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Early AMD Ryzen 4000 series “Vermeer” ZEN 3 engineering samples spotted ahead of launch

Posted on: 20 May 2020

Written by Metal Messiah German hardware website Igor’s Lab has revealed the “clock speeds” of AMD’s early Zen 3 CPU samples, featuring higher base clock speeds than AMD’s existing Zen 2/Ryzen 3000 series processors.

AMD’s B450 and X470 chipset boards will have proper Zen 3 CPU Support

Posted on: 20 May 2020

Written by Metal Messiah It looks like AMD has issued a new statement regarding the “support” for the upcoming Zen3 processors on previous B450 and X470 motherboard chipsets. AMD today confirmed that their upcoming Ryzen 4000 series CPUs codenamed “Vermeer”, will have proper support on the B450 and X470 motherboard chipset series.

Gigabyte now offers support for “first-gen” RYZEN AF CPUs on X570 motherboard chipsets

Posted on: 19 May 2020

Written by Metal Messiah In a surprise move made by “Gigabyte Japan”, the company has just confirmed on Twitter that the Ryzen 5 1600 AF and Ryzen 3 1300 AF CPUs are compatible with their current X570 motherboards.

Epic Games Store has updated its policy, now allowing self-service “refunds” and other features to gamers

Posted on: 19 May 2020

Written by Metal Messiah Epic Games Store recently updated its policy on their storefront and now features a self-service ‘refund” policy for gamers. Epic has also changed how the “ownership authorization” works for games bought on EGS.

Intel’s H310 motherboard chipset now comes with an integrated GeForce GTX 1650 GPU

Posted on: 18 May 2020

Written by Metal Messiah Have you ever thought of buying a motherboard having a discrete GPU ? Worry not, because a Chinese motherboard vendor Zeal-All has recently revealed its new ZA-KB1650 motherboard, featuring an Intel LGA1151 CPU socket and the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 GPU in a single package. Think of this as an all-in-one motherboard … Continue reading Intel’s H310 motherboard chipset now comes with an integrated GeForce GTX 1650 GPU →

ASRock’s “Base Frequency Boost” technology is now extended to 300 series chipset Motherboards

Posted on: 17 May 2020

Written by Metal Messiah As I explained before in one article, ASRock is allowing overclocking on non-K Comet Lake S CPUs, and non-Z motherboards, mostly the B460/H470 chipsets.

AMD Ryzen 4000, ZEN 3 Desktop CPUs rumored to feature up to 15-20% IPC increase

Posted on: 15 May 2020

Written by Metal Messiah AMD is planning to launch their next-gen Ryzen 4000 series of “Zen 3” CPUs for the mainstream desktop and HEDT market later this year. Zen 3 is expected to offer “gamers” and end users a huge uplift in overall performance as well as efficiency.

NVIDIA confirms that the Ampere architecture will also launch for the GeForce Gaming series

Posted on: 14 May 2020

Written by Metal Messiah It looks like we have some confirmation regarding the AMPERE GPU architecture from Nvidia. NVIDIA’s CEO” Jensen Huang” has just confirmed during a keynote press briefing that the upcoming Ampere architecture is going to launch for both “consumer” as well as the datacenter/HPC markets. This confirms all the previous rumors we have … Continue reading NVIDIA confirms that the Ampere architecture will also launch for the GeForce Gaming series →

Intel offers Overclocking “insurance” for unlocked K series COMET LAKE-S CPUs

Posted on: 14 May 2020

Written by Metal Messiah Here is some good news for hardcore overclockers. It looks like INTEL has just updated it’s Performance Tuning Protection Plan. In case you weren’t aware the Performance Tuning Protection Plan (PTPP) is an additional plan to cover processor failures caused by operating the eligible processor outside of Intel’s published specifications.

Intel i9-10900K 10 Core flagship CPU tested, runs very hot & consumes 235W at 4.8 GHz with over 90C temps

Posted on: 12 May 2020

Written by Metal Messiah The core i9 10900K is going to be the flagship gaming CPU in the “Comet Lake S” lineup from INTEL. With the launch date coming nearer, it would be hitting shelves soon.