Fancy, expensive processors are fun, but for most people who just want to build a decent middle-of-the-road PC for gaming (and anything else), the best advice is usually to buy a Core i5 or Ryzen 5 ...

The Core i5 11400F has emerged as something of an unlikely champion in the wake of Intel's Rocket Lake S launch. The upper end of Intel's new lineup is certainly performant, but for many buyers the ...

Looking for a laptop that offers a balance of performance and affordability, making it ideal for casual and mid-range gaming ...

Following our series of CPU & GPU scaling benchmarks, it's time for a comparison between Intel's new Core i5-13400 and the tried and true AMD Ryzen 7 5700X. As of writing the Ryzen processor is a tad ...

With the launch of the Ryzen 5 5600, AMD's finally brought down the price of Zen 3 to just $200. In dropping the X, AMD also knocked 200 MHz off the boost clock, so as things stand today, the 5600X is ...

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Intel's October 2017 update to the Core i5 (see on Amazon(Opens in a new window)) and Core i7 (see on Amazon(Opens in a new window)) were the first major shift in core counts since Sandy Bridge in ...

I have been a technology journalist for 30-plus years and have covered just about every kind of computer gear—from the 386SX to 64-core processors—in my long tenure as an editor, a writer, and an ...

Last month, Intel unleashed its highly anticipated Ivy Bridge microarchitecture. We had been hearing about Ivy Bridge for what seemed like an eternity leading up to the launch, and although not based ...

From the moment you decide that your current Intel processor just isn’t up to par and start investigating an upgrade to your current laptop or desktop, you’re often bombarded with technical jargon.