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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X (6C12T) CPU Review
Enthusiasts have pinned hope on AMD’s eagerly-anticipated Ryzen 5 line-up as a set of processors that can offer competitive performance at an affordable, mid-range price point. The price range in...
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ASRock X370 Taichi Motherboard Review
Continuing our examination of high-end X370 motherboards for AMD’s new AM4 platform, ASRock’s £230 X370 Taichi is put under the microscope. Acting as the second-rung product in ASRock’s current X370...
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MSI B350 Tomahawk (AM4) Motherboard Review
MSI’s £100 B350 Tomahawk is the first B350 motherboard to be put through our testing. Retaining the CPU overclocking support that makes the B350 chipset such an alluring option for AM4, MSI outfits its...
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ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 Motherboard Review
Retailing for around £100, the ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 is targeting budget gamers who do not require multi-GPU capability. In doing so, ASRock offers up several tempting features, such as dual...
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Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3 Motherboard Review
It is Gigabyte’s turn to show what their roughly £100 B350 offering can deliver. The AB350-Gaming 3 is built around AMD’s value-orientated B350 chipset but with sprinkles of quality from Gigabyte, such...
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MSI B350M Mortar Motherboard Review
Power optimisations and enhanced on-chip capabilities have made AMD’s new AM4 platform a tempting proposition for users who prefer the size benefits of micro-ATX. MSI offers up the £90 B350M Mortar to...
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AMD Ryzen 7 1700 5-Way Cooler Comparison
At this point, AMD’s Ryzen processors have been on the market for nearly 3 months. It’s taken a while for some companies to catch up, but we are getting to a position where most, if not all, CPU...
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AMD Ryzen 5 2400G & Ryzen 3 2200G Raven Ridge APU Review
AMD has launched two new APUs (Accelerated Processing Unit) that marry Zen CPU architecture with Vega graphics. AMD Ryzen 5 2400G contains a Vega 11 graphics core with 11 Compute Units (hence the model...
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AMD will send you a free processor if you are stuck in a Raven Ridge boot loop
Over the last couple of weeks, we have seen plenty of motherboard makers pushing out BIOS updates to bring Raven Ridge APU support to all AM4 socket motherboards. Enabling support across X370, B350 and...
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ASRock X370 Pro4 Review – is X370 still relevant?
ASRock sent us the X370 Pro4 just before the launch of AMD 2nd Gen Ryzen. This was unexpected because we knew full well the new Ryzens would be accompanied by the X470 chipset, which meant the X370...
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Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero (Wi-Fi) Review
We received our sample of the Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero Wi-Fi as part of the press kit that AMD delivered for the launch of Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X CPUs. As we expected, the Crosshair VII...
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AMD B450 motherboards revealed by aftermarket vendors
When the new Ryzen chips launched a couple of months ago, they brought with them the X470 chipset. This chipset is aimed at the enthusiast, leaving budget builders out in the cold. That has all changed...
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AMD’s Picasso APU spotted in online benchmark
AMD’s Raven Ridge successor was spotted last year, continuing to use the same architecture under the new name of ‘Picasso’. Although the APU isn’t set to launch until 2019 according to previous leaks,...
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ASUS ROG Strix X470-F Gaming Motherboard Review
The introduction of AMD’s X470 chipset was an unspectacular affair, bringing only a handful of incremental improvements over the preceding X370 chipset. X470 motherboards reflect this trend too with...
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AMD officially launches B450 motherboards
It has been a long time coming, but today AMD has officially launched the B450 chipset for AM4 motherboards. Up to this point, Ryzen 2nd Gen buyers have had X470 motherboards available to them, but...
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ASRock Fatal1ty X470 Gaming-ITX/ac Motherboard Review
The mini-ITX motherboard market was long dominated by Intel due to the company’s indisputable advantage in CPU power efficiency, an essential characteristic for small form factors. That was until AMD...
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MSI B450 Tomahawk Motherboard Review
AMD X470 is the top motherboard chipset for AMD’s AM4 socket but it comes with a noticeable price premium over the second-tier B450 chipset motherboards which, for most applications and users, can be...
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ASUS ROG Strix B450-I Gaming Motherboard Review
A compact mini-ITX system no longer has to be Intel by default as AMD’s Ryzen CPUs have facilitated a plethora of appealing alternative options for the small form factor segment. In particular AMD’s...
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Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro Motherboard Review
AMD’s B450 chipset has economic advantages over Intel’s Z370 at the budget-end of the market. For equivalent money, AMD’s overclocking-ready B450 motherboards are better equipped than their Z370...
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All of Noctua’s coolers are now AM4 compatible out of the box
Some of Noctua’s most popular CPU coolers are finally getting compatibility for AMD’s AM4 socket for Ryzen processors. Free upgrade kits are being offered to current owners of one of the supported...
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AMD Ryzen 9 3900X & Ryzen 7 3700X ‘Zen 2’ CPU Review
AMD has launched its Zen 2 architecture in the form of the Ryzen 3000 processors. Slotting directly into the now well-established AM4 platform, AMD is leveraging the improvements brought about by...
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (6C12T) CPU Review
Priced squarely to compete with Intel’s Core i5-9600K at the ever-attractive £240 price point, AMD Ryzen 5 3600X continues the Ryzen 5 x600 tradition. That tradition is to offer six cores with...
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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (Zen+ & Vega 11) APU Review
Codenamed Picasso and combining a four-core, eight-thread Zen+ CPU with an 11 CU slice of Vega graphics, AMD’s £140 Ryzen 5 3400G is an evolution from the Ryzen 5 2400G of last year. Boosting up to...
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Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master Motherboard Review
Packed to the brim with useful features and built around a high-performance 14-phase power delivery solution, Gigabyte is clearly aiming for enthusiasts with its high-end X570 Aorus Master motherboard....
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MSI MEG X570 ACE Motherboard Review
Equipped with a 14-phase VRM solution, a well-designed onboard cooling system, and triple M.2 slots, the MSI MEG X570 ACE is aiming to prove its worth in the enthusiast segment of the AM4 market....
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ASRock X570 Taichi Motherboard Review
Aiming to prove that a £300 spend still nets you a premium X570 motherboard, the ASRock X570 Taichi features a 14-phase power delivery solution, triple M.2 connectors, and 802.11ax WiFi 6. Fans of RGB...
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X570 VRM Temperature Analysis – LUKE Deep Dive!
The £210 price point is where we start to see X570 motherboards with an alluring set of features and capable power delivery solutions. But just how good are the power delivery systems on these...
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ASUS ROG STRIX X570-E Gaming Motherboard Review
ASUS’ AM4 offering at the £300 price point is the ROG STRIX X570-E Gaming. Given the ROG treatment, ASUS deploys the usual affair of premium features and compliments them with an impressive 16-phase...
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EKWB unveils the Quantum Momentum ROG Strix X570-E D-RGB monoblock
EKWB has been hard at work updating some of its previous hardware with new designs featuring D-RGB addressable LED lighting. The company has now launched a new design for AMD X570 users in the form of...
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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X CPU Review
The wait is over for AMD’s eagerly anticipated 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X processor. Slotting into the AM4 socket, the Ryzen 9 3950X represents a change in the level of performance now available to users on...
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