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5 of the most underrated CPUs worth building your PC around

It’s also a solid productivity chip, with eight Zen 4 cores that make it feel like a “real” desktop CPU rather than an ...

Intel's desktop CPUs might not have been particularly impressive this year, but it doesn't seem to have affected its market share by as much as you might expect

Nonetheless, new data from Mercury Research shows that, despite the frosty reaction towards these chips from the PC hardware community at large, it doesn't appear to have made as ...
TechAnnouncer

AMD Ryzen 3 vs Intel i3: Which Budget CPU Reigns Supreme in 2025?

The amd ryzen 3 vs intel i3 debate has been around for a while, and it’s still a hot topic for anyone looking for a capable ...
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AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D review

The Ryzen 5 7500X3D has been building buzz ever since listings first appeared online a few weeks ago. This CPU will feature 6 ...

New budget AMD Ryzen CPU beats the Intel 14600K by up to 131fps in games, thanks to X3D

By packing its game performance-boosting 3D V-Cache tech into a new budget gaming CPU, AMD is bringing X3D on AM5 to its ...

AMD's baby X3D gaming CPU delivers barnstorming benchmarks for the cash

The maximum officially supported memory speed is DDR5-5200, but AMD says the sweet spot for performance is still DDR5-6000, ...

AMD’s newest Ryzen X3D CPU is exclusive to Micro Center’s pre-built PC

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D—a tiny performance notch down from the 6-core 7600X3D—gets its humble debut in the store's PowerSpec ...

A few Redditors faked the recent Ryzen 7 9700X3D benchmark leaks and explain 'why you can't trust online bench databases'

CPUBenchmark is a companion site to the Passmark software, where you can check a wider leaderboard-style archive of benchmark results. It's a pretty good way of seeing how your CPU compares with ...