MSI drops Godlike X870E monster with Zen-boosted max mobos
Limited-edition board hits 7.3 Ghz while rest of lineup promises 15 per cent Ryzen uplift
MSI has wheeled out its full range of AM5 “X870E MAX” motherboards, topped off with a limited-edition monster that comes with gold trim and a stuffed dragon [no really? ed].
AMD snips capacitors from Ryzen 7000 CPUs
Users panic over missing components, but it’s not a fake
Some Ryzen 7000 series chips are shipping without their usual dose of SMD capacitors, but AMD insists it’s all part of its cunning plan.
G.Skill unveils new T5 Neo Series DDR5 R-DIMM memory kit
The 512GB (64GBx8) DDR5-6400 CL38 kit
G.Skill has announced its newest high-performance T5 Neo series DDR5-6400 CL38 512GB (64GBx8) overclocked DDR5 R-DIMM memory kit that is aimed to be used with new AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO series CPUs and AMD WRX90 chipset motherboards.
AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series lands this month
Zen 5 cores, DDR5-6400 support and eye-watering prices
AMD is about to unleash its Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series processors, with retail availability kicking off this month.
AMD leaks its Ryzen 9600X3D and 9000 PRO CPUs
Zen 5 chips outed by Radeon driver
AMD has done the usual trick of leaking its upcoming hardware via a routine software update, this time outing the Ryzen 9600X3D, the 9600, and a fleet of Ryzen 9000 PRO CPUs in the latest Radeon SI driver.
AMD slaps AI on its Ryzen Z2 chips
Crams in NPUs while selling something for Steam Deck
AMD has bulked up its Ryzen Z2 handheld lineup with two fresh entries, one aimed at power users who think their console should run Crysis, and another for people happy with glorified calculators.
Ryzen AI Max Pro 385 shows up in Geekbench
AMD's mid-tier Zen 5 chip turns up in HP workstation
The Ryzen AI Max Pro 385 has made its first benchmarking appearance, turning up in Geekbench results with a respectable 2489 single-core and 14,136 multi-core score.
Zen 6 ‘Medusa’ brings memory shake-up to Ryzen
AMD’s new CPU architecture could flip DIMM slot rules on their head
The Chinese dark satanic rumour mills have manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that AMD’s upcoming Zen 6-based Ryzen CPUs—codenamed “Medusa”—will throw a spanner in the works for memory layouts, thanks to changes inside the Integrated Memory Controller (IMC).
AMD admits Ryzen 9800X3D meltdown mess
Sounds of PR silence
After more than 100 Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors keeled over, mostly while paired with ASRock boards, AMD has finally broken its vow of silence—only to point fingers at “memory compatibility.”
AMD officially announces Ryzen 9 9000X3D Series desktop processors with 3D V-Cache
The Ryzen 9 9950X3D and the Ryzen 9 9900X3D SKUs
At the CES 2025 show in Las Vegas, AMD officially announced the new Ryzen 9000X3D SKUs with 3D V-Cache, the 16-core/32-thread Ryzen 9 9950X3D and the 12-core/24-thread Ryzen 9 9900X3D.