The newly optimized AMD EXPO ULL RAM sticks are going to cost an arm and a leg, as if the standard variants weren't expensive enough. G.Skill Trident Z5 NeoX EXPO ULL 2x 16 GB Kits Hit the Shelves at $549-$1099 Price While Their Regular EXPO Variants Cost Significantly Lower Expensive DDR5 memory kits are already making it extremely difficult to build a PC or upgrade the existing RAM capacity, but it looks like the newly optimized RAM sticks are going to make this even more difficult. AMD's EXPO ULL memory kits, which are currently the best option for the AMD […]

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The company has decided to restore the memory encryption feature on consumer Ryzen CPUs after the backlash. AMD To Restore TSME Feature on Consumer Ryzen Chips After Removing it Silently With a BIOS Update AMD recently removed the TSME aka Transparent Secure Memory Encryption feature from the mainstream consumer Ryzen processors. It was a silent process that AMD didn't mention for the latest AGESA firmware, but was only found out after some users accidentally found that the TSME was "not supported" on their Ryzen chips, even though it was enabled previously. Some users discovered it after the latest BIOS updates, […]

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Intel is once again down for another Refresh for its Raptor Lake series and as per the report, it's set to launch it next year. Intel Aims for DDR4 Abundance in the Market Through Releasing New Raptor Lake Refreshes Alongside Nova Lake CPUs Intel Raptor Lake has witnessed multiple refreshes in recent years. After the success of the 13th-gen Raptor Lake family, Intel followed up with the 14th-gen Raptor Lake Refresh. Even after the release of Intel's Arrow Lake, aka Core Ultra Series 2 processors, Intel re-released the Raptor Lake Refresh with a different naming convention (Core Series). According to […]

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For half the price, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D does a much better job at gaming than the new dual X3D edition Ryzen 9000X3D chip. Several Independent Tests Revealed Little to No Performance Gains in Gaming or Productivity With the $900 Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition Typically, almost every Ryzen generation brings some kind of performance uplifts, and even though we didn't see much growth in gaming performance going from Ryzen 7000 to 9000, the Zen 5 family did provide a helpful boost in productivity. On the other hand, the AMD Ryzen 9 9950XD2 Dual Edition is one of the […]

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