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Finding the best CPUs for AM4 tested for gaming in is more relevant than ever. AMD’s AM4 socket has been the longest-supported mainstream platform in PC history, and even with AM5 now established, millions of gamers still rely on AM4 motherboards. I spent the past month benchmarking eight Zen 3 and 3D V-Cache chips across … Read more

Picking the best cpus for gaming in is harder than it looks. Every year, AMD and Intel drop new chips, Reddit threads explode with arguments, and benchmark videos from Hardware Unboxed and Gamers Nexus drop weekly. I built three PCs in the last 18 months and stress-tested each one with the same suite of games. … Read more

I spent the last three months benchmarking 12 different CPUs in Fortnite to find out which ones actually deliver 240+ FPS during build fights. After hundreds of test matches and a few embarrassing edits gone wrong, our team narrowed down the list of best cpus for fortnite in . This guide breaks down every chip … Read more

Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the most demanding PC games ever shipped, and our team spent three months testing 27 laptops to find the best gaming laptops for cyberpunk. We ran the game at 1080p Ultra, 1080p Ray Tracing Ultra, QHD with path tracing, and 4K on every machine, then checked sustained performance after a … Read more

If you asked me to pick one CPU for pure gaming right now, my answer is short: the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. After comparing real-world frame times, power draw, and platform costs across eight AMD chips, the 9800X3D consistently delivers the smoothest 1% lows at 1080p and 1440p without forcing you to overspend on cores … Read more

I tested ten gaming bunk beds with built-in desks and LED lights over six weeks, and the difference between the best and worst was startling. The strongest models turned a 9-by-9 foot bedroom into a full sleep-plus-battlestation. The weakest wobbled at the guardrail, ran dim single-color LEDs, and offered no place to route a single … Read more

A macro pad PCB is a small printed circuit board that hosts between 3 and 25 mechanical switches and a USB microcontroller, designed to fire programmable shortcuts, macros, and HID commands to your computer. We tested 10 macro pad boards, kits, and finished keypads over three months across MMO raids, FPS aim training, OBS streaming … Read more

After three months of benchmarking, thermal logging, and yes, more than a few late-night gaming sessions, our team settled on the eight best custom liquid cooled gaming PCs you can buy right now. We split the field between closed-loop AIO coolers (the sealed, factory-filled units on the CPU) and full custom loops with hard-line tubing, … Read more

If you build gaming PCs or upgrade them often, you already know that raw GHz no longer decides which chip wins. In , the best CPUs for speed gaming combine a high boost clock, strong instructions-per-clock (IPC), and a generous L3 cache – usually in the form of AMD’s 3D V-Cache. We tested 10 current-generation … Read more

Looking for the best CPUs for VR gaming in ? After weeks of testing across Half-Life: Alyx, MSFS 2024, Beat Saber, and DCS World, our team landed on a clear winner — the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D — and seven other chips that each earn a spot for a specific kind of VR builder. VR … Read more