Recent content by LordStreetguru

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    Best CPUs (Archive)

    Now how on earth does the G4560(a dead platform) beat out the Ryzen 3 APU?
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    Best Cooling (Archive)

    You guys left out the true kings of air cooling, the HR-22 and Le Grand Macho from thermalright https://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-HR-22-one-140mm-duct/dp/B008JBZM5K/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1494527580&sr=1-2&keywords=HR-22...
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    Join us For A Tom's Hardware Ask Me Anything With AMD, Thursday April 6th

    Probably too late but why didn't you guys name it R4/6/8/12/16? It's a higher number than intel for one, and it scales perfectly with the amount of cores each chip has, for example an R7=R8 meaning 8 cores.
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    Join us For A Tom's Hardware Ask Me Anything With AMD, Thursday April 6th

    Was a concept like "Reverse SMT/Hyperthreading" Ever on the books for Ryzen? Something that would let 2 cores act as one thread to effectively double the IPC of the chip? I can't remember the company that put out a concept for it, but I do think they were acquired by intel. In any case...
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    AMD A10-7890K APU Review

    I have no clue why no one has made a 1080p 60HZ IPS free-sync display, there are TN ones for around $150, but who the hell wants a non 144hz TN display in this current year?
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    O/C Tech: Making AMD's Socket AM1 Viable

    Might be worth it to stick to AM1 for USB 3.0 for some people, dunno if there's an intel SoC with it on board
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    O/C Tech: Making AMD's Socket AM1 Viable

    I had a 3850 system that worked fine, not sure what you mean by notoriously slow, it's a 25W part running at 2ghz from AMD, it won't be amazing, but it's perfectly valid for an email/facebook machine, though I was able to run minecraft/Source 1 games fine on the integrated graphics, as well as...