With the release of the i9-10900K, Intel has finally caved into giving consumers a true workhorse of a CPU on a mainstream platform. Yet, with the rest of the product stack also receiving solid updates, who is the i9-10900K for? Let’s find out.
Could the i5-10600K be the new gaming king? I guess there’s only one way to find out: put together a build that pairs it with some of the best gaming hardware!
AMD is releasing two new low-tier CPUs at the end of May (the R3 3100 and R3 3300X). Due to their specifications and pricing, it’s very likely that one or both of them will be added to our main chart—but not immediately.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! Also: Greetings. The topic of this month has been the Coronavirus epidemic, so you are probably expecting some sage advice in this update. We will not give you any medical advice, because… we are not qualified to give medical advice. We research computer parts, not medicine! So please […]
At times there are earthquakes, and at times there are hurricanes. Volcanoes sometimes erupt, and meteors sometimes strike the earth. And when they are in the mood, sometimes AMD releases a 64-core, 128-thread consumer CPU that makes you sit up and wonder if you are in a dream. 64 cores! Sixty (60) four (4) cores […]
Some of the low-tier AMD CPUs released last year are now in a position to be added to our main build chart.
A new decade means lots of exciting new technology to spend your hard-earned money on! If you’ve got the itch to upgrade your PC, it might be worth checking these things out. Then you can either wait to see what improvements are in store, or be confident that a purchase made right now won’t be […]
For the past few years, Intel has just barely been able to eke out a competitive edge against AMD’s wildly successful Ryzen chips. For straight gaming, Intel’s i7 and i9 chips have been the leader, albeit by a slim margin over AMD’s multitasking powerhouse lineup of CPUs. Will Intel’s 10th generation, dubbed Comet Lake-S, change […]
With the new AMD Athlon 3000G, ‘team red’ are hoping to capture that entry-level budget gaming market. Yet have AMD hit the mark with this, or fallen short? Let’s find out!
Whether you’re building a new computer or just upgrading your current one, the CPU (central processing unit)—being the ‘brain’ of the computer—is an important component to get right. But, with all the improvements and advancements in recent years on both the hardware and software sides, how many CPU cores do you need?