Arm announces its next-gen CPU cores: Cortex-X3, Cortex-A715, and revamped Cortex-A510
Impressive performance and efficiency improvements
Intel said to be cutting Alder Lake CPU prices for OEMs
More good news for consumers during these tough economic times
Alleged sample of the upcoming Intel Core i9-13900K processor sells on black market
Raptor Lake is expected to break cover later this year
Retailer starts selling AMD Threadripper Pro 5000 processors early
The 64-core SKU is going for over $7,000
Avoid CPU performance drops with ThrottleStop
ThrottleStop lets you monitor and bypass the main types of CPU throttling used on many laptops. The latest revision supports up to Alder Lake CPUs and improves performance when using Windows Defender.
Upcoming AMD Dragon Range mobile processors will supposedly feature up to 16 cores
Phoenix will instead focus on iGPU performance
The Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU gets a delid for improved temperatures
True madness, but somewhat worth the risk
Intel Core i9-13900 engineering sample is 20% faster than Alder Lake in new benchmarks
A 6 GHz CPU might also be on the way
6 Cores vs. 8 Cores for Gaming: 24 Game Benchmark
If you're looking to upgrade from an older Ryzen or building a new PC, the two most attractive options for gamers right now are arguably the Ryzen 5 5600 for ~$200 or the Ryzen 7 5700X for ~$300.
Overclocking Intel Non-K CPUs: Core i3-12100, i5-12400 and i7-12700
We're revisiting Intel's locked Alder Lake CPUs with a sneak peak of a motherboard that's capable of overclocking non-K CPUs like the Core i5-12400 to make it up to 50% faster in games.
7 Red Flags When Choosing Cheap PC Components
While the GPU is the main driver of PC gaming performance, skimping on other parts like storage, mobo or PSU can lead to a bad experience. Here are 7 things to avoid when building or buying a budget PC.
Ryzen 5 3600 vs. Ryzen 5 5600: Upgrade or Not?
It's clear that anyone running a first-gen Ryzen CPU should look into upgrading to an affordable Zen 3. But how about Zen 2 owners, like the Ryzen 5 3600? Then it's less obvious what you should do.
AMD Ryzen 7 6800U and Intel Core i7-1260P Review
The Ryzen 7 6800U is AMD's latest and greatest chip for ultraportables, while the Intel Core i7-1260P is headlining today's powerful thin and light systems based on the Alder Lake architecture.
Chipmaker claims its upcoming CPUs will feature similar IPC performance to AMD's Zen 3
Launching in a year or two
Preview of Core i9-13900 engineering sample performance looks promising
Raptor Lake could be Alder Lake on steroids
Upgrading to Ryzen 5 5600 from Ryzen 5 1600: How Much Faster?
This is a benchmark session, as usual, where we'll be taking an old Ryzen 5 1600 system and upgrade it with the Ryzen 5 5600 to see what's what on gaming.
Intel 4 process might enable 20 percent higher clock speeds with identical power consumption
A massive leap over Intel 7
AMD roadmaps reveal Zen 4 and RDNA 3 details, promise significant performance increases
CPU performance up 30% while Radeon RX 7000 graphics cards get a 50% performance per watt uplift
Overclocker delids an upcoming AMD Ryzen 7000 desktop CPU
We get to see the underside of the new IHS
Intel 14th-gen Core desktop processors will likely require a new LGA 2551 socket
Releasing late next year
Does the Ryzen 7 5800X3D Work on AMD B350 and X370 Motherboards?
Today we're taking the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and installing it on a few different B350 and X370 motherboards that were released many years ago to see if it works, and if it does, how well does it work?
This small metal bracket can drop Core i9-12900K temps by 10 degrees
A fix for Alder Lake's bending problem
Amazon's Graviton3 CPU has 7 chiplets, 64 cores, and tri-socket motherboards
Maybe the most powerful Arm chip ever
Why Ryzen Was Amazing and the Haters Were All Wrong
A big incentive of going Ryzen over the past few years has been the AM4 platform. AMD promised platform support until at least 2020 and they have delivered, giving users a clear upgrade path from Zen up to Zen 3 CPUs.
