TL;DR: A new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU and MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk motherboard were damaged due to improper installation, likely from the CPU not being seated correctly. The incident is under ...

If you realize that your system is falling short of expectations, a new motherboard could be the solution. This is particularly necessary if you are due for a processor upgrade that requires a new ...

Gigabyte had both new AMD and Intel boards in its VIP suite, and also marked the return of its Project Stealth design. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Update, April 2, 2025: AMD has given us a statement regarding the reportedly dead Ryzen processors, and we are pursuing further clarification from AMD. The statement notes that after an investigation ...

One of the big features that AMD fans boast about when extolling the virtues of the Ryzen platform is forward compatibility. This very writer bought an ASRock X570 Taichi motherboard way back in 2019 ...

Motherboards have gotten pretty outrageous over the past few years. Back in the day, spending $500 on a motherboard was seen as extreme, but nowadays, we have boards that cost $1,200, like the MSI ...

AMD’s X3D-series Ryzen chips have become popular with PC gamers because games in particular happen to benefit disproportionately from the chips’ extra 64MB of L3 cache memory. But that extra memory ...

Intel is reportedly planning to move to yet another new socket for its upcoming next-gen gaming CPUs, meaning you would need a whole new motherboard to upgrade again. According to information found in ...