Intel has a number of product families in the desktop processor market, including the popular Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7. But which one is best for you and your PC? When you purchase through links ...

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Decimating AMD's Ryzen 7 7700X and impressively taking on the Ryzen 9 7900X in some cases, the Intel Core i7-13700K punches way above its head. This 16-core processor is a workhorse for gaming and ...

There have been dozens of reviews on the Core i7 processor to date, and this article is not about going into the details of the new architecture. We're going to focus today on overclocking. So here ...

If you have around $350 to spend on a powerful eight-core mainstream processor, you currently have two options; Intel's Core i7-9700K or AMD's Ryzen 7 2700X. There's around $80 between them, with ...

Back in late June, we got out first glimpse at Intel’s upcoming Coffee Lake-based processors. Unlike previous mainstream Intel processors, these Coffee Lake parts came packing six cores and 12 threads ...

A note to keep in mind is the suffix used in Intel’s processors. The “U” typically stands for ultra-low power, meaning the chip is ideal for ultrathin laptops and focuses on long battery life versus ...

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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 ...

Intel's Kaby Lake Core i7-7700K is what happens when a chip company stops trying. The top-end Kaby Lake part is the first desktop chip in a brave new post-"tick-tock" world—which means that instead of ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. When it comes to ...

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 ...