I ran the Ryzen 7 9850X3D at 65W and it’s still an absolute beast of a gaming CPU

Even after cutting the TDP of the Ryzen 7 9850X3D almost in half, the processor still delivers excellent gaming performance.

Thermal paste mega test – 20 TIM compounds tested on AMD and Intel CPUs

A comprehensive comparison of myriad TIM compounds. Find out what paste is best for your CPU as we help separate the wheat from the chaff.

Radeon Game Guide – the best graphics cards for Doom: The Dark Ages

Stepping into the shoes of Doomguy once again? Here's how Radeon graphics cards perform in Doom: The Dark Ages, from RX 5700 XT to 9070 XT.

Exploring the AI capabilities of Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs

Gaming benchmarks typically put GeForce on top, but it's in the AI stakes that modern RTX is in another league entirely.

AIO cooling for AMD Ryzen 9 9950X – what size radiator is best

Wondering which radiator is the optimal fit for your 9950X build? I've tested the four most popular form factors on AMD's best consumer CPU.

Radeon Game Guide – the best graphics cards for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Gearing up for the latest instalment of Call of Duty? Here's what to expect from the current generation of Radeon graphics cards.

Here’s what happens when you run an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K at 65W

Dialling down the wattage from 250W to 65W is an exercise well-suited to the cream of the Intel Arrow Lake CPU crop.

Here’s how MSI makes over 1.3 million motherboards a month

MSI kindly invited us to take a tour of its factory in Shenzhen, to show us exactly what it takes to build 35,000 motherboards a day.

The evolution of NVIDIA RTX and pursuit of beautiful pixels

DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction is the latest Nvidia technique designed to improve IQ. We give it a good run in Alan Wake 2.