We take a closer look into the gaming performance of the Athlon 3000 dual-core processor and see if its worth the price or just wait for the 200GE to flood the market at rock-bottom price. Is this your 15K build foundation? Read more in this preview.
CPU & Motherboards
Easily the undisputed king of mainstream builds, the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X is definitely worth checking so for those that are planning to build or already rocking this chip, here's a deep dive into gaming performance with our in-depth review of the Ryzen 5 3600X.
ASUS intros their new flagship TRX40 motherboard for 3rd-gen Threadripper: the ROG ZENITH II Extreme features a colored OLED display, teamed 16-phase PWM, and a whole lot more plus that mysterious Flex Key. Find out more in this #B2G unboxing.
Unboxing the latest TRX40 Aorus Extreme flagship motherboard from Gigabyte.
New overclockable $49 CPU, a 16-core Ryzen 9, and a 32-core Threadripper on a chipset. Find out more about AMD's Fall product update in the link
As simple as it is, the ASRock X570 Steel Legend has a weird allure to me. Its not the best board in my honest opinion but I feel gravitated towards it just for its simplicity. Really hope they get rid of the PCB digital camo tho. Read more about the ASRock X570 Steel Legend in this #B2G review.
With ASUS streamlining their X570 lineup of ROG Strix boards, the choices are much more defined. In this review we'll take a look at the ROG STRIX X570-E Gaming, a motherboard that maxes out the X570 chipset bandwidth with full USB3.1 connectivities and others. Find out of this is the board for you in this #B2G review.
AMD X570 boards are quite premium and there's nothing much more premium than flagship boards. Today we take a look at the top end ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII Formula motherboard for AMD AM4 processors including the new 3rd-gen Ryzen CPUs.
There's always the argument of which is the best motherboard out there at any given platform but barring features, everyone will agree performance is an easy benchmark to gauge the worth of a product. The ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XI EXTREME addresses all the performance components of a system and dials it to 11
Pretty much the most "normal" of the ROG motherboard bunch. The ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO offers ROG features and quality at a more accessible price than its unique brothers. Despite previous claims of ASUS duping the VRMs that later proven false, the MAXIMUS XI HERO stands strong as a top contender for the best motherboard in the Z390 generation. Are you looking to build with the new Intel 9th-gen procs? Find out if the ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO motherboard is for you in this #B2G review!
The Gene series of motherboard from ROG have not seen any change in its design formula for many generations but with the release of the Maximus XI Gene, some big changes going on. For better or for worse, its a lot to consider so if you're looking for a micro ATX 9th-gen build, read on to find out if the ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XI GENE is the right board for you in this #B2G review.
The new 9th-gen Intel Core processors are finally here and we take a closer look at how they perform in our benchmark suite including encoding and productivity tasks as well as gaming in multiple resolutions paired with the RTX 2080 Ti. We pit the new processors against the Core i7 8700K and AMD Ryzen 2700X to show you if this is a worthy upgrade if you're looking strictly at performance perspective. Read on this #B2G analysis!
