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Intel's next-gen Panther Lake CPU pops up in Geekbench with decent but not exactly spectacular benchmark numbers
By Jeremy Laird published
News These aren't final figures, but Panther Lake doesn't look like a huge advance.

Thermal Grizzly Der8enchtable review
By Nick Evanson published
Score: 94% It's probably not for you but that doesn't stop it from being utterly brilliant.

Five things I always tell people before they buy a new gaming CPU
By Nick Evanson published
New CPU guide I've been buying and using CPUs for PC gaming for over three decades, so now you can learn from the mistakes I've made in the past.

Five things I always tell people before they buy a new gaming PC
By Jacob Fox published
New PC Guide I bought my first gaming PC almost two decades ago, and here are the things I've learnt since then that I think you should know.

AMD is the hardware of choice for France's first 'AI factory' supercomputer
By Jess Kinghorn published
News It will have an eye-watering amount of processing power—and cost an eye-streaming amount of euros.

Despite Intel dropping the desktop CPU ball this year, its share of the market fell by just 4.9%—while AMD still lags significantly behind on mobile
By Andy Edser published
News Existing OEM agreements to the rescue, it seems.

AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D review
By Andy Edser published
Score: 86% All the gaming benefits of 3D V-Cache for a reasonable sum.

AMD confirms next-gen Zen 6 CPUs to launch in 2026 and 'Medusa' APUs to launch in 2027
By Jacob Fox published
News This is the first official confirmation we've got.
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