How To Install An AMD Threadripper CPU On An X399 Motherboard By MSI

AMD’s Threadripper is just around the corner and the new X399 motherboards as well. The X399 motherboards use a socket that is uncommon specially to most of the consumers – socket TR4. This socket is big, even bigger than Intel’s LGA2066 socket. This is because the Threadripper processor itself is (really) big; like two processors … continue reading

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and 1200 Released – See Features, Specs and Price

AMD (finally) released the last two processors on their Ryzen lineup – the Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 3 1200 processors. These two new processors are equipped with true quad-core unlocked processors designed for computing and gaming. The AMD Ryzen 3 1300X is a 4-core, 4-thread processor with a base clock speed of 3.5GHz and … continue reading

Intel Core X Series (Kaby Lake-X and Skylake-X) Processors Released

During Computex 2017, Intel has announced its latest Intel Core X Series processors (codename: Basin Falls), together with the new X299 chipset, designed for high-end desktop platform. The new Core X series and X299 replaces the current X99 (Wellsburg) and Broadwell-E; now featuring a new socket, better and newer technology as well. The new Core … continue reading

AMD Ryzen R5 1600X Benchmark Surfaced – (Alleged Benchmark)

As February 28 / March 2 draw near each day, more and more information regarding the AMD Ryzen processors surface online. Recently, a Ryzen R5 1600X CPU-Z benchmark was leaked. The 1600X is a 6-core / 12-thread CPU with a base clock speed of 3.3GHz and a turbo speed of 3.7GHz. It also has 16MB … continue reading

AMD Ryzen R7 1800X, R7 1700X and 1700 US and UK Pricing Revealed

Yesterday, euro pricing of the top three AMD Ryzen processors where leaked. And now we have US and UK pricing as well, thanks to some retailers’ websites. It seems that the Ryzen R7 1800X, R7 1700X and 1700 will be the first Ryzen processors to hit store shelves. It’s also revealed that the R7 1800X … continue reading

AMD Ryzen R7 1800X, 1700X and 1700 Processors Prices Leaked

The entire AMD Ryzen lineup is no longer unknown to us, thanks to several leaks spreading the web these past few days. Recently, prices of the Ryzen R7 1800X, R7 1700X and R7 1700 were also leaked; and all of these processors features 8 cores and 16 threads. This time the source came from elchapuzasinformatico.com. … continue reading