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Check your chips — another fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D was spotted
By Cale Hunt published
PC PC hardware shortages don't make for a good buying experience, and it gets worse when scammers attempt to make money off of innocent consumers.

APU vs. CPU vs. GPU — What you need to know
By Cale Hunt last updated
PC The PC world is full of acronyms that quickly become foreign if you aren't keeping up with the latest news. Here's what you should know about CPU, GPU, and APU.

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D review: Ultimate bragging rights
By Ben Wilson, Harish Jonnalagadda published
Review AMD's latest Zen 5 desktop processor is the best of its kind, but is it worth it?

Pre-built PCs with AMD's RX 9000 GPUs have arrived
By Cale Hunt published
PC Despite more stock than NVIDIA could muster, AMD's RX 9000 GPUs are selling fast. If you don't get a standalone card, I found some great pre-built PCs with RDNA 4.

Get the right motherboard for your Ryzen 7 7950X and 7950X3D
By Cale Hunt last updated
PC AMD's Ryzen 9 7950X and 7950X3D are monster CPUs that need a specific socket and plenty of power, so I've rounded up the best AM5 motherboards for your budget.

Intel stock soars almost 25% in one week after JD Vance' new comments on the chip maker's AI future
By Jez Corden published
Intel Intel has struggled to find its footing in a silicon landscape dominated by NVIDIA, but the Trump administration's "America first" approach might have thrown the chip maker a big lifeline.

New EU regulations could spell the end for stock CPU coolers
By Richard Devine published
Hardware New EU regulations mean CPU (and all other PC hardware) will need to shrink its packaging and make sure it's sustainable.

Intel's latest report calls out AMD & NVIDIA Security
By Sean Endicott published
Computing The latest Intel Security report lists several ways in which Intel CPUs and GPUs are more secure than competing hardware from AMD and NVIDIA.
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