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Alan Velasco - Mon, Jan 05, 2026
HP brought the latest and greatest of its product lineup to CES 2026, including what the company views as a new way forward in the all-in-one PC category that will pair nicely with the new HP Series 7 Pro 4K Monitor. The HP EliteBoard G1a...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Dec 05, 2025
As far as anyone outside AMD knows, Team Red's next processor releases will be the Gorgon Point family, which is a refresh of Strix Point. "Refresh" doesn't necessarily mean "rebadged," though. Sometimes refreshes can come with significant...
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Zak Killian - Thu, Nov 20, 2025
AMD's next CPU launch is going to be the Gorgon Point family. Don't wet yourself in excitement; they're primarily refreshed Strix Point silicon. At least, that's been the gist of all the leaks and rumors so far, but now we have yet another...
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Alan Velasco - Mon, Oct 20, 2025
Fancy all-in-one (AIO) CPU liquid coolers with integrated displaysare a favorite of PC builders looking to add a bit of flair to their rigs. Most opt for the utilitarian route and use it as way to keep tabs on CPU temperatures or other...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Oct 07, 2025
Today marks the start of Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days event, a two-day affair that sees big markdowns on a whole bunch of items across nearly every conceivable product category. That includes gaming accessories. To that end, Razer is...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jul 16, 2025
AMD is expanding its Ryzen AI 300 series lineup of mobile processors with the quiet addition of a new entry-level model, the Ryzen AI 5 330. Officially another Krackan Point part (and unofficially, Krackan Point 2), the mobile part should pave the way for Copilot+ branded laptops to hit more...
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Thiago Trevisan - Thu, Jun 19, 2025
The trilogy of PC gaming necessities includes your keyboard, mouse, and audio setup. Razer is a brand that focuses on all three (including its recently-unveiled Blackwidow V4 Pro Barebonesplank), and now it's announced a new V3 version of...
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Zak Killian - Fri, May 30, 2025
We recently posted an article that explored the idea of serious gaming on integrated graphics. In that post, we were using an older Ryzen 5 5600G chip to prove our point, but AMD's Ryzen 8000G processors are much faster. (We're about to...
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Zak Killian - Tue, Mar 25, 2025
A fresh leak from familiar self-described "PC Tech Fan" (better known as @harukaze5719 on Xwitter) has revealed details about AMDs upcoming Gorgon Point mobile APUs. The information comes from a Naver.com article covering an LG Gram Ryzen launch event, where slides detailing AMDs roadmap...
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Thiago Trevisan - Thu, Feb 27, 2025
Minecraft has been a legendary franchise that has won the hearts of gamers of all ages. Together with this popularity, comes a new collaboration for fans who crave anything related to Minecraft. As such, Razer has launched its Minecraft...
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Zak Killian - Mon, Jan 06, 2025
It has been a bit of a CES tradition for AMD to dig into its pockets and toss out a new raft of Ryzen processors, and the company is going big this year with no less than six different CPU announcements. Buckle up, HotHardwareinos, because...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Jan 03, 2025
CES is next week and you can bet that there will be a bevy of beautiful hardware announcements, including many luxurious laptops sporting the latest processor designs. Apparently, Taiwanese ODM Elitegroup (better known to the DIY crowd as...
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Thiago Trevisan - Fri, Oct 25, 2024
There is one major thing that your fancy audiophile-grade headphones don't have, and that is RGB. Does that matter to you? If so, then note that Razer, a company famous for its gamer-centric peripherals with Chroma RGB, has something in...
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Thiago Trevisan - Mon, Sep 30, 2024
There is something to be said about immersion in video games, and how it ties into accessories that you use daily. That being said, Razer has a new $299 piece of immersive kit that may make you vibrate with excitement (get your mind out of...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Aug 21, 2024
Razers iconic Kraken gaming headset is evolving once again with two new versions, the Kraken V4 and V4 X. Razer touts the new Krakens as building on a legacy spanning over 12 years since the first Razer Kraken...
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Zak Killian - Sun, Jun 02, 2024
Whether you knew you needed it or not, locally-hosted AI is the next big thing in PCs, and AMD is at the forefront of this movement. The company was first to market with consumer processors sporting AI-accelerating Neural Processing Units...
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Zak Killian - Tue, May 28, 2024
In the last seven years since the launch of Ryzen, AMD has completely reversed its fortunes, and now you'll find Ryzen processors in a huge number of hardware enthusiasts' systems. This is thanks to consistent generational improvements...
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Zak Killian - Wed, Apr 10, 2024
We were pleasantly surprised when AMD revealed that its current-generation Phoenix and Hawk Point processors would use its latest-generation RDNA 3 graphics architecture for their integrated graphics processors (IGPs.) That's because, historically, APUs have lagged behind discrete GPUs in...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Mar 29, 2024
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...
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Zak Killian - Mon, Mar 04, 2024
AMD's current-generation client processors can be broadly divided into two groups: chiplet CPUs and monolithic APUs. Currently, both have Zen 4 CPU cores and RDNA graphics, but the integrated GPUs on the chiplet processors (like the Ryzen 9 7950X3D) are downright puny, while the integrated GPU...
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Zak Killian - Wed, Feb 14, 2024
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...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Jan 26, 2024
Right now, AMD's mobile processors range from the lowly Ryzen 7020 series, codenamed Mendocino, all the way up to the powerful (and power-thirsty) Ryzen 7045 series, known as Dragon Range. Nestled in between, you have the Ryzen 7035...
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