$250 Will Get You 6-core 9600K CPU As we wait for our AMD Ryzen 5 3600X processor to arrive for testing we wanted to and take a look at its main competitor, the Intel Core Continue reading “Intel Core i5-9600K Coffee Lake CPU Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 20, 2019 at 4:24pm
Most of our readers know that the vast majority of PC games are designed for your mainstream 4-8 core processors. As the processor manufacturers have been rapidly increasing core counts that hasn’t directly translated into Continue reading “Game Mode Might Boost Performance On AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Processors”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 16, 2019 at 9:40pm
I noticed a number of sites and channels are reporting that the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-core, 24-thread processor can be run at full clock speeds with just 1.00V on the CPU VCore. That sounds Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core CPU Undervolted to 1.00V”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 15, 2019 at 7:46pm
AMD Goes 7nm on Ryzen 3000 Series CPUs Last week AMD Ryzen 3000 series desktop processors based on the Zen 2 architecture finally came to market. AMD launched six new desktop processors of which five Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 9 3900X CPU Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 15, 2019 at 3:07pm
AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su took to the stage tonight as the keynote speaker at Computex 2019 in Taipei, Taiwan. AMD is set to have an incredible year thanks to having both 3rd Continue reading “AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs Announced – Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Beast”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 27, 2019 at 3:35am
Intels 2019 Investor Meeting took place yesterday and there were a ton of great announcements for PC enthusiasts. For starters, it was confirmed that Intel’s first volume 10nm CPU, code-named Ice Lake, will begin shipping Continue reading “Intel Ice Lake CPUs Coming in June, Tiger Lake Arrives in 2020 and 7nm Coming 2021”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 9, 2019 at 3:00pm
Intel Xeon W-3175X Arrives For Workstations Today, we have a real treat for our readers as Intel sent over a system powered by the mighty Intel Xeon W-3175X 28-core, 56-thread processor for us to try Continue reading “Intel Xeon W-3175X 28-Core Skylake-SP CPU Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 31, 2019 at 12:34am
Intel hosted an Architecture Day this week in California for analysts and media that allowed Intel’s top executives, architects and fellows to reveal their next-generation technologies to a captive audience. Most of the Intel architecture Continue reading “Intel Architecture Day – Foveros, Sunny Cove and Gen11 Graphics Coming Soon”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 12, 2018 at 3:03pm
Intel Core i9-9980XE – 18-Cores With Higher Clocks Last month, Intel announced the “Basin Falls Refresh” for their Core X-Series HEDT processors. Seven new parts were announced with the flagship of the series being the Continue reading “Intel Core i9-9980XE Extreme Edition Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 13, 2018 at 2:50pm
9th Gen Intel Core i9 9900K The Intel Core i9-9900K 8-Core, 16-Thread LGA1151 95W desktop processor that was announced earlier this month is finally something you can walk into a store today and purchase! It’s Continue reading “Intel Core i9-9900K CPU Review – 9th Gen 8-Core, 16-Thread Benchmarks”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 19, 2018 at 10:03pm
Intel announced their 9th Gen Intel Core desktop processors today at a launch event in New York City! The three 9th Gen Intel Core processors unveiled today include the Core i9-9900K, Core i7-9700K and the Continue reading “Intel Launches World’s Best Gaming Processor – Core i9-9900K”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 8, 2018 at 9:17pm
Threadripper 2990WX – Pushing The Limits With 64-Threads Today, AMD introduced the first 32-core desktop processor for the consumer market with the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-core, 64-thread behemoth. This processor is the successor to the Continue reading “AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 13, 2018 at 8:48pm
Intel recently celebrated 40 years of the x86 instruction set by releasing the 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8086K processor and it can be picked up for $389.00 shipped. Intel introduced the first x86 series processor Continue reading “Intel Core i7-8086K Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 17, 2018 at 4:07pm
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 – 8-Cores At Just 65 Watts Last month we published reviews on the Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X processors and found AMD’s second-generation Zen models to be off to Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 7 2700 8-Core 65W Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 25, 2018 at 3:50pm
Intel Optane Memory Now Works On Secondary Drives Last month, Intel revealed a number of changes to help promote their Optane Memory line. You know what Intel Optane Memory is right? Intel Optane Memory comes Continue reading “Intel Optane Memory Tested With Secondary Hard Drive”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 11, 2018 at 5:40pm