The best gaming CPU, but not quite the one chip to do it all. Read our Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review. AMD’S attempt to create the ultimate gaming and productivity chip has almost worked with the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. It has once again proven the power of the 3D V-cache technology when it comes to squeezing higher gaming performance out of … Read more
As if Intel’s Core I5-13600K wasn’t already attractive enough when we first reviewed this chip, it’s also received a price cut since our first review, meaning it now sits at just £ inc VAT. Both the Ryzen 7 77OOX and Ryzen 7 7700 cost about the same amount, while the Ryzen 5 7600X costs significantly … Read more
Another addition to AMD’s line-up this month comes in the form of the Ryzen 9 7900, which is a TDP-trimmed version of the 12-core Ryzen 9 7900X. Like its cheaper non-X sibling, though, it doesn’t save much cash compared with the X-edition CPU, sitting at £ while we could find the Ryzen 9 7900X going for just £ more. Read our … Read more
Un believably, the Ryzen 9 7950X costs nearly £ less than it did at the time of launch a few months ago. The fact that its launch price was a whopping £ inc VAT means it now costs 40 per cent less. Not surprisingly, it now sits in line with the Core i9-13900K, so both CPUs are ready for a scrap. … Read more
Even though we only reviewed the Core i7-13700K recently, it already costs a little less money than it did at launch, with the latest cuts shaving around £C off its price from a couple of months ago, so it now sits at £ inc VAT. As luck would have it, for those of you sitting there with a tub of popcorn … Read more
More threads. Fewer watts. Read our AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Review. AMD Ryzen 5 7900; Socket AM5; 12 core/24 thread; 3.7GHz base/5.4GHz boost clock; 64MB L3 cache; Supports DDR4-5200; 65W TDP. “If you need some extra performance, you can do away with the 65W limitation and essentially turn the chip into a fully-fledged 7900X.” The … Read more
Zen 4 reaches the mainstream. Read our AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Review. AMD Ryzen 5 7600; Socket AM5; 6 core/12 thread; 3.8GHz base/5.1GHz boost clock; 32MB L3 cache; Supports DDR5-5200; 65W TDP. “The 7600 holds up very well in gaming, even notching up some wins against the 13600K.” AMD has traditionally offered some excellent value … Read more
If there was one issue with the Ryzen 5 5600X it was its price compared with its predecessor. At launch, there was no sign of the Ryzen 5 5600 and 5500 either, and it looked as though AMD’s high value 6-core predecessors were potentially gone forever, as the company levelled up to Intel and realised … Read more
The Core i5-13400F didn’t receive the warmest of welcomes, despite being highly anticipated. The issue is that th is chip is much more like a Core i5-12600K at a lower price than a Core i5-13600K, and despite its 13th-gen branding, it lacks some of the key upgrades associated with Raptor Lake. Read our INTEL CORE … Read more
When AMD first announced it was releasing cheaper versions of its Ryzen 7000-series CPUs, we assumed the likes of a Ryzen 7 7700 would be noticeably cheaper than the Ryzen 7 7700X. However, a few weeks after its launch, the former only saves you £ over the X-edition CPU. However, both the Ryzen 7 7700 … Read more
As we wrote this, the Core i9-13900K’s usurper as Intel’s mainstream flagship had just arrived, with the Core i9-13900KS being able to hit 6GHz out of the box. However, this new CPU is also likely to be very hot and power-hungry, and it also demands a hefty premium. If you’re in the market for a … Read more
We’ve had a bombardment of new silicon launches over the past couple of months, even if you forget about GPUs and concentrate on CPUs. AMD and Intel have both fired broadsides of very different CPUs, with the latter focusing on high core counts, its new Raptor Lake architecture and some very high frequencies to win … Read more