Despite early rumors, we now have confirmation that Socket AM4 will not be sharing cooler compatibility with previous AMD sockets. As we’ve since found out, while the ...
January 26, 2017 at 11:00 am by Samuel Wan
Despite the AM3+ platform being ancient and replaced by Zen relatively soon, some users may want to use their existing processor and upgrade to a fairly modern motherboard ...
November 2, 2016 at 12:20 pm by John Williamson
AMD’s Zen architecture could dramatically reverse the company’s fortunes in the CPU sector and allow them to enjoy a larger market share. Additionally, if the ...
October 4, 2016 at 4:22 pm by John Williamson
Drastic platform changes are a bit of a double-edged sword. While it can offer an opportunity to switch to a better or more cost-effective platform, all existing accessories ...
May 26, 2016 at 12:20 pm by Samuel Wan
Introduction Chillblast has received various accolades from respected media outlets and won more awards than any other system integrator on the market. This illustrates their ...
May 21, 2016 at 9:00 am by John Williamson
Later this year, perhaps in October, AMD will be launching with their highly anticipated Zen CPU architecture. Before that though, AMD will be releasing their new processor ...
March 23, 2016 at 10:00 am by Samuel Wan
AMD’s upcoming Zen CPU architecture requires a brand new socket, and predicted to feature a 40% IPC improvement compared to Excavator. As a result, it’s probably ...
January 23, 2016 at 12:33 am by John Williamson
It came as quite a surprise when GIGABYTE first mentioned their new AMD socket AM3+ based motherboards about a month ago and quite a few people were shocked by this news. ...
January 19, 2016 at 8:30 am by Bohs Hansen
AMD’s upcoming Zen architecture requires a new socket and supports DDR4 memory. This is the first socket change in almost five years and there hasn’t been many ...
December 15, 2015 at 4:00 pm by John Williamson
While Zen may still be a long way off, AMD isn’t just sitting around without new CPUs to launch. Stealthily launched, AMD is releasing a new FX-6330 chip to slot into ...
December 15, 2015 at 12:00 pm by Samuel Wan
Introduction There’s a common misnomer that PC gaming costs an extortionate amount of money which can deter console players from making the switch. During the last ...
November 16, 2015 at 9:26 am by John Williamson
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging The AMD 970 chipset is the mainstream offering of the AMD chipsets. It offers affordability with great features, with the ability ...
July 29, 2015 at 1:30 pm by Rikki Wright
The new motherboards featuring the new USB 3.1 that we’ve seen so far where all Intel based boards, but that’s about to change as MSI announced the first AMD based ...
March 26, 2015 at 9:58 pm by Bohs Hansen
Gigabyte has announced that it has recently added a new socket AM3+ motherboard to its lineup. The motherboard is set to support all AMD AM3+ FX processors and AM3 ...
March 23, 2015 at 1:58 pm by Gabriel Roşu
BIOSTAR has released a new AMD socket AM3+ motherboard, the TA970 Plus with AMD OverDrive and the Advanced Clock Calibration feature. This full-sized ATX motherboard uses the ...
March 10, 2015 at 3:58 pm by Bohs Hansen
