AMD rolled out four new processors to launch its Ryzen 9000 series. Two of these chips are Ryzne 9 SKUs, offering impressive performance with at least 12 physical cores for serious computing. We've reviewed the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, but which processor should you buy? For the Ryzen 9000 series, AMD went all in with efficiency, offering notable gains over previous-generation processors without sucking more power and producing additional heat. I'll compare specifications, pricing, and performance to help you make the right decision for your PC.

Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge Laura Mae Martin is a big believer in the settings menu. As Google’s executive productivity advisor, Martin spends much of her time working with other Googlers on improving their productivity and communication systems — and one of the things she often recommends is taking a few minutes to poke through the options. “With your phone, with your email, your Slack, all these things, the features are there, but we don’t take the time to dive into them,” she says. She even thinks you should maybe have to look at settings before you can use the app. “Like, you can’t get into the app unless you spend 10 minutes figuring out what it can do.”On this episode of The Vergecast, the first in our three-part miniseries about all things productivity... Continue reading…

Image: Ubisoft Ubisoft has published the PC requirements for Star Wars Outlaws, which is releasing later this month on August 30th, in a post that also points to a new gameplay trailer for the Grand Theft Auto-style space adventure. The trailer compares the game’s looks when certain features, like DLSS, are turned on versus off. There may not be any major revelations in terms of story or gameplay here, but it could give you an idea of whether you want to upgrade anything for the game or not.On the hardware side, Outlaws seems fairly forgiving of PCs still using components like the GeForce GTX 1660 GPU or Intel Core i7-8700K CPU. Eurogamer notes that you’ll need DLSS or FSR to run the game at minimum specs. From Ubisoft’s page: Minimum • Visual... Continue reading…

PC components do not suddenly become "outdated" the moment something new comes out. You can comfortably use hardware that's years old without always looking forward to upgrades. For instance, many PC users still run a first-gen Ryzen 1000 series processor, a GTX 900 or GTX 1000 series GPU, or DDR4 systems built 89 years ago.

Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 48, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, get ready for a lot of books this week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) I’m back after a couple of weeks off — thanks to everyone who wished me a good vacation and sent over book recommendations! I wound up reading Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, She Rides Shotgun, and The Wager and highly recommend all three. Mostly, I spent two weeks chasing a toddler around various restaurants and playgrounds, and it was a good time, but I am oh so very glad to be back hanging with all of you. And it turns out I missed a lot of good stuff!This week, I’ve been reading about W... Continue reading…

The Venom F5 Revolution at Circuit of the Americas. | Image: Hennessey Special Vehicles Hennessey Special Vehicles crashed its Venom F5 — a $3 million hypercar — while driving nearly 250mph on the Launch and Landing Facility (LLF) runway at Kennedy Space Center in July. Newly reported details show the cost of the crash, which happened while the company was testing out new components of the car.The crash damaged the runway surface, according to crash-related documents acquired by ClickOrlando. The damage was apparently minimal, and repair, plus subsequent hazmat cleanup, cost $712.70, which was billed to Space Coast Testing, the company that manages runway rentals. Renting the LLF, which was once used as a landing strip for NASA’s Space Shuttle and serves aerospace purposes like delivering the United Launch Alliance’s... Continue reading…

An F1 single-seater during the Formula 1 Live Barcelona Road Show on June 19th, 2024. | Photo: David Zorrakino / Europa Press via Getty Images Creators whose online identities center around Formula 1 racing have been changing their handles lately, and they seem to be reluctant to say why. But the reason may be because they’re being asked to by F1 itself, who’s rumored to have been sending cease and desist orders to certain creators with monetized accounts that use its branding.Among the abrupt branding changes was Paddock Project (formerly F1r the Girls), an F1 fan podcast. Paddock didn’t mention receiving a cease and desist letter when announcing the change, instead writing that the new name “reflects where we are and where we’re headed.” @shelovesvroomss imagine #f1contentcreators ♬ original sound - shelovesvroomss F1 influencer Mikaela Kostaras, who also recently... Continue reading…

Samsung Health is one of the top fitness and wellness apps. Its also one of the few Samsung apps and services thats not exclusively tied to Galaxy Smartphones, and it can be downloaded on pretty much any Android phone. Samsung Health has evolved over the last couple of years to become much more than a simple companion app to use with your Samsung smartwatches or activity trackers. It can now help you practice mindfulness and relieve stress, provide guided workouts, and can even read sleepy stories to help you fall into a good nights rest. Theres a lot more to Samsung Health than meets the eye, so here is everything you need to know about it.

In addition to having a great laptop or computer, it's also important to have a great set of complimentary accessories as well. Probably one of the first things that you think of when it comes to accessories is great keyboard and mouse. But there's also one that often gets overlooked, and that's your monitor. Not only can this accessory make a huge difference in your professional life, but it can also make some big changes to your personal life as well.

Contrary to full-fledged professional servers, home lab setups have plenty in common with your average gaming PC. Heck, you can easily repurpose any old computer lying around into a server and expect decent performance from your makeshift home lab.

Unlike Virtualbox, VMWare Workstation Pro, or other Type-2 hypervisors, Proxmox requires you to dedicate an entire PC to it. But if youre willing to set it up, Proxmox can serve as a powerful base for any home lab or virtualization server. You can even take Proxmoxs utility a step further by enabling PCI passthrough.

I'm a fan of NZXT's minimalism and matte finish aesthetic and the company's motherboard series is no exception. I was impressed by how far NZXT could push the AMD platform with the AM4 B550. The brand launched the N7 B650E in 2023 and I found it fitting to review the motherboard alongside the new Ryzen 9000 series since AMD is pushing support for older motherboards. The B650E is still a solid platform for building an AMD system with the latest chips so I used the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X to see how good this NZXT motherboard is.