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ASRock Officially Offers Ryzen 5000 Support on its X370 Motherboards
Although there have been a number of potential workarounds users could make with their 300-series motherboards, the short version is that Ryzen 5000 was, generally speaking, not compatible with the platform. Representing effectively the first time there was a gateway on AMD’s AM4 Ryzen, if you were going to make…
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AMD Still Looking into Ryzen 5000 Support on 300-Series Motherboards
With a small number of exceptions, consumers looking to check out the current AMD Ryzen 5000 series of processors have, generally speaking, required a minimum of a 400-series motherboard for it to work. Yes, a number of models (mostly from ASRock) do offer support on the 300-series, but, by and…
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AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs Work With 300 Series Motherboards?
Officially speaking, at the time of writing, AMD Ryzen 5000 processors are only technically supported on B550, A520, and X570 motherboards. While support will be added for 400-series designs around the new year, however, in terms of the 300 platform, it was believed that AMD was effectively dropping this from…
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ASRock Confirms A320 Boards Will Only Support Next-Gen APU
Ryzen 3000 CPUs Won’t Work, Only APUs ASRock has officially released their entire Ryzen 3000 BIOS update line, complete with several A320 boards listed. However, this support apparently only extends to next-generation Ryzen APU support and not regular Ryzen 3000 CPUs. This confirms our earlier assertion that Ryzen 3000 might…
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Ryzen 3000 Support on A320 Chipset Motherboards Unlikely
Some BIOS Updates Rolling Out Without A320 Listed Information leaked out earlier about the upcoming X570 chipset motherboard. We have known this was coming along with the 3rd generation Ryzen 3000 CPUs. As promised by AMD however, existing motherboards will be compatible with the new CPU. Just as the new…
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MSI Confirms 300-Series AM4 Motherboards Support 3rd Gen Ryzen
Company Denies Rumours of Hobbling Support News started circulating a few days ago regarding MSI limiting the upcoming 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen processors to work only on their 400-series and upcoming 500-series motherboards. Accoding to TechPowerUp, they have even confirmed this with an anonymous source connected to MSI. Stating that…
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Ryzen 5 & 7 First Generation Retested on X470 Review
Ryzen First Generation It has been just over a year since the Ryzen CPU range hit the market, and we loved it when it first came out. However, since the launch, there have been a plethora of updates released for Windows 10, CPU microcode updates, BIOS updates, and so much…
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Biostar Racing X370GT7 Motherboard Review
X370GT7 There are many Ryzen motherboards already on the market, but there’s certainly room for more. The latest from Biostar comes packed with features and promises excellent performance. Most importantly, it’s priced competitively, not cheaply, but competitive, so it’ll be interesting to see how it stacks up. Equipped with the…
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ASRock Announces Affordable X370 Pro4 Motherboard
New Affordable X370 Motherboard Option from ASRock ASRock is announcing the launch of the X370 Pro4 motherboard. It is their most affordable X370-chipset board yet, providing up to quad-Crossfire support on a standard ATX layout. How Much is the ASRock X370 Pro4 Motherboard? According to ASRock, the motherboard will begin…
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Win an ASUS X370 ITX Motherboard, Headset, and Mouse Mat
Win an ASUS X370 ITX Motherboard Tired of your current PC or eager to build a new one entirely? Then celebrate our new competition with us, as we’ve teamed up with ASUS ROG UK to give away some incredible prizes. One lucky winner will receive one of their latest Ryzen…
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ASUS RoG Crosshair VI Extreme X370 Motherboard Review
ASUS RoG Crosshair VI Extreme X370 When it comes to high-end motherboards, ASUS is one of the best in the business. Their Crosshair Extreme hardware has long been a fan favourite, and I’m sure many were waiting for the VI Extreme to release before making the leap to Ryzen. Now…
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ASUS RoG STRIX X370-I Gaming Ryzen Motherboard Review
ASUS RoG STRIX X370-I The Ryzen CPU range has been with us a while now, and it certainly left us here at eTeknix impressed. I myself invested in the 1700X and I have no regrets about its multi-tasking and gaming performance for my day-to-day usage. There are a lot of…
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ASUS Introduces X370 and B350 Mini-ITX Motherboards
ASUS may not be the first to have one, but they are making up for it by offering two mini-ITX motherboards at the same time. Announcing the ROG Strix X370-I Gaming and ROG Strix XB350-I Gaming, both sporting similar exclusive features as their ATX board members from the ROG Strix…
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CPU Retest 2017 – New Benchmarks, Updates and More!
CPU Retest 2017 It’s been a very exciting year for the CPU market, and it’s certainly kept us busy here at eTeknix. Just this year we’ve had the latest Intel Core-X series of CPUs start to emerge, and before that, we had the Ryzen CPUs from AMD. When we test…
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AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Quad-Core CPU Review
Introduction Ryzen 3 1200 Ryzen has gotten off to one very impressive start this year. We were blown away by the blazing performance and competitive prices of the Ryzen 7 series. Following that, we saw incredible value and gaming performance from their mid-range Ryzen 5 processors. Finally, we’re onto their…
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