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Check out the best motherboards for your Ryzen 9 9950X or 9950X3D
By Cale Hunt last updated
Hardware AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X is a high-performance Zen 5 processor that demands a quality motherboard to help realize its full potential. I've collected the best boards for the CPU right here.

Get the right motherboard for your AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
By Cale Hunt last updated
PC AMD's Ryzen 7 9700X is one of the latest CPUs from Team Red, and it can take advantage of all of the best features from AM5 motherboards. Here are my top recommendations for your next PC build.

AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip fails to impress in early benchmarks
By Cale Hunt published
Hardware AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme will soon be found in a range of new gaming handhelds, but an early range of tests shows that the newfound performance is hardly worth an upgrade over the Z1 Extreme.

Best motherboard for AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
By Ben Wilson last updated
Components Find the best AM4 motherboard to match the Ryzen 5 5600X, AMD's perfect mid-range CPU pick.

Intel plans to layoff 24,000 employees in 2025
By Rebecca Spear published
Intel Intel has revealed plans to reduce its total workforce to 75,000 "core employees" and also expects to pull back from projects in Germany, Poland, the United States, and more.

AMD's new AI image generator runs on your laptop's NPU, and it's free
By Cale Hunt published
AI AMD just announced a new local AI image generator that runs on your AMD laptop's NPU. It's a big step up compared to the previous SDXL Turbo model released last year.

AMD's Ryzen AI 5 330 processor is for affordable Copilot+ PCs
By Ben Wilson published
AMD AMD's Ryzen AI 5 330 mobile processor could see x86-64 Copilot+ PCs challenging Qualcomm's ultra-affordable ARM64 Snapdragon X equivalents for the budget crown.

Intel says it's "too late" to catch up and will lay off thousands of US workers
By Ben Wilson published
Intel Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan says it's "too late" to catch up with its rivals in the AI sector, laying off thousands of US workers to reduce its expenses.
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