Find out how we test here. Black Friday is the perfect time to upgrade various parts of your gaming PC, and changing the motherboard means you’re essentially leveling up your PC. This is because, with ...

The “An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions” error means a program is trying to use a network socket without the ...

Find out how we test here. A good CPU is only as good as the motherboard that it sits in, which is why it’s important to choose the best CPU and motherboard combo for your PC. With the constant ...

TL;DR: A new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU and MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk motherboard were damaged due to improper installation, likely from the CPU not being seated correctly. The incident is under ...

UPDATE: MSI, the maker of the motherboard at the center of both incidents, has issued a statement on the failures—or one of them, anyway. The statement is as follows: Recently, we received a ...

Is AMD's hot new Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming CPU going into meltdown? Two reports from gamers experiencing dramatic CPU "burn outs" involving AMD's new wonder chip have emerged in recent days (via ...

Affordable with some of the best performance-per-dollar you could find, this Zen 3 chip is hanging on as long as it can, as long as compatible motherboards are still around. So, if you're planning ...

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