AMD is officially refreshing the Zen 2 lineup on the 7th of July, with new ‘Matisse‘ processors that are small improvements over the already existing ones. For this article, we are going to focus on the 8 core 3800XT which received the biggest clock speed increase out of this new lineup, the other two CPUs […]
Ryzen 7 3700X
5 Best X570 Motherboards for Ryzen 3000XT CPUs
The X570 chipset has had about a year to mature with BIOS updates from motherboard manufacturers alongside AMD’s Zen 2 processors. We’ve also recently seen the release of AMD’s B550 chipset, the announcement of their upcoming Zen 2+ Ryzen 3000XT Matisse Refresh, and now Zen 3 is just around the corner. Considering these new developments, […]
Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i7 9700K: Which is best in 2020?
The Ryzen 7 3700X and the Core i7 9700K battle for the high-end share of the CPU market in one of the most processor-competitive periods the last 20 years has ever seen. At launch, they were both priced around the same, $329 and $359 for the 3700X and 9700K respectively but current retail prices favor […]
Best Budget X570 Motherboards for Ryzen Zen 2 Builds
With the new Ryzen 3000 series processors, AMD and its partners introduced the X570 chipset with motherboards ranging from the super high-end water-cooled ASRock Aqua priced at a cool $1000, all the way to the entry-level ASUS X570 Prime-P coming in at around $170. Even the lower end motherboards are still quite expensive for a […]
Ryzen 7 3700X vs Ryzen 7 2700X: Which CPU is better value in 2020?
Two years ago, AMD released the Ryzen 7 1700, 1700X, and 1800X, bringing 8 cores and 16 threads to the consumer desktop platform in a major way. Now, in 2020, there are 8 core CPU’s from both team blue and team red, as well as offerings up to 12 core (soon to be 16 cores!) […]