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AMD says the Zen 3-based Ryzen 9 is the ‘world’s best gaming CPU’

If you’re pining for a laptop with jaw-droppingly fast 5G download speeds, the future is now. The Lenovo Flex 5G is available right now through Verizon, and more 5G-capable laptops are on the way. But is now the right time to buy one?

MD’s highly anticipated Zen 3 made its debut in early October, with four new Ryzen 5000 CPUs that aim to snatch the gaming crown from Intel. You won’t even have to wait that long, as AMD said the AM4-based CPUs will all go on sale on November 5.

The four models released are:

16 cores, 32 threads, 4.9GHz boost, 3.4GHz base,

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