How to Avoid Buying a Fake CPU By Andrew E. Freedman Some used CPUs are not what they appear to be. Here’s how to avoid buying a fake CPU.
Inside Intel's Secret Overclocking Lab: The Tools and Team Pushing CPUs to New Limits By Paul Alcorn We get an exclusive tour of the facility where Intel pushes chips to their absolute limit.
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9-9900K: The Battle for Mainstream Supremacy By Kevin Carbotte Intel and AMD's finest mainstream chips go toe-to-toe in a seven-round faceoff.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i9-10980XE: High End Flagships Fight By Zhiye Liu AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i9-10980XE: High End Flagships Fight
6.9 GHz on All 8 Cores: How I Set a World Record with a Hand-Picked Core i9-9900KS By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch This specially-binned chip got as quick as 6.95 GHz on all of its cores or over 7-GHz on a single core.
Intel vs AMD Processor Security: Who Makes the Safest CPUs? By Lucian Armasu Who has the most secure processors, AMD or Intel?
Exclusive: Testing Intel's Unreleased Core i9-9900KS By Paul Alcorn We take Intel's unreleased Special Edition Core i9-9900KS for a benchmarking spin.
Our Tests Show Not All Ryzen 3000 Cores Are Created Equal By Paul Alcorn Not all cores in AMD's Ryzen 3000-series processors can reach the boost frequency.
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i9-9900K: Which CPU Is Better? By Joe Shields We pit AMD’s new 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X flagship CPU against Intel’s 8-core Core i9-9900K. Can Zen 2 beat Intel’s current top-end mainstream chip?
Intel Performance Maximizer (IPM) Tested: One-Click Overclocking Comes to 9th-Gen CPUs By Paul Alcorn We overclocked a Core i9-9900K with Intel's one-click Performance Maximizer tool and reached 5.0 GHz.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2 vs. Intel Skylake-X: Battle of the High-End CPUs By Paul Alcorn We put AMD's top CPUs up against Intel's leading chips in a seven-round face-off based on performance, features, value and more.
AMD Ryzen 2 vs. Intel Coffee Lake: What's the Best CPU Platform? By Paul Alcorn It's the age-old question that has spurred endless debate: AMD or Intel?
Ryzen Versus Core i7 In 11 Popular Games By Paul Alcorn We put all three Ryzen SKUs to the test against Kaby Lake and Broadwell-E CPUs in a wide variety of popular games.
Intel Kaby Lake Core i7-7700K, i7-7700, i5-7600K, i5-7600 Review By Igor Wallossek, Paul Alcorn Intel's Kaby Lake falls into the comes bearing the tuned 14nm+ process, a revamped graphics engine and a new chipset.
Overclocking Intel’s Core i7-7700K: Kaby Lake Hits The Desktop! By Thomas Soderstrom Intel's new Kaby Lake CPU delivers on the clock speeds the company promised, but the power consumption and thermal characteristics were disappointing based on a leaked sample of the new chip we received and tested weeks ahead of its official launch.
Broadwell-E: Intel Core i7-6950X, 6900K, 6850K & 6800K Review By Chris Angelini, Igot Wallossek Is Broadwell more attractive to enthusiasts without graphics and up to 10 Hyper-Threaded cores? We test against two previous generations, plus Skylake to find out.
AMD A10-7890K APU Review By Igor Wallossek AMD's new A10-7890K represents the very top of the low-cost APU family. We're answering whether it can breathe new life into the line via online gaming, or if its small clock rate bump just isn't worth more money compared to the A10-7870K.
AMD Wraith CPU Cooler Review By Igor Wallossek Never has a stock CPU cooler garnered as much attention as AMD's Wraith. Manufacturers usually don't even mention these bonus items, but AMD's new CPU cooler has changed all of this. Is the Wraith really a game changer?
Skylake: Intel's Core i7-6700K And i5-6600K By Igor Wallossek, Chris Angelini Intel gave us an early look at the Core i7-6700K, i5-6600K and Z170 chipset two weeks ahead of IDF and the unveiling of Skylake's architectural details.
Overclocking Retail Intel Core i7-5960X CPUs By Chris Angelini We sit down with Intel's Paul Zagacki to talk Devil's Canyon, Haswell-E and overclocking. Then, we overclock five retail Core i7-5960X CPUs to their limits.
