News of the burned-out AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has spread fast and wide enough to prompt an official response from MSI, the manufacturer of the MSI Mag X870 Tomahawk motherboard used by the PC builder who ...

ASUS is the latest motherboard vendor to acknowledge that something is definitely causing Socket AM5 CPUs to fail prematurely ...

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AMD’s X3D-series Ryzen chips have become popular with PC gamers because games in particular happen to benefit disproportionately from the chips’ extra 64MB of L3 cache memory. But that extra memory ...

A curious Reddit post showing a burned-out AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D could have new AMD CPU owners concerned. Questions have been asked about whether the motherboard or CPU itself is faulty, but it looks ...

The ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming is an excellent choice for AMD motherboards, and that’s not about to change. It boasts impressive build quality and power delivery, making it a perfect match for the Ryzen ...

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You might hear that the motherboard is one of the PC components you shouldn't skimp on, but most people building a PC solely for gaming will be fine with a cheap motherboard. This doesn't mean you ...

AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors are the best gaming CPUs in the world, but the AM4 platform that they drop into hasn't been without problems, as there have been numerous reports of failures. So far, ...

Better VRM, two M.2 slots and more Although it is scheduled to launch in April, together with the second generation Ryzen desktop CPUs, AMD’s upcoming X470 chipset motherboard has already… Better VRM, ...