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Clock speed: The overrated PC spec you can ignore

There are a lot of metrics you should pay attention to when buying new PC components. Temperature, bandwidth, wattage, capacity, you name it. But there's one metric that just doesn't matter much these ...
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I stopped chasing clock speeds with my PC hardware — here's what actually matters

For years, clock speed ruled the roost. It was the one metric you could point to, devoid of context, to say one component was "faster" than another. It's literally right there in the name. Clock speed ...
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D clock speed reportedly beats 9800X3D, but with a big catch

Two new AMD Ryzen X3D gaming CPUs are reportedly coming soon, with much higher clock speeds than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which launched earlier this year. According to many rumors, the 16-core AMD Ryzen ...