Black Friday’s best PC hardware deal is still live, and you’re sleeping on it

Black Friday’s best PC hardware deal is still live, and you’re sleeping on it

I’m not mad, just disappointed. A couple of weeks ago, I covered the insane deal that essentially allowed you to score a Ryzen 5 7600X — still one of the best processors you can buy — for just $105. At the time, I thought, surely, this will sell out in a matter of hours. Who … Read more

AMD’s next-gen APU may trail behind the RX 6600

AMD’s next-gen APU may trail behind the RX 6600

AMD’s next-gen APU lineup, dubbed Strix Halo, is right around the corner — but for now, all we can rely on are leaks when it comes to information about these processing units. Today, a leaked Geekbench test gave us some insight into the graphics performance of one of the upcoming top processors. While the integrated … Read more

Stalker 2 is an understandable mess on PC

Stalker 2 is an understandable mess on PC

Stalker 2 is one of those games I never thought would actually release. Originally announced 14 years ago, the project was shelved after developer GSC Game World closed its doors, only to be reignited in 2018. Then, as the originally announced 2022 release of the game approached, Ukraine, where the developer was based, was invaded … Read more

AMD Ryzen AI offers up to 75% faster gaming than Intel

AMD Ryzen AI offers up to 75% faster gaming than Intel

AMD has just unveiled some internal benchmarks of its Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor. Although it’s been a few months since the release of the Ryzen AI 300 series, AMD now compares its CPU to Intel’s Lunar Lake, and the benchmarks are highly favorable for AMD’s best processor for thin-and-light laptops. Let’s check them … Read more

Scalpers are jacking up the price of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Scalpers are jacking up the price of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Blink and you missed it — the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is sold out everywhere. As you can read in our Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, it’s one of the best processors you can buy, and just minutes after the first listings went live, the CPU went out of stock. Scalpers on eBay are already capitalizing. Dozens … Read more

Early Black Friday 2024 CPU deals: AMD, Intel battle it out

Early Black Friday 2024 CPU deals: AMD, Intel battle it out

Update 10/30/24: AMD surely seems like the place to be right now, in terms of quality and deals, but we were able to find deals for both AMD and Intel CPUs at this time. At this point, we’re really excited to see where the deals season takes us. It’s that time again, Black Friday. While … Read more

Next-gen laptops may have a weird mix of components

Next-gen laptops may have a weird mix of components

Many gamers are awaiting CES 2025 with a great deal of excitement. Not only are we said to be getting Nvidia’s RTX 50-series, but we should also see some of the next-gen top gaming laptops make their debut during the event. However, according to a new leak, these next-gen laptops may not be so next-gen … Read more

AMD confirms 9000X3D release date, but one question remains

AMD confirms 9000X3D release date, but one question remains

AMD just made a surprise announcement regarding its upcoming processors, but it leaves us with two major questions: What’s coming, and how much will it cost? The release date was announced to be November 7, but we’re unsure which chips are coming on that date. While details are very scarce, the first listings of the … Read more

Not this again: Intel Arrow Lake may have instability issues

Not this again: Intel Arrow Lake may have instability issues

Intel’s Arrow Lake is just a couple of days from hitting the market, and we’ve been inundated with various reports and leaked benchmarks. Today’s news doesn’t sound good, though. YouTuber Moore’s Law Is Dead reports that Arrow Lake, also referred to as Core Ultra 200-S, may have some instability issues — much like what we’ve … Read more

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K vs. Core i9-14900K: a tough sell

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K vs. Core i9-14900K: a tough sell

Intel Arrow Lake processors are here, and the Core Ultra 9 285K stands at the top of the lineup as Intel’s current best CPU. However, the chip faces a lot of competition not just from AMD, but also from Intel’s own last-gen Raptor Lake refresh. Even Intel itself can’t deny that performance-wise, the Core Ultra … Read more