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 ...

Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 CPUs have been around for a few years now, but some buyers still get stumped whenever they attempt to build their own systems and are forced to choose among the ...

For all the love (and controversy) super-high-end graphics cards like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 get these days, little is said about the golden age of CPUs we're living in, but the Intel Core ...

Intel's latest mid-range processor, the Core i5-13500, has had benchmark results posted online, showing it's faster than the once mighty Core i5-12600K. Yet to appear on shelves elsewhere, the CPU, ...

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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.

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TL;DR: Intel has quietly launched the Core i5-110, a 14nm Comet Lake-S CPU with 6-cores and up to 4.3GHz boost, priced at around $200. The unusual naming blends Team Blue's old and new conventions in ...

Because the processor serves as the heart of your laptop, playing a key role in determining its overall performance, energy efficiency, and ability to handle demanding tasks, it’s good to understand ...

Intel's new Core i5-10400 is a locked 6-core, 12-thread processor that operates at between 2.9 GHz and 4.3 GHz depending on the workload. The reason the base clock is so low relative to the i5-10600K ...