A month ago, AMD launched its new Ryzen 9000 series CPUs. The R9 9900X and R9 9950X led the charge, with the R7 9700X and R5 9600X appearing as more budget-friendly options. So, why aren’t they in our chart?
At last! Chris from Code the Things is back with part 2 of his awesome project for the ‘Destitute’ tier of our main build chart: he has turned it into an arcade cabinet. In this second video about the project, he covers the painting, button installation and wiring, and PC hardware and emulator set-up!
Chris from Code the Things has begun a very unique test for the ‘Destitute’ tier of our main build chart: he’s turning it into an arcade cabinet. What a twist! In this first video about the project, he covers the initial woodworking for the DIY cabinet construction.
Chris from Code the Things is back with another round of tests for the ‘Destitute’ tier of our main build chart: game streaming services! With another round of tests on our most affordable build comes another terrific video, featured above.
The creator behind the YouTube channel Code the Things recently built and tested the ‘Destitute’ tier of our main build chart, and made this awesome video about it!
We’ve previously introduced PCIe lanes in Data Transfer Rates Compared (RAM vs PCIe vs SATA vs USB vs More!). Today, we review PCIe lanes in more depth, and discuss their relevance to you as a user.
One of the more interesting announcements by AMD this year at CES was the confirmed upcoming release of Zen+, the successor to the Zen platform—and their accompanying new motherboard chipset, X470. Let’s take a look at these big announcements from AMD, and see what this means for first-generation Ryzen and Threadripper owners!
AMD recently refreshed their entry-level CPU range, and we’re quite happy with the results. We’ve already taken a look at their new 35W CPUs, and now we’d like to turn our attention to the more powerful (and power hungry) range from AMD. Interestingly enough, a number of these CPU’s have a configurable thermal design power […]
Now that the dust has settled with AMD’s great releases of its Ryzen and Threadripper CPUs, the manufacturer has quietly refreshed its entry-level CPUs. Although they’re not built on the Zen chip architecture, they do use the new AM4 socket. This provides us builders with new features, and very importantly, a simple path to future […]