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An AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D listing on AliExpress sells it for around $130.
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Hardware leaker shares alleged performance numbers for AMD's unreleased Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs.
Save big on Intel 14th Gen CPUs at Newegg
Newegg offers Intel's 14th-generation Core processors at very attractive prices.
Lunar Lake allegedly smokes Z1 Extreme handheld gaming champ in early gaming benchmarks
Lunar Lake was benchmarked against AMD's Z1 Extreme, Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, and Core Ultra 7 185H, featuring extremely competitive gaming performance at ultra-low power levels.
Intel Lunar Lake CPU gets die annotation
Die shots of Intel's Lunar Lake CPU for mobile have been annotated in detail.
We tested Intel's flagship Lunar Lake Ultra 9 and it's slower than an Ultra 7 in multi-threaded work in the only laptop where it's currently for sale [Updated]
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