Ryzen 5000
During their opening keynote at Computex 2024, AMD announced their intention to launch a pair of new Ryzen 5000 processors for their legacy AM4 platform. The new chips, both getting the XT suffix, will be the Ryzen 9 5900XT, a 16 core Zen 3 part, while the Ryzen 7 5800XT will be an 8 core Zen 3. The new chips are intended to underscore AMD's ongoing commitment to supporting their consumer platforms over several years. And while the specification changes are rather minor overall – the Zen 3 CPU architecture has long since been taken as far as it can reasonable go – it does give AMD a chance to refresh the platform by slinging hardware at new price points. AMD did something very similar...
AMD Quietly Introduces Ryzen 3 5100 Quad-Core Processor For AM4
Further to AMD's latest Micro Center exclusive processor, the Ryzen 5 5600X3D with 3D V-Cache, AMD has seemingly introduced a budget-focused quad-core processor based on their Zen 3 architecture...
13 by Gavin Bonshor on 7/12/2023
AMD Announces Ryzen 5000 C-Series For High-End Chromebooks
In September 2020, AMD released its Ryzen 3000 C-series for Chromebooks, a line up of budget-priced chips based on the 12nm Picasso (Ryzen+) architecture that featured up to 4...
40 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/5/2022
CPU Year In Review 2021: Efficient Cores Are The New Bling
As far as most years ago, 2021 has been an up and down year when it comes to the desktop CPU market. At the beginning of the year, the...
89 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/30/2021
The ASRock X570S PG Riptide Motherboard Review: A Wave of PCIe 4.0 Support on A Budget
Officially announced at Computex 2021, AMD and its vendors unveiled a new series of AM4 based motherboards for Ryzen 5000 processors. The new X570S chipset is, really, not that...
39 by Gavin Bonshor on 10/22/2021
The EVGA X570 Dark Motherboard Review: A Dark Beast For Ryzen
Quite a few of the motherboards we have reviewed over the last month have been aimed at enthusiasts with a penchant for extreme overclocking. Today's review focuses on the...
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MSI Launches MEG X570S Ace Max Motherboard, Max Out Ryzen 5000
On the back of a myriad of new motherboard launches based on AMD's X570 chipset, we have the MSI MEG X570S Ace Max. The new Max motherboard supersedes the...
24 by Gavin Bonshor on 8/18/2021
ASUS Unveils ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme Motherboard: Flagship X570
With prices on AMD's Ryzen 5950X 16-core Zen 3 based processor slowly coming back into the realms of MSRP, ASUS is taking advantage of recent events by announcing its...
16 by Gavin Bonshor on 8/2/2021
EVGA Teases an AMD X570 Dark Edition: For Ryzen 5000 Enthusiasts
Legendary overclocker Vince "KINGPIN" Lucido, part of EVGA's in-house design team, posted to his Facebook page an image that has caused a bit of a stir. The post is...
11 by Gavin Bonshor on 7/14/2021
ASRock Rack B550D4-4L Motherboard Review: B550 Goes Professional with BMC
Over the last year, we've seen several B550 models, with the vast majority of these catering to desktop users and gamers looking for a cost-efficient option to use with...
73 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/20/2021
Biostar Announces B550T-Silver Mini-ITX Motherboard For AMD's Ryzen 5000 Family
Biostar has unveiled its latest mini-ITX motherboard for the AMD B550 chipset, the B550T-Silver, which is designed for use with AMD's Ryzen 5000 and Ryzen 3000 processors. The small-sized...
62 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/16/2021
AMD Set To Roll Out AGESA firmware USB Fix For Ryzen, Coming April
Last month, we reported that AMD had been made aware of many users experiencing intermittent connectivity issues with USB ports on its Ryzen 500-series motherboards. Requesting that users with...
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First AMD B550 With Thunderbolt 4: The ASUS ProArt B550-Creator
From a post by ASUS's Technical Product Marketing Manager (u/ASUSTechMKTJJ) on Reddit, ASUS looks to be readying up a new B550 motherboard based on its ProArt series. The ASUS...
50 by Gavin Bonshor on 3/3/2021
AMD To Probe Potential USB Connectivity Issue on Ryzen Systems
Some AMD users have been posting on social media, including Reddit, about experiencing intermittent connectivity problems when using USB ports on their 500-series motherboards. In response, AMD has reached...
45 by Gavin Bonshor on 2/22/2021
The ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Gaming Motherboard Review
AMD's AM4 socket has been consistent throughout the entirety of its Ryzen processor's lifespan, and the latest Zen 3 processors are best suited for the X570 range of motherboards...
46 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/25/2021
Acer at CES 2021: Acer Aspires To Ryzen 5000
As part of Acer’s CES launch, the company is announcing updates to both the Acer Aspire 5 and Acer Aspire 7, bumping both models to the latest AMD Ryzen...
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The ASRock Rack B550D4-4L, a B550 Motherboard with BMC
ASRock Rack, the professional arm of ASRock, has launched an interesting B550 model which is aimed at the server and workstation market, but uses the mid-range chipset. The ASRock...
10 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/4/2021
Biostar Launches B550M-Silver: Micro-ATX with 2.5 GbE and Wi-Fi 6
Biostar has launched its latest AMD B550-based board, the B550M-Silver. Aimed at gamers looking to use AMD's latest Ryzen 5000 processors, it brings a host of premium features to...
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The GIGABYTE B550I Aorus Pro AX Motherboard Review: All The Small Things
Sometimes less is more, and when it comes to motherboards the mini-ITX form factor has some of the most enthusiastic fan club members. Small form factor systems are becoming...
76 by Gavin Bonshor on 12/7/2020
Investigating Performance of Multi-Threading on Zen 3 and AMD Ryzen 5000
One of the stories around AMD’s initial generations of Zen processors was the effect of Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) on performance. By running with this mode enabled, as is default...
126 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/3/2020
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