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Lenovo ThinkStation P620 Review: Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX Beast

January 25, 2023TWGHardware

Power, Thermals, and Noise Under a full CPU load (Blender, five consecutive runs of the Classroom render test), the highest number I saw was 461 watts at the wall. 435 watts was a typical draw under CPU load, with lighter workloads under 400 watts, total. When the graphics card was doing most of the work, […]

CES 2023: AMD Announces Ryzen 7000 X3D Processors

January 6, 2023TWGHardware

3D V-Cache Arrives on the AM5 Platform Intel has enjoyed a favorable position in the desktop gaming space so far this generation, but AMD now has an option which they say is faster than the Core i9-13900K. In AMD CEO Lisa Su’s presentation last night, the new processors are being called the “fastest gaming processors […]

Noctua to Offer Thermal Paste Guard for AMD AM5 CPUs

October 7, 2022TWGHardware

The NA-TPG1 is a simple yet highly effective means to preclude thermal paste build-up in the cut-outs of the heatspreader of AMD AM5 CPUs. When the mounting pressure of the cooling solution is applied, excess thermal paste will be squeezed outwards. With AM5 CPUs, this excess paste tends to accumulate in the cut-outs at the […]

AMD Announces Ryzen 7000 Specs and Pricing

August 30, 2022TWGHardware

The new flagship Ryzen 9 7950X processor will launch at $699 USD, and while this is considerably higher than the Ryzen 9 5950X has been selling for of late ($546 as I write this), it is $100 below the $799 launch price of that previous flagship. It remains a 16-core, 32-thread part, and the rest […]

AMD Holding Livestream Event to Unveil Next Gen Ryzen Processors

August 16, 2022TWGHardware

Mark Your Calendars: August 29 is the Date AMD has announced the date and time of their livestream event to unveil the next generation of Ryzen processors, and it’s August 29 at 7:00 PM ET. This news comes by way of a succinct press release (source link), reproduced below: Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced “together we […]

The GAME ON AMD Event is Happening – Discounts on CPUs and GPUs

July 26, 2022TWGHardware

Who Doesn’t Like Saving Money? AMD’s “GAME ON” event is going on, and that means lower prices on a number of AMD Ryzen processors and Radeon graphics cards. It officially began yesterday (July 25), and runs through August 5. The retailers involved are Amazon, Newegg, Micro Center, Best Buy, and Ant Online. AMD has a […]