14th Gen Meteor Lake is no match

While most of the tech press is waxing lyrical about Chipzilla’s mighty onboard Meteor Lake graphics, it is starting to look like Intel is going to be stuffed into its locker by AMD’s  Ryzen 7040 Phoenix APUs.

After it has been done on Newegg and Amazon

AMD has now officially dropped the prices of its Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 series SKUs, and new prices are up on AMD's own webstore.

Alongside the Ryzen 3 7300X

A fresh leak from the Geekbench database has revealed two new upcoming AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs, the 10-core/20-thread Ryzen 7 7800X and the 4-core/8-thread Ryzen 3 7300X.

At least for gaming 

It is possible to get a 10 per cent improvement for gaming on the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X by disabling one of two CCDs.

Review roundup: Impressive lineup providing something for everyone

The embargo for AMD's Ryzen 7000 series desktop CPU SKUs has been lifted and we can see how these four SKUs, performed in benchmarks, games, and applications.

Webinar with partners for B650/B650E motherboards

AMD has scheduled a webinar with its motherboard partners to unveil the mid-range AM5 B650/B650E motherboards. The list includes the usual suspects like ASRock, ASUS, Biostar, Gigabyte, and MSI.

And it will cost $100 less

Leaked benchmarks for AMD’s new flagship Ryzen 9 7950X are starting to appear and it appears to be cleaning its predecessor's clock.

Clocks in at 5.85GHz

AMD’s Ryzen 9 7950X might cause a few problems for Intel -- the Zen 4 flagship has been spotted doing 5.85GHz in a built up area.

In Canada 

AMD’s Ryzen 7000 processors are up for pre-order with a Canadian retailer. 

First SKUs launching on September 15th

According to the latest information, it appears that AMD might have set the date for Ryzen 7000 series announcement, set for August 29th, while first SKUs could launch on September 15th.