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Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU Review
The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K is the flagship processor in Intel’s highly anticipated “Arrow Lake” series, designed to dominate the high-end desktop market, as you might expect. While we’ve tested the Core Ultra 5 and the 7 today, the 9 is expected to be the fastest in many multi-core…
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Intel Core Ultra 7 265K CPU Review
Checked our review of the Intel Core Ultra 5 and looking for something a little more potent? The Intel Core Ultra 7 265K is a high-performance processor that sits near the top of Intel’s new “Arrow Lake” lineup. It features a hybrid architecture with 8 Performance-cores and 12 Efficient-cores, it…
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Intel Core Ultra 5 245K CPU Review
The Intel Core Ultra 5 245K is here, and for those looking for a mid-to-high-end desktop gaming CPU, it’s certainly going to have a lot of appeal. As part of Intel’s new “Arrow Lake” series, this chip boasts a hybrid architecture with 14 cores (6 Performance-cores + 8 Efficient-cores) with…
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More Intel 10900K Benchmarks Leak and they’re HOT HOT HOT!
Back at the start of the year, some of the first information for Intel’s Comet Lake-S platform leaked and, even then, I had some significant concerns about the new platform. Namely, that with speculation that the CPUs would require up to 300 watts of dedicated power, my first reaction was…
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Intel Fires Shots at AMD and Their Core Count Trend
It would be a pretty fair thing to say that the difference (in terms of the desktop market share) really started to open up between Intel and AMD when the latter decided to concentrate more on adding cores to their processor designs rather than concentrating on outright single-core performance. It…
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Intel Core i9-9900K 8-Core 16-Thread Processor Review
i9-9900K The latest CPU from Intel is here at last, and it’s built to be a full-on fire-breathing beast when it comes to performance figures. Firstly, this is the counter-attack from Intel we’ve been waiting for, as the battle of the cores rages on. We saw Intel leap to 6…
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Scientists Find Quadrillion Tonnes Of Diamonds
Scientists Find Quadrillion Tonnes Of Diamonds In monetary terms, diamonds are one of the most valuable substances on the planet. Well, technically in terms of quantity to cost printer ink also falls into a similar category. Getting back to diamonds though, with them being exceptionally pretty in jewellery and also…
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Thermaltake Core P90 TG Edition Mid-Tower Chassis Review
Core P90 TG Thermaltake has a reputation for creating big and outlandish chassis. Of course, that’s not a trend that’s expected to change anytime soon, as they’ve sent us their rather bonkers Core P90 TG. It’s one of the biggest mid-towers we’ve ever seen, and likely that you’ve ever seen.…
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- Systems
MSI Unleash Incredible Intel 8th Generation Laptops
MSI Unveils New Line of Gaming Laptops Powered by Intel 8th Generation Processors As one of the biggest names in the PC market, MSI has a big reputation to live up to. We got a first-hand look at their upcoming 8th generation laptops a few weeks ago on a visit…
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Intel Core i7-7820X 8-Core 16-Thead Processor Review
Intel Core i7-7820X Are you excited about all these insane CPUs that are hitting the market? I’m sure many of you are, but there’s one particularly big problem, their price. The flagship i9 is currently close to £2000/$2000 and that’s quite literally freaking bonkers money for a typical consumer. Sure,…
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Intel Core i7-8700K 6-Core 12-Thread Processor Review
Intel Core i7-8700K Both Intel and AMD have been locking horns over the last few months, something we haven’t seen on a competitive level for years now. We’ve had Ryzen and Threadripper go head to head with Intel’s previous/current gen, as well as their new X299 platform chips like the 18c…
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Intel Core i5-8400 6-Core 6-Thread CPU Review
Intel Core i5-8400 The new Intel Core i5-8400 Coffee Lake CPU is here at last. Of course, we’re not expecting it to keep up with the 6 core 12 thread performance of the lovely i7-8700K. However, with its own 6 core (non-threaded) design, the i5-8400 looks set to be strong…
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- Cooling
MSI Core Frozr XL RGB CPU Cooler Review
MSI Core Frozr XL RGB CPU Cooler Review As one of the most recognisable names in the PC hardware market, MSI has a lot to live up to with their latest CPU cooler, the Core Frozr XL. Equipped with dual 120mm fans, and promising big cooling performance, it sounds like…
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Intel Core i9-7980XE Extreme Edition Processor Review
Intel Core i9-7980XE Extreme Edition Are you tired of dreary performance when rendering video, creating high-resolution assets, creating digital content such as games, and much more? Then you’ve come to the right place. When it comes to heavy-duty computational workloads, more cores are the way to go. We’ve already seen…
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Thermaltake Core G21 Chassis Review
Thermaltake Core G21 There’s no shortage of high-end chassis’ on the market these days, and there’s certainly a lot of variety in terms of designs to pick from too. That doesn’t mean there isn’t room for more though, and with huge tempered glass side panels, robust water cooling support, and lots…
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