A custom 3D-printed chimney lowered the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D temperature by 19°C during an unusual cooling experiment, ...

Intel quietly raised the official recommended customer price for its two newest desktop processors on July 2, 2026, a move first spotted by hardware analyst @harukaze5719 on X that adds up to $50 to ...

A new leak suggests AMD could be preparing a major shift in its desktop processor strategy with the upcoming Zen 6-based Olympic Ridge family. According to information shared by X user Gotou_kai3, AMD ...

Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) is a Windows-based performance-tuning utility for experienced users to overclock, monitor, and stress-test a system. The software interface exposes a set of robust ...

If you've followed any coverage of Intel's Core Ultra 200S "Plus" processors, you'll be well aware that they're a significant improvement over the original recipe in most tasks, and especially gaming.

AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D parts are set to be even faster at gaming than we thought, 13th Gen Intel owners need to watch this, Nvidia's rtx 6000 gpu is insanely expensive and Nvidia's new gpu is outselling ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. AMD's newest addition to the Ryzen 9000 series, the 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, looks like an absolute juggernaut of a CPU. Since its official announcement, we ...

[Editors' Note, April 17, 2026: This article and its charts were edited to add comparison results from our tests of two of Intel's "Panther Lake" laptop CPUs.] With its 18-core loadout, the Snapdragon ...

Excellent gaming performance. Dead simple and effective overclocking. Not really an upgrade from the 9800X3D. Requires substantial cooling. For at least the past year, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been ...

Choosing the best gaming CPU for your build is a defining part of the PC building experience, and alongside the graphics card is one of the most critical components that determines its ultimate ...

Over on Overclock.net, user OC_Beer posted what appear to be the first leaked overclocking results for AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7 9850X3D. The chip isn't even on shelves yet, as AMD only announced it at ...

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is already the best gaming processor out right now, but AMD is following up with a mid-generation refresh at CES 2026, with the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. This new gaming processor is ...