The Ryzen 3600XT is the highest performance Ryzen 5 CPU to date. It excels in gaming and general-purpose builds where it’s high clock speed and 6 multithreaded cores provide high and consistent framerates. To get the most out of it you need to pair it with a graphics card tailored to the task, so in […]
Best 280mm AIO Liquid Coolers
Recent CPU releases have seen the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and 3950X sweep the board for productivity performance, whilst Intels new Comet Lake CPUs the i5-10600K, i7-10700K and i9-10900K all give outstanding performance in gaming. This performance comes at a cost though: Intels chips, in particular, run hot and can dissipate over 200W of heat […]
80 Plus Gold vs Platinum PSUs: What are The Differences?
With the launch of Intel’s 10th generation ‘Comet Lake‘ CPUs, as well as AMD’s new Ryzen 3000XT and Ryzen 3000 WX Threadripper Pro series processors, now is one of the best times to build a brand-new PC. But if the CPU is the “brain” of your setup, the PSU is its “heart”, and in order […]
$1300 Ryzen 3600XT ITX Build for 1080p Gaming
In recent years the ITX trend has built momentum with PC enthusiasts realising that huge performance doesn’t necessitate a huge box. AMD’s Ryzen CPUs lend themselves to this form factor owning to their high performance and efficient architecture that makes them easy to cool. The Ryzen 3600XT is the latest and highest performance Ryzen 5 […]
$2800 Ultimate Ryzen 3950X Workstation PC Build
The Ryzen 3950X brought 16 core CPUs into the realm of a mainstream PC build. Prior to the Zen 2 release of these productivity focussed CPUs, you had to buy into a high end desktop or ‘HEDT’ platform to obtain similar performance. Intel’s Cascade Lake X and AMD’s ‘Threadripper’ CPUs required specialist motherboards and attracted […]