has been making similar processors for many years, but they've always been relegated to locked-down hardware like game consoles...
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Like all modern processors, AMD's Ryzen chips require microcode updates at boot to do their thing. These microcode updates come from AMD as part of its AGESA firmware that contains System Management Unit (SMU) configurations for each type of processor supported by that particular mainboard. Right now, all AMD...
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When it comes to PC hardware, it is common knowledge that as technology advances, products quickly become obsolete. While enthusiasts always enjoy taking part in new advances, there is also a strong element of appreciation for longevity. If this longevity also continues to provide value and stellar performance over...
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AMD's latest APUs combining Zen 4 CPU grunt with serious RDNA 3 graphics firepower have been very popular in handheld gaming machines, but they're arguably best-suited for deployment in mini-PCs because, in our testing, the silicon serves best when spec'd for higher power limits than handheld devices can really...
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, yet there are still great deals you can take advantage of to build a get entry level PC for just around $600. Though this PC build guide doesn't make use of the latest hardware, it certainly will offer great performance for a very economical price point. Additionally...
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Performance is one of the most important considerations for many people buying or building a desktop PC. Faster CPUs and GPUs can hit higher framerates with better image quality settings, a speedy SSD can launch apps quicker, and more memory can keep a system humming along while multi-tasking with nary a hiccup. But...
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Alan Wake 2is just on the horizon, and its bone-crushing recommended spec sheet doesn't so much recommend powerful hardware as much as it does demand it. Even the minimum requirements to run the game call for pretty midrange GPUs, and that's just to play at 1080p and 30 FPS with DLSS or FSR enabled. The recommended...
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After months of speculation, Intel today formally introduced its 14th Gen Core processors, otherwise known as Raptor Lake Refresh. Exactly as the name implies, this is a refresh of Intel's 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs, as opposed to a brand new architecture, which for consumers means the newly minted silicon can slip...
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The laptop version of AMD's Ryzen 7000 desktop CPUs is making its way back onto the desktop with Minisforum's brand-new BD770i motherboard, which comes preinstalled with a Ryzen 7 7745HX (a mobile Ryzen 7 7700X) and a compact but powerful cooler. While this CPU-motherboard combo (which Minisforum...
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A tweet from hardware leaker @momomo_us reveals that Intels future Arrow Lake CPU architecture could drop DDR4 support entirely in favor of DDR5. If true, Arrow Lake will be Intels first CPU platform to support DDR5 alone, just like AMDs latest AM5 platform and Ryzen 7000 series CPUs.
Arrow Lake is the...
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ASRock has provided some updates regarding Intels upcoming 14th-Gen Raptor Lake Refresh CPU lineup, including motherboard support for the new chips and new memory performance upgrades on the platform.
The motherboard manufacturer has confirmed that its Intel 600 and 700 series chipset motherboards will support...
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Leaked Geekbench results of Intels upcoming Raptor Lake Refresh Core i5-14600KF have surfaced online, showing drastically superior multi-core performance compared to the previous generation i5-13600K despite the fact that the 14600K/KF has the same core count as its predecessor. According to the benchmark results, the...
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Micron just put out a press release crowing about its latest achievement: 8-high HBM3 Gen2 memory stacks with up to 24GB of capacity and a 50% improvement in per-pin transfer rate over extant HBM3. That raises the data rate to 9.2 Gbps, which sounds low until you realize that we're talking about massively-parallel...
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Memory overclocking performance has historically been a weak point of AMD's Ryzen processors. This is true even on Socket AM5; where Intel-based DDR5 rigs can hit 7000, 8000, all the way up to the world record of 11,202 MT/s, AMD systems tend to struggle to get much past 6000 MT/s. On the Socket AM4 platform...
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ASRock's Taichi series of motherboards have historically been fantastic pieces of hardware. Your author's main personal PC is based on an ASRock X570 Taichi motherboard, and it's been rock-solid and feature-filled through two different CPU upgrades since its release in mid-2019.
However, your author does...
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Did you think that the Ryzen 5 5600X3D would be the last Socket AM4 CPU? We did too, and we were sure we were right. As it happens, there are two more AMD CPUs headed to the last-generation socket, although they're not exactly "new". Despite their familiar origins, though, it was hard to pin down exactly what...
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