Familiarly bright, fast as hell AND affordable?! – G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6800 CL34 2x 16 GB kit in test with teardown and overclocking

First of all, I owe an apology to G.Skill, since the test sample was already sent to us last year, but the review is now online a few months later. The reason for this is that until recently we revised our test methodology for RAM kits in order to be able to test better and faster. However, the waiting time also benefits the Trident Z5’s [...]


AMD says you don’t need a power-hungry processor for top results

AMD’s webinar is fully dedicated to the recent and upcoming introduction of 3D V-Cache SKUs. The company’s representatives explain the importance of this launch, the current position of these SKUs, and what are the advantages of choosing AMD’s platform over Intel’s. And in short, there’s quite a lot to mention now [...]


SiSoftware Sandra 20/21 update brings support for AMD Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs

All three new Ryzen CPUs with 3D V-cache are now correctly detected by the software thanks to the update (2021.12.31.117) and the update brings further optimizations for hybrid (asymmetric) L3 cache designs. The update scope also includes the third 8-core model, which is supposed to be launched next month and will not be hybrid. Sandra is a [...]


AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX "Dragon Range" processor has better multi-core performance with less power consumption than Intel Core i9-13980HX

The colleagues from Notebookcheck have tested the 16-core Zen4 Raphael and tried out the brand-new ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo. Today’s review focuses only on CPU performance, with more details on gaming performance to follow later (although they have already released a teaser). According to the combined results, the flagship Ryzen 9 7945HX is [...]


AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D has been overclocked to 5.9 GHz and delidded

For Ryzen’s 7000X3D, there are unfortunately no hidden backdoor menus on the motherboards to unlock the “X GHz” settings. These processors were deliberately blocked by AMD for overclocking, at least in the traditional way. To get the best performance out of the Ryzen 7950X3D, you can only resort to technologies like Precision [...]


AMD’s Ryzen 9 7945HX 16-core laptop CPU edged out Intel’s 13th Gen Core i9 HX series in Geekbench for single-thread performance

The very first Ryzen 9 7945HX benchmark was spotted in the Geekbench database. This processor is part of AMD’s “Dragon Range” series with up to 16 Zen4 cores and 32 threads. The number of threads is just as high as in Intel’s 13th generation Core HX models. Generation, but the number of cores is lower (compared to 24). The [...]


Intel Xeon W9-3495X Sapphire Rapids CPU achieves 70K points in Cinebench R23

Intel’s long overdue HEDT platform update is just around the corner and we already reported about it in detail. The Xeon W3400/2400 processors are thus finally about to be launched on the market for the desktop sector as well. The new series are based on Sapphire Rapids for the socket LGA4677 with optimizations for workstations. Some models [...]


Dominant even with new ICs? – Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-7200 CL34 2x 16 GB Kit Test with Teardown and Overclocking

Every day is a groundhog… er, Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5 kit day, of course. We have already presented the exterior of Corsair’s high-end RAM modules a fair few times, but, as with so many things, it is mainly the inner values that matter. I can therefore already tell you that today’s test subject relies on SK Hynix 16 [...]


Beelink SER6 Mini-PC with AMD’s Ryzen 6000 Review – More than just desktop performance, because it can really do something!

It was not long ago that the first small systems with the mobile Ryzen 5000 processors were launched on the market, and there are already more. With 16 threads and an RDNA2 architecture for the iGPU, a decent performance increase can be expected. In the following article, you can find out whether this idea will become reality. and already in [...]


When the computer is in a bad way and IT is upside down

We start today’s Sunday with the new GeForce RTX 5090 in a space-saving dual-fan design and a tolerable 2200 watts TBP. Also noteworthy is the 230VHPWR plug, which can also be plugged directly into the socket via NVIDIA adapter. A suitable ATX 3.0 power supply is already integrated in the case