(Image via AMD) The Ryzen 9 9950X is the flagship AMD Ryzen CPU offering this generation. It is designed for premium performance with the new Zen 5 architecture, 16 cores, and 32 threads.
Every CPU generation brings with it a set of motherboard chipsets, not all of which support overclocking. For instance, Intel allows overclocking only on its high-end Z-series chipsets.
There are great current generation options that fit this bill, such as the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X ... it out for one of the more powerful processors in this list. It’s more straightforward than ...
The chips on the list below will do you just fine, and most importantly, won't break the bank. For the vast majority of PC gamers, a 12th-generation Intel Core i5 CPU or AMD Ryzen 5 7000 CPU will ...
While NVIDIA kicked off CES 2025 with the launch of its new Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series, AMD also had a slew of products to announce on the day itself.