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!
Building a High-Tier Gaming PC with the i5-10600K
- Chris Cunningham
- 4th Jun 2020
- PC Builds
Posts Tagged Under: Intel
5 PC Hardware Releases Coming in 2020
- Nigel Delmore
- 5th Feb 2020
- PC Hardware
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 […]
What We Know about Intel’s 10th-Gen Desktop CPUs
- Alex
- 22nd Jan 2020
- PC Hardware
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 […]
How Many CPU Cores Do You Need?
- Nigel Delmore
- 20th Dec 2019
- PC Hardware
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?
Extremist and Monstrous Tiers Get More Extremist and More Monstrous
- The Falcon
- 27th Nov 2019
- Logical Increments Updates
The Ryzen 9 3950X was released about 2 weeks ago, but only hit the marketplace yesterday. Do not worry about buying one: These new chips are so good that they went out of stock instantly. But why is the R9 3950X good, and what does it replace? And what other changes are coming to the […]
Intel Xe Graphics Cards: Rumors, Specs, Pricing, Release Date
- Alex
- 22nd Nov 2019
- PC Hardware
It’s been over two decades since Intel released a discrete graphics card (the last was the disappointing Intel740, which hit the market back in 1998). That is set to change in 2020, when Intel intends to release its new discrete GPU, the Intel Xe. Intel is being characteristically tight-lipped about what we can expect with […]
Building a PC with the i9-9900KS
- Chris Cunningham
- 9th Nov 2019
- PC Hardware
This week on, “things we didn’t ask for…” comes the i9-9900KS. Now, is Intel providing a genuine improvement here? Or are you just paying to have an S at the end of your CPU model, like certain recent NVIDIA GPU releases? Let’s have a look.
Budget Showdown: R3 3200G & GTX 1650 Self-built PC vs. Upgraded Prebuilt PC from eBay
- Nigel Delmore
- 1st Nov 2019
- PC Hardware Comparison
Up until a few years ago, the value king for gaming was the Intel i5 processor. More recently, AMD’s Ryzen APUs have stolen the show at the low tiers, and we all know that no integrated graphics from Intel can currently compete with AMD’s Vega 8 and Vega 11 iGPUs. So it’s a no-brainer for […]
PCIe Lanes and Their Importance
- 526christian
- 10th Oct 2019
- PC Hardware
We’ve previously introduced PCIe lanes in Data Transfer Rates Compared (RAM vs PCIe vs SATA vs USB vs More!). Today, we review PCIe lanes in more depth, and discuss their relevance to you as a user.
The September 2019 Update
- The Falcon
- 19th Sep 2019
- Logical Increments Updates
This month, we’re bringing lots of small updates to our main build chart (and reaffirming some decisions from last month):