Ryzen 7000 News and Articles

AMD Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 CPU sales are tiny compared to Zen 3

Despite the discounts

By Rob Thubron , January 3, 2023, 5:20 AM

Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs. Ryzen 5 7600X: 50+ Game Benchmark

FEATURE By Steven Walton, December 20, 2022, 6:04 AM TechnicalSides Hardware

We take fan favorite Ryzen 7 5800X3D and compare it head to head with the new Ryzen 5 7600X in over 50 games. Yes, the 5800X3D is impressive, but can it counter the advantage of going AM5?

Hardware Industry

Three Ryzen 7000 X3D CPUs are reportedly on the way, no 6-core variant planned

Eight, 12-, and 16-core X3D processors with overclocking enabled

By Daniel Sims , December 3, 2022, 9:15 AM 48 comments

Hardware

Intel's comeback: Raptor Lake sales look stronger than AMD's Zen 4

5800X3D is keeping gamers attached to AM4 though

In context: A couple of weeks ago we posted an update looking into how AMD's Zen 4 CPU launch fared and today we're back with a similar preliminar analysis, but this time looking at Intel's Raptor Lake launch. These are the two big CPU launches of 2022 and after examining some of the numbers, it's pretty clear that one release has gone a lot better than the other.

Full story By Tim Schiesser , November 1, 2022, 7:22 AM 106 comments

Hardware

AMD Ryzen 7000 is off to a slow start, Zen 4 sales are not good

The big picture: As you know, AMD launched their new Zen 4, Ryzen 7000 processors about two weeks ago now and hopefully you've all seen our reviews of the four models. There are a number of strengths to these new parts, including performance -- however, AMD is facing a bit of a hurdle since their introduction, and that is convincing people to actually buy them.

Full story By Tim Schiesser , October 12, 2022, 6:03 AM 112 comments

Hardware

Noctua announces thermal paste guard for AMD AM5 processors

In a nutshell: Noctua's thermal paste guard mounts around the IHS of AM5 CPUs to prevent thermal paste from accumulating in the small cutouts. This should make it easier to clean the processor when remounting or replacing the CPU cooler.

Full story By Tudor Cibean , October 8, 2022, 10:02 AM 16 comments

Hardware

Asrock will send you a replacement motherboard if you can't get the stickers out of your DIMM sockets

A ridiculous problem on a $300 motherboard

By Isaiah Mayersen , October 1, 2022, 11:55 AM 41 comments

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Review: Mainstream Zen 4

FEATURE By Steven Walton, September 26, 2022, 8:00 AM TechnicalSides Hardware

The new Ryzen 5 7600X is a 6-core/12-thread CPU that replaces the popular 5600X, built on TSMC's 5nm process, it clocks up to 5.3 GHz, packs 32MB L3 cache, DDR5 support, and a 105W TDP.