I'm a senior analyst charged with testing and reviewing VPNs and other security apps for PCMag. I grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley and have been involved with technology since the 1990s.

A very experienced gamer, with over 30 years of playing the latest titles. Currently playing GRID(2019), Astral Chain, and Taiko No Tatsujin. In recent years, AMD has gone from being a provider of ...

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Intel's 10th Generation Core i9-10900K mainstream flagship CPU excels in elite gaming scenarios, but its aging architecture can't quite keep pace with AMD's newer, nimbler 7nm designs on value and ...

AMD’s Ryzen 5000-series looks set to compete with Intel’s best CPUs like never before. Building on the strong pedigree of the Zen and Zen 2 architectures, the Zen 3 design makes great strides in ...

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AMD’s new Ryzen 5000-series processors promise a significant performance improvement over the last generation, but based on the specs, it doesn’t seem like much has changed. This couldn’t be more true ...

Thinking of building a gaming desktop PC? If so, here’s the perfect processor to incorporate in your build: the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. Not only is it powerful, but it’s astonishingly cheap right now at ...

Seeking the pinnacle of speed and value in the desktop CPU market around $500? AMD's Zen 3-based Ryzen 9 5900X is the new pace-setter, topping Intel's Core i9-10900K on all the fronts that matter. The ...

Intel's 10th Generation Core i9-10900K mainstream flagship CPU excels in elite gaming scenarios, but its aging architecture can't quite keep pace with AMD's newer, nimbler 7nm designs on value and ...