AMD's Ryzen 4000-series (Renoir) processors are coming soon to a AM4 motherboard near you. Gigabyte's latest X570 and B550 firmwares, which are available for download, explicitly state support for "New Gen AMD Ryzen with Radeon Graphics processors", which is a subtle way to refer to Renoir.
Now that AMD has taken the lid off of the Ryzen 3000XT processors
News that AMD was facing delays to its Zen 3 architecture surfaced this week via a DigiTimes report, but the company quickly quashed those rumors during a press briefing, stating that “AMD confirms that the rumor on ‘Zen 3’ delay is inaccurate."
The initial reports of a delay to for AMD's Zen 3 processors, which the company has stated will arrive this year, were fueled by a DigiTimes report. Some observers also took AMD's announcement of the Ryzen XT
It's only a matter of time before AMD launches the its Ryzen 4000-series (Renoir) APUs for the desktop. With the latest benchmarks spotted online, it seems the chipmaker is cooking up some 7nm APUs for the commercial market as well.
We've already gotten a possible sneak peek of Ryzen 4000 APU performance via the Ryzen 7 Pro 4700G, Ryzen 5 Pro 4400G and Ryzen 3 Pro 4
For those feeling nostalgic, the world's first GPU has been recreated in Lego. This is not to be confused with the world's first Lego graphics card, as that's been done a long time ago.
The project comes from the artist idspi from England, who goes by the twitter handle @Bhaal_Spawn. She pieced together a blocky replica of the Nvidia GeForce 256 -- one of the first official GPU's made
Lenovo’s ThinkPad P-line of workstations is getting a refresh, and is joined by the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3. All of the laptops will use 10th Gen Intel H-series processors (some also have Xeon options) and will offer a new “ultra performance mode” when they release in July.
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The XPG Xenia pairs XPG-branded RAM and one of our favorite SSDs with an Intel design, giving it respectable mid-high gaming performance but poor audio and a flimsy case.
Priced at a slight premium over its non-RGB competitors, addlink’s X70 RGB looks to be a viable option for those looking to buy some flashy storage.
AMD’s Ryzen 7 3700X desktop CPU is now $55 off on Newegg, bringing it down from its original $329.99 price to $274.49 on Newegg . That’s 17% off overall and the lowest price this CPU has ever seen.
The price drop is likely due to AMD announcing the Ryzen XT 3000-series today, which introduced us all to the Ryzen 390
A CPU socket uses a series of pins to connect a CPU’s processor to the PC’s motherboard . If a CPU is connected via a CPU socket, it is not soldered and can therefore be replaced. CPU sockets are more common with desktop PCs than they are on laptops .
When buying a motherboard , finding the best motherboard isn't just about making sure it has the features you want. Step one is making sure the motherboard has the right CPU
Living on the motherboard , a PC's chipset controls the communication between the CPU, RAM , storage and other peripherals. The chipset determines how many high-speed components or USB devices your best motherboard can support. Chipsets are usually comprised of one to four chips and feature controllers for commonly used peripherals, like the your keyboard , mouse or monitor .
PC chipsets are designed by Intel and AMD but are found on motherboards from a variety of