The Ryzen 3 2200G is a sizeable cheaper than its Ryzen 5 sibling – a huge amount of money at this end of the budget spectrum. Even after recent price cuts of AMD’s first- generation Ryzen CPUs, it still appears to offer good value for money, costing the same price as the Ryzen 3 1200. … Read more
The Ryzen 5 2400G is the most expensive of AMD’s new APUs, and it comprises a single Core Complex of four cores. Plus, unlike its cheaper sibling, it has eight threads courtesy of Simultaneous MultiThreading (SMT). [sc name=”Youtube”] Its quad-core Ryzen 5 siblings, the Ryzen 5 1500X and Ryzen 5 1400, comprise two Core Complexes, … Read more
Table of ContentsINTEL LGA2066 PROCESSORPerformanceSPECIFICATIONSConclusionVERDICT INTEL LGA2066 PROCESSOR The 2017 CPU war is still raging, with the release of the most powerful and expensive desktop CPU ever – Intel’s 18-core Core i9-7980XE. The Skylake-X range also expanded downwards, with 12,14, and 16-core models stretching up from the Core i9-7900X – the 10-core CPU that launched … Read more
BUILD A WATER-COOLED THRDEADRIPPER PC – TEMPTED TO BUILD A NEW MULTITHREADED MONSTER BASED ON AMD’S NEW THREADRIPPER PLATFORM, BUT DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START? ANTONY LEATHER SHOWS YOU HOW IT’S DONE If you want to build a PC with some serious grunt for content creation or rendering, but that can also handle 4K gaming, then there’s … Read more
Intel Core i7-8086K Limited Edition Four decades ago, Intel released the 8086 processor, the first CPU to adhere to the x86 design and laying the foundations for the CPU industry as we know it today. It’s clearly an important anniversary – even more so than that of the Pentium brand, which celebrated 20 years with … Read more
While AMD’s new WX-series CPUs focus on giving Intel a run for its money in workstation software. AMD is also beefing up its credentials in the more traditional HEDT CPU market space, replacing both the Threadripper 1950X and 1920X with the new 2950X and 2920X. These chips will be the only new X-series models, with … Read more
The fact we now have a 32-core desktop CPU in the shops is a remarkable achievement for AMD. Of course, the dies were essentially already in place to spring from 16 cores to 32 cores under the huge heatspreader, but the Zen+ architecture and its 12 nm manufacturing process has lowered power consumption and allowed … Read more
LGA1200 CPU SUPPLIER ebuyer.com “One main reason why Intel’s CPUs haven’t been that competitive recently is their price. The Core i5-10600Kand Core i9-10900Kwere good CPUs, but they were just too expensive, with the latter not leaving you with any change from £, while the Ryzen 9 5900X offered two more cores for the same money. … Read more
LGA1200 CPU While AMD’s Zen 3 CPUs are killing it in the market, the company is relying on its older Zen 2 CPUs to offer alternatives to Intel at the cheaper end of the scale, with the likes of the Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 7 3700X going up against Intel’s latest Core i5 chips, … Read more
Intel was never going to be without its performance crown for long, so with approriate pomp and ceremony Jacob Ridley introduces the new CPU king. Read our Intel Core i9 12900K Review. Meet Alder Lake, Intel’s all-new 12th gen processor architecture. It’s a core part of what may well be the beginning of Intel’s push-back … Read more
If you’re looking to build a powerhouse PC, one of the first things you need to do is pick your poison: AMD or Intel? Both companies are making some absolutely fantastic CPUs and adjacent platforms, so there’s really no wrong decision here. But to hell with that fence-sitting BS: It’s still a decision you have … Read more
PAUL ALCORN Intel had some catching up to do with Alder Lake, the codename for its 12th generation Core processors. For the past five years, AMD’s Ryzen family has battered it for core counts, value for money and all-round performance when it comes to desktop processors. Meanwhile, Apple has upended the whole power versus performance … Read more