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The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is equipped with 12 Cores with 24 Threads, a max clock speed of 5.6GHz (compared to 5GHz), and 12MB L2 plus 64MB L3 cache memory. With these specs, this CPU will ensure that your PC will have zero issues powering through heavy-duty productivity tasks like being knee-deep in video editing, creating massive spreadsheets, streaming video calls, opening dozens of web browser tabs, and more. It's also fairly capable of putting out great performance rates for PC gaming. According to our colleagues at Tom's Hardware, when they reviewed the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, this CPU, paired wit

The Geekom A9 Max is a powerhouse device that we regard as one of the best mini-PCs for PC gaming and some AI productivity on the side. It's AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX370 CPU and integrated Radeon 890M GPU grant it exceptional performance rates that put it above most other mini-PCs. It's able to run graphically intense games like Cyberpunk 2077 at 60fps, and 1080p resolution at medium graphics settings with FSR balance turned on, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 at 77fps and 1080p resolution. The Geekom A9 Max also features an NPU with over 50 TOPs, allowing it to load up and complete tasks using Copilot+

The new Maingear MG-1 MK.II starts at $2,249 for a pre-configured model with Intel Core Ultra 5 225F CPU, NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti GPU (8GB), 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. There are 10 different pre-configs available at the time of writing, pushing all the way up to $7,199 for a model with AMD Ryzen 9 950X3D2 Dual Edition CPU, NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPU, 64GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 4TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. Of course, a significant chunk of that cost goes into RAM. If you'd like to save $300 compared to the cheapest 2x16GB kit Maingear offers, you can send in your own memory. Maingear wil

Maingear MG-1 MK.II specs (as reviewed)• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5090 FE• RAM: 32GB DDR5-6000• SSD: 2TB Samsung 9100 PRO• Mobo: MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk Max WiFi PZ• PSU: 1250W MSI MAG A1250GL I didn't run any benchmarks on this PC in terms of gaming performance. Its Founders Edition RTX 5090 GPU and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D speak for themselves. Maingear isn't using proprietary or OEM performance hardware, so don't expect any surprises. However, I did test cooling and airflow. Internal temperatures at the motherboard sensor when the system is idle sit at about 34 degrees C. That's