Processors (CPU)

AMD breathes a bit more life into Zen+ Not that long ago we took a long hard look at AMD’s Zen 2 architecture and walked away impressed with what even...

Zen 2 hitting Intel where it hurts – the mainstream market It is hard to imagine but it has now been more than two years since AMD rocked the CPU...

Overview Time really does fly and it does not seem like forty years has passed since Intel released their original 8086 processor and helped create the Personal Computer revolution… but...

Overview AMD certainly had great last year – maybe even their best in a decade. First they captured the hearts and minds of the mainstream buying public with their eight-core...

Overview So far we have taken a close look at most of AMD's Ryzen line-up and, while there have been variances from model to model, overall both the Ryzen 5...

Overview With the release of the Ryzen 7 series of CPUs by AMD this year certainly has been exciting times for enthusiast. For the first time in a long-time enthusiast's...

Overview With the release of AMD's 'Zen' based Ryzen series of CPUs a very interesting side-effect has occurred in the PC marketplace. Namely what was once simply marketing spin has...

Overview With unfortunate regularity Intel has been the dominate player the high-end mainstream and enthusiast corner of the markets for the past couple generations. This is because much like what...

AMD Athlon X4 860K - Introduction Recently we have taken a long hard look at a lot of AMD's APU series of processors and walked away rather impressed with how...

A10-7870K - Introduction Very recently we took a look at AMD's latest flagship APU – the A10-7890K - and walked away pretty darn impressed with the value it offered entry...