There was a time when budget CPUs felt truly special. Getting most of the performance of a high-end CPU at a fraction of the price allowed countless PC builders to get started on their PC journey.

During twenty years of running an IT services company, one of the questions I heard most often was: should I buy I used high-end processor or opt for a current-generation budget processor? On paper, ...

TL;DR: AMD's new Ryzen AI 5 330 processor delivers up to 50 TOPS of AI performance in a budget-friendly, quad-core design with a 4.5 GHz boost clock. Optimized for efficiency and affordable Copilot+ ...

The cost of buying into the latest AMD Zen 5 ecosystem looks like it's about to drop, as rumors are circulating about a new budget AMD Ryzen gaming CPU launching very soon. The new AMD Ryzen 5 9600 ...

TL;DR: AMD's Ryzen 5 5500X3D, a new Zen 3 processor, shows strong synthetic performance with Geekbench scores of 1936 (single-core) and 9292 (multi-core), outperforming the Ryzen 5 5500 by up to 13%.

Intel (INTC +1.07%) recently took the wraps off two new PC CPUs as part of its Arrow Lake Refresh. The original line of Arrow Lake CPUs was a mixed bag, priced too high at launch ...

There’s a difference between budget and bare minimum. The Intel Core i3-14100 proves that you don’t need a top-shelf chip to build a fast, capable PC for everyday use. At $119.95, it’s 29% off and ...

AMD is now official with its Ryzen 5 9500F, a budget processor that is releasing first to China and could make its way to other territories, just as we saw with the previous generation Ryzen 5 7500F.

On top of unveiling an onslaught of Ryzen processors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week, including an expanded lineup of 3D V-Cache models for desktops and laptops, AMD has ...

Home > Computing The Pentium G4560 with Hyper-Threading is a potent budget processor Intel's new Hyper-Threading equipped Pentiums offer excellent performance for very little money. AMD's Ryzen is ...

Start cheap and upgrade later with this $350 gaming PC build guide, featuring performance tweaks for Cyberpunk 2077 and Red ...