INTEL CPU Eighteen months ago, eight cores was as good as it got for desktop CPUs. Not now. In this brave new post-AMD Ryzen world, it’s half as many cores as AMD now sells you in a single CPU. It’s not even half as many as Intel is planning by the end of 2017. The … Read more
Overclock Intel’s Non-K CPUs – YOU’LL NEED THIS Z170A MOTHERBOARD Sadly, non-K overclocking is only available on this particular chipset. You may also like: [display-posts category=”processor” posts_per_page=”5″] AN OLD BIOS FILE New Z170A boards ship with the overclock hack patched out, but the old files still exist at https://overclocking.guide/intel-skylake-non-k-overclocking-bios-list. ONCE UPON A TIME, Asrock did something … Read more
Intel Core I7-7700K Review – Zak Storey dips his toe in Kaby Lake to find out. Table of ContentsIntel Core I7-7700K Review: In brief…Intel Core I7-7700K Review: BENCHMARK BONANZAIntel Core I7-7700K Review: Verdict Intel Core I7-7700K Review: In brief… » Socket 1151 » Cache: 8MB » Type: 64-bit » SSE: 4.1/4.2. AVX 2.0 » Process: 14nm » Cores: … Read more
Gareth Halfacree analyses the recent security news that’s rocked the processor industry The processor market has recently been rocked by the disclosure of two of the biggest security vulnerabilities in history: Meltdown and Spectre. Stemming from hardware design choices made to boost performance, the flaws affect almost every processor on the market going back to the … Read more
Intel Core i3-8350K review – Driving the budget concept in a whole new direction There are two important factors when it comes to Intel’s Core i3-8350K: Firstly, it is unlocked, and secondly. It’s good that you can overclock it, but that’s unquestionably a lot of money for a chip that most of us would perceive as … Read more
AMD INSIDE – An unholy alliance or the inevitable next step? Jeremy Laird investigates Intel’s new processor that includes a high- performance AMD GPU AN AMD GRAPHICS CHIP inside an Intel processor? Not in a million years. But that is precisely what Intel recently announced: a whole new product line that combines an Intel CPU with an … Read more
Head to head: x86 vs ARM – In this new monthly feature, Jeremy Laird pits two competing techs in a head-to-head battle to decide which one is superior. For pure performance, x86 has a clear edge. “Support for legacy code is another x86 advantage. Allx86 chips must support the original 16-bit registers and instructions.” Microsoft … Read more
Mobile Chips BY JOHN BUREK, MATT SAFFORD Dogs and cats living together? Intel and AMD in one chip? We’d have bet first on the felines and canines hooking up. A blockbuster blog post from Intel’s Christopher Walker, vice president of the Client Computing Group and general manager of the Mobile Client Platform, and backed by … Read more
Intel Core i5-8400 – After months of endless AMD praise, Jarred Walton finally has some good news for Intel and the Blue processor team. Specs »Socket: 1151 »Type: 64-bit » Process: 14nm »Cores: Six »Threads: Six »Clock: 2.8GHz »Turbo: 4.0GHz »Cache: 9MB »RAM: DDR4-2667, two channels 64GB Max »TDP:65W »GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630 »GPU Clock: … Read more