MSI has a brand new entry-level motherboard, the MAG B850M Gaming PRO MAX, which comes with an OC Engine for Ryzen overclocking. MSI Adds An OC Engine On Its Entry-Level MAG B850M Gaming PRO Motherboard MSI's new MAX series refreshed motherboards come with an external BCLK generator or an OC Engine, as MSI likes to call it. This OC Engine provides independent BCLK control for better overclocking potential & it's always great to see entry-level options with such capabilities, as they allow AMD Ryzen owners to get better performance out of their systems. So, looking at the specs sheet, the […]

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G.SKILL Flare X5 DDR5-6000 CL30 16GB kit drops to $248, an all-time low — but 32GB CL36 kits cost far less.

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MSI's X870 Tomahawk WiFi drops to $240 on Amazon with WiFi 7, USB4, and dual Gen5 M.2 slots for AM5 builds.

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A company that prides itself on its stringent focus on detail can often make head-scratching blunders that you’d never expect it to. On this occasion, one eagle-eyed individual caught Apple comparing a 15-inch M1 MacBook Air, a product that has never existed in its lineup, to the M5, which currently powers the technology giant’s latest portable Mac. Fortunately, the technology giant rectified the mistake, but not before someone posted it on social media for millions to see. Larger 15-inch MacBook Air models were added to the lineup after the M2’s release To remind you, Apple’s M1, which launched back in […]

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AMD's Ryzen 9 9900X 12-core CPU drops to $373.80 at Amazon, saving you $125 (25%) off the list price.

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Looks like the new APU series will be better for mini PCs, as the number of PCIe lanes has been noticeably reduced. Ryzen AI 400 Desktop CPUs Only Bring 10 or 12 PCIe 4.0 Lanes, Limiting Lane Width for GPUs/NVMe SSDs Two days ago, AMD finally debuted its first Zen 5-based desktop APU series for the AM5 platform, giving users the flexibility to build APU-based gaming builds. AMD hasn't been so aggressive in the desktop segment when it comes to delivering peak graphical performance through integrated graphics. Still, the debut of Ryzen AI 400 and Ryzen AI Pro 400 series […]

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The M5 Pro and M5 Max announcement was accompanied by some changes in the way Apple categorizes its CPU cores. With the company introducing the term ‘super’ to the lineup, perhaps it was a hint that its Fusion Architecture allowed it to develop even more capable custom cores without compromising on efficiency. Sadly, this isn’t the case, because the M5’s performance cores have also been renamed to ‘super cores,’ concluding that the M5 Pro and M5 Max won’t be clocked any higher, removing any advantage that we thought was present because we fell victim to Apple’s clever marketing. The super cores […]

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Finally, something appears to be working, and hopefully, we will see fewer Ryzen 9000 death reports popping up on Reddit. YouTuber Level1Techs Revives "Failed" AMD Ryzen 9600X on ASRock X870E Taichi Using Latest BIOS with AMD AGESA 1.3.0.0a Microcode Ryzen 9000 "failures" do not always indicate CPU deaths. While in a lot of cases, we did see burned CPUs and sockets, not every setup sees such damage signs. Sometimes the CPU dies or fails without showing any burn marks or any discoloration. In such cases, the CPU may not be dead but still fails to boot due to unknown issues, […]

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