Reviews
Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review
Gaming cache meets creator muscle. 16 cores, 3D V-Cache, and a verdict that splits the workload.
Radeon RX 9070 XT Review
RDNA 4 arrives. Ray tracing gains, FSR 4 maturity, and where it lands against the 4070 Ti.
AM5 X870E Motherboard Roundup
Eight boards, one socket. VRM thermals, PCIe 5.0 lanes, and BIOS maturity tested head-to-head.
Ryzen 7 7800X3D Revisit
Two years later, the gaming champ still holds the crown. We retest it against 9800X3D.
Radeon RX 7600 Budget Bench
1080p value, 16GB workloads, and whether RDNA 3 still makes sense at $269.
Threadripper 7995WX Workstation
96 Zen 4 cores, 350W envelope, and rendering pipelines that used to take a cluster.
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