If you're a Builder, doing regular builds, and not still gassing about your COVID-era build efforts, you likely have as many still boxed and pre-loved CPU coolers as I do. Being a Noctua fan-boy means ...

Rahim is a Senior Tech/Commerce Writer at Valnet and builds PCs & networking solutions on demand. Whether It's your GPU, CPU, Display, or just an SSD upgrade, expect him to have a well-researched ...

When AMD released the first AM4-socketed CPUs in 2017, they were very clear about exactly how long they intended to support the socket. A promise to support the AM4 platform until 2020 was quite ...

Rahim is a Senior Tech/Commerce Writer at Valnet and builds PCs & networking solutions on demand. Whether It's your GPU, CPU, Display, or just an SSD upgrade, expect him to have a well-researched ...

AMD has just dropped yet another Socket AM4 CPU, breathing yet more life into the aging platform. The new AMD Ryzen 5 5600F has just been launched nine years after AMD first introduced Socket AM4 in ...

I did a comparison of the Optimus Foundation AM4 block to the Corsair XC7 RGB CPU block in the same system. When I built my open loop, the Optimus Foundation AM4 block I ordered was on back order. I ...

Few other CPU sockets have lasted as long or supported as many chips as this one, but its history isn't entirely free of hiccups. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

TL;DR: AMD introduces the Ryzen 5 5500X3D, a budget-friendly 6-core gaming CPU with 3D V-Cache technology, designed exclusively for the Latin American market. Offering strong performance on the AM4 ...