Lenovo's compact gaming tower has great performance for the money and looks good, too, but could be more upgrade-friendly.

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D has now taken over as the company’s top Zen 5 gaming CPU, and one of the immediate side effects is pricing pressure on the previous flagship. According to a new retail check, the ...

Alienware has started selling the updated Area-51 desktop gaming PC powered by AMD Ryzen 9000X3D processors. The system was first announced at CES in early January, and several configurations are now ...

While the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D is just now heading to market, under the integrated heat spreader (IHS), so to speak, this processor is anything but new. It’s identical to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and built ...

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Excellent gaming performance. Dead simple and effective overclocking. Not really an upgrade from the 9800X3D. Requires substantial cooling. For at least the past year, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been ...

Today Luke continues our Zen 3 coverage with a look at the Ryzen 7 5800X. Priced at £420 here in the UK, we find out how this 8-core processor stacks up to the competition - has amd pushed the pricing ...

In a nutshell: It's no secret that the memory crisis is a nightmare for PC gamers looking to buy new hardware. AMD is well aware of this and could be offering a partial solution for upgraders: a ...

The 9850X3D has a faster boost clock than the popular 9800X3D chip. The 9850X3D has a faster boost clock than the popular 9800X3D chip. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering ...

TL;DR: AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D, launching January 29 at $499, offers a 400 MHz higher Boost Clock than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, delivering up to 27% faster gaming performance than Intel's flagship. Its 2nd ...

Dell's Alienware brand is here at CES 2026, and the biggest highlight is in Alienware's upcoming laptops. Alienware's revived classic Area-51 brand is still going strong, including an updated Area-51 ...