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 ...

The 14th Core series processors harden Intel's position in gaming performance. When examining resolutions that are CPU-constrained, Intel frequently holds a performance advantage, closely competing ...

Gaming PCs Whether you're AMD red or Nvidia green, we can all agree both these heavily discounted gaming PCs come with the best CPU around Processors Best CPU for gaming in 2025: These are the chips I ...

Intel has officially unveiled its Sandy Bridge 2011 Core processor series, with the 29 new second-gen Core i3, i5 and i7 chips replacing the existing versions and throwing in integrated "processor ...

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 ...

There's little question, like the sun rising and setting each day, that when Intel launches their latest top-of-the-line processor, a stinging four-figure price point awaits. It seems like forever ...

Gaming PCs You can still grab a high-end gaming PC for around $1,500 after October Prime Day, and you get your pick between AMD or Nvidia Gaming PCs Best gaming PC builds: budget, mid-range and ...

Haswell Architecture, A Little Deeper... Ivy Bridge was all about transitioning towards a new, smaller fabrication process. Whereas Clarkdale (Core i5-661 etc.) processors had a 45 nm GPU (sounds ...

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 ...

November 18, 2008 Intel has launched what it is touting as the fastest desktop processor on the planet. The Intel Core i7 processor is Intel’s most advanced desktop processor ever and is the first ...

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 ...

[Editors' Note, Aug 2, 2024: The emergence in mid-2024 of a microcode bug related to voltage has led us, at the moment, to take a wait-and-see stance on recommending any Intel 13th and 14th Gen ...