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30 years of CPUs at Tom’s Hardware — looking back on three decades of processors, from the Pentium II to Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
We’ve been covering CPUs for a long time. It’s time to zoom out for some perspective.
Beat the AI price surge on PC hardware
With prices skyrocketing, it’s more important than ever to follow these guidelines to help you find great deals on PC hardware.
Single-DIMM DDR5 gaming works better than you probably think — one DDR5 DIMM beats dual-channel DDR4 RAM
To avoid rising RAM costs, some PC builders and OEMs have shifted toward using a single DDR5 module for gaming PCs. We test how much of a performance loss that actually represents.
Your motherboard's M.2 SSD heatsink might be slowing down your SSD
We tested 20 motherboards for proper M.2 contact and were surprised at the results – not all make good contact.
AMD's new Radeon RX 9050 is roughly 30% slower than the RTX 5050 in games, early testing shows
An underwhelming showing as expected.
MSI promises an EXPO ULL-like boost for your existing DDR5 memory
A new firmware update for MSI motherboards features High-Efficiency Mode, which offers latency tuning similar to AMD's EXPO ULL on regular memory kits.
Samsung's fastest SSD is back to Prime Day pricing
Deals Returning to Prime Day pricing, Samsung's fastest SSD, the 9100 Pro 2TB, is just $10 more than the previous PCIe generation's champion, the 2TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD.
Modder der8auer builds 110cm 3D-printed chimney to passively cool Ryzen 7 9800X3D without fans, cuts temps by 19C
Intensifying natural buoyancy.
