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AMD reveals new CPU roadmap with Zen 6 slated for 2026, confirms Zen 7 for the first-time
Nothing exciting, but lots to look forward to.
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D debuts in Micro Center pre-built PC
This chip enables Micro Center to offer sub-$1,000 X3D pre-built gaming PCs.
Veteran dev’s newest computer is ‘200,000 times’ faster than his oldest in custom benchmarks
Veteran Windows dev Dave W Plummer has run a simple performance test across his 25 computers, released between 1976 and 2023, and he observed a huge 200,000X CPU performance delta.
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with Wraith Stealth Cooler drops to all-time low $67
Deals AMD's Ryzen 5 3600 processor has hit its lowest ever price on Amazon, according to popular price tracking websites, and it comes with a boxed cooler.
AMD's budget Ryzen 5 7500X3D leaks out in early benchmarks, scores hint at performance on par with existing 7600X3D
The cheapest X3D chip on the AM5 platform.
$5,000 Corsair pre-built keeps on frying Intel CPUs due to lack of BIOS update, tech alleges
Corsair still hasn't released the latest 0x12F Vmin instability fix for its pre-built computers, leading to multiple, repeated failures for some of its customers.
AMD prepping new X3D chip with higher clock speeds
AMD’s unreleased Ryzen 7 9700X3D appears on PassMark, hinting at a lower-cost alternative to the 9800X3D for gamers.
AMD confirms security vulnerability on Zen 5-based CPUs that generates potentially predictable keys
RDSEED failures are incorrectly being flagged as correct, leading to potentially predictable encryption keys being generated by the random number generator.
