Zen 3 & Ryzen 4000 Analysis – IPC, Clock Speed, Core Count & More Analysis

On March 2nd of next year, it will have been three years since the launch of the first-gen Ryzen processors and with their launch, AMD caused significant disruption to what consumers expect from mainstream processors. It’s easy to focus in on the core count increase, doubling the core count over Intel’s then flagship offerings, but […]
AMD Confirms Zen 3 / Milan Details | 64 Cores & SMT-2 And 8 Cores Per CCX

AMD’s Zen 2 architecture has been an incredible success for the company and is taking the desktop world by storm thanks to the ryzen 3000 series CPUs, and the server market is also facing serious disruption thanks to AMD increasing the core count to 64 cores with its Milan range of processors, while also improving performance across the […]
Ryzen Reigns in Amazon Bestsellers & Mindfactory.de

Regular viewers will know that a every month, we discuss how AMD is doing against Intel in the Mindfactory.de hardware sales race for the previous month. For those not in the know, Mindfactory.de is the biggest digital retailer in Germany, and every month the Reddit user ingebor compiles some very helpful graphs showing how Ryzen […]
Ryzen 3000 CPUs Listed with Specs on Price Tracking Website

In about a weeks time, CES 2019 will kick off, and it’s all but certain AMD will be at the very least announce key details concerning the Ryzen 3000 series of CPUs (known as Matisse). These processors will, of course, feature the 7nm Zen 2 architecture, and according to whispers in the industry, we’ll see […]
Zen 2 Ryzen 3000 Series Core Count Increase, PCIE 4.0 Support & More | Exclusive

Recently, there was a leak that AMD’s next-generation X570 platform (along with the Ryzen 3000 series) of processors was scheduled to launch at Computex, 2019. This information originated from the website gamer.com.tw, and the leaker claimed that this came from a Gigabyte event where it was also revealed that the next generation AM4 platform would […]
AMD X570 Launches at Computex & Supports PCIE 4.0 | Ryzen 3000 Series Launch Date Leaked?

Traditionally, AMD has launched their Ryzen series of mainstream products in April – but that looks set to change given a recent leak, which hints that the X570 platform is targeting a release of Computex 2019, which takes place between May 28th and June 1st. The slide has emerged from Gamer.com.tw, and is being reported to have […]
How Does AMD’s IPC Stack Up Against Intel? Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel I9-9900K Results

With Zen 2 arriving next year with not only the Epyc second generation Rome, but also the desktop mainstream and HEDT with Ryzen 3000 and Threadripper 3000 respectively, there’s a lot of news floating about regarding the IPC gains of the next generation AMD architecture. AMD confirmed at best we’ll see up to a 29% IPC […]
MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC & Ryzen 5 2600X Review

What do you get if you take something that’s already great, and then make it even better? This is precisely the situation with both the B450 motherboard chipset and the AMD Ryzen 2 series of processors. Last April, AMD shocked the tech world with the release of the first generation Ryzen processors. The performance and […]