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Intel Core i9-14900K and AMD Ryzen 9
5 CPUs worth buying pre-owned in 2025
AMD

Not all CPUs age gracefully

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Hand holding an AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Intel CPU
AMD's gaming CPU market share surges past 40% on Steam as Intel stumbles
AMD

It's too early to say if AMD will take first place, but the potential is there.

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
3 signs your CPU upgrade didn’t do anything for real gaming performance
GPU

Your CPU isn't always the culprit.

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Detailed view of a dusty PC
6 ways you're guilty of reducing your CPU's lifespan

Simple mistakes that might be killing your CPU

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Why AMD's $5,000, 64-core Threadripper 9980X is actually a terrible gaming CPU
AMD

More isn't always better.

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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
4 scenarios where a Ryzen X3D CPU might be the worst choice

Despite the fame, Ryzen X3D CPUs might be a bad investment for you

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7 workloads that run insanely fast on a 64-core Threadripper CPU
AMD

Sometimes more cores is better.

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AMD's new Threadripper 9980X and 9970X are an overwhelming display of force
AMD

More cores, more power

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AMD Ryzen 5 7600
3 reasons for high CPU usage that aren't bottlenecks

High CPU usage alone doesn't mean you have a CPU bottleneck

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A gaming PC and gaming chair with video game art paintings on the wall.
5 reasons your next gaming rig should have an NPU
AI

AI can be a mixed bag, but here are 5 benefits to the NPU.

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
I installed an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X inside an SFF PC and it's absolutely brilliant
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The Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU and box.
3 reasons why I always undervolt a new CPU
AMD

I'd pick undervolting over overclocking any day

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
4 things I wish I knew before upgrading my gaming rig to an AMD Ryzen 9

I upgraded my gaming PC to a range-topping Ryzen 9 and it's amazing.

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A white NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 inside a gaming PC
3 things I wish I knew before pairing an older CPU with a flagship GPU
GPU

A flagship GPU means nothing without the right CPU

A person holding a RAM stick in front of MacBook running Proxmox
Here's why XMP alone could do more for your gaming PC than a new CPU

It sounds crazy, but it's true.

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intel core ultra 9 285k in socket with retaining clip open
Here's why you shouldn't buy an Intel CPU for gaming in 2025

Skip the Blue Team this year if you're building a gaming PC

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An AMD CPU box on a desk next to a keyboard and deskmat
Switching to an 8-core CPU was eye-opening, and not in the way you think

I don't know what I expected, but it wasn't this

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X infront of the Ryzen 7 box
4 reasons I'm going back to a 6-core CPU for my next build
AMD

Modern 6-core CPUs have everything I'll ever need from my PC

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Intel Nova Lake isn't even worth the wait

The rumors around Intel's Nova Lake chip sound amazing, but it may not ever launch

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Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
Intel's big Arrow Lake refresh isn't looking so big anymore

No more than a bump to clock speed.

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