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BIOSTAR X570GTA Motherboard Review
There’s certainly no shortage of great AMD motherboards out there right now. With the rising dominance of the Ryzen CPU, there’s never been more choice for AMD customers. BIOSTAR may not be the biggest name here in the UK, however, they’ve proven before that they can make a competitive board…
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AMD Commits to the sTRX4 Threadripper Socket as ‘Long Term’
Last week AMD finally confirmed the upcoming release of their latest 3rd-generation Threadripper processors. Unlike the 2nd-generation, however, (that stuck with the socket platform from the original launch), the new processors would be moving to the sTRX4 platform via TRX40 motherboards. Why did they do this? Well, in simple terms,…
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AMD Announces 3950X & Threadripper Processors
So, following a delay from the November 5th launch date, AMD has just lifted the embargo and confirmed their launch of its new upcoming range of processors. Namely, the 3950X (‘the words most powerful 16 core desktop processor’) and their HEDT 3rd-generation Threadripper products! So, without further ado, let’s delve…
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AMD Confirms the Threadripper 3rd-Generation Release Date
The release of the 3rd-generation AMD Ryzen processors earlier this year has proven to be a huge hit with consumers with many people either switching to Team Red for the first time or, at the very least, for the first time in a long time. There is, however, one (not…
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Gigabyte X570 AORUS Pro Motherboard Review
AORUS X570 Pro The latest range of Ryzen 3rd Gen CPUs are here at last, joining a bank of motherboards with the X570 chipset, PCIe 4.0, and even new 7nm graphics cards from AMD too. That means today, we have a huge wave of epic reviews for you to absorb,…
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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X & Ryzen 9 3900X Processor Review
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X & Ryzen 9 3900X There’s a whole host of new hardware launching today. From the massive number of X570 motherboards we’re reviewing today, to the brand new 7nm Radeon graphics cards. All those are linked below, and on the last page of this review for your…
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Gigabyte X570 AORUS Master Motherboard Review
AORUS X570 Master The latest range of Ryzen 3rd Gen CPUs are here at last. With that, we also have the launch of the latest X570 motherboards, and even new graphics cards from AMD too. It seems we’re spoilt for new hardware this week! Speaking of spoilt, I’ve also had…
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AORUS X570 I Pro WiFi Motherboard Preview & Unboxing
AORUS X570 I Pro WiFi Have you been waiting for the new AMD X570 chipset? The wait is almost over! We have a few of the new motherboards kicking around our office as we get ready to review them. Of course, that means we’ll also be testing the new CPUs…
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Benchmarks Leaked Ahead of Launch
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Benchmark Leaked Any major product launch such as the new generation of AMD Ryzen processors is doomed to have results leaked ahead of the official date. While we don’t do it, there’s always some who do. This time we get some preliminary results from the AMD…
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Benchmarks Show Ryzen 3800X Beating Intel’s i9-9900K
AMD Ryzen 3800X With the upcoming release of the 3rd-generation AMD Ryzen processors set for July 7th, there is a lot of speculation as to exactly how these will stack up. Specifically, against Intel’s current 9th-gen which are pretty awesome already. With many indications suggesting that AMD may be set…
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Benchmarks Appear Online
AMD Ryzen With the formal confirmation of the 3rd-generation of Ryzen processors at Computex 2019, we can expect to see more than a few leaks over the coming weeks and pretty much until they are officially released to the market. While AMD has been pushing hard to speak of the…
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Ryzen 3XXX Processors Retail Listings Appear Online
Ryzen 3XXX Processors This Summer is shaping up to be pretty huge for AMD as they look to release both their latest graphics card architecture as well as their latest generation of Ryzen processors. The latter has proven to be one of the biggest releases in memory with many people…
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3rd-Generation AMD Threadripper Confirmed For Late 2019
3rd-Generation AMD Threadripper With the initial release of the Ryzen processors in 2017, AMD had a product on the market that they hadn’t for years. Namely, a strong processor that was able to compete with Intel. One that also had (arguably) a bit of sexy branding to back it up.…
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