I'm a senior analyst charged with testing and reviewing VPNs and other security apps for PCMag. I grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley and have been involved with technology since the 1990s.

AMD is at last putting its latest generation of Ryzen 5000G APUs in the hands of DIY builders. These processors, with Vega-powered integrated graphics, let you play games without having a discrete GPU ...

The Ryzen 5 5600 itself, or indeed its -X suffixed brother, is the best selling CPU on Amazon UK at the time of writing (with the 5600X second best in the USA), and both models have gained well in ...