The speed of a processor strongly determines a computer's performance, whether it is a desktop PC for business, a smartphone or Web server. Chip makers rate their processors according to the clock ...

Last year I built a PC with an i3-6100. I don't use it for gaming, but with 8gb RAM and a SSD the thing has been nice and snappy for common pc tasks. I was looking at the new Kaby Lake CPU's and have ...

One of the most frequently touted measures of processor performance is a given chip's speed in gigahertz. Processors with higher GHz ratings can, theoretically, do more in a given unit of time than ...

AMD's X570 chipset uses so much power, it's actually making the CPU look much less efficient than it is. Some X570 boards are also using far more power than others. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

AMD has been unafraid to push back against the long-standing dominance of Intel in the CPU arena by talking up both the value-per-dollar and high-end performance delivered by their latest Ryzen ...

Neither of these high-end processors comes cheap, but both are top choices to power your ultimate gaming or content-creation PC. We've done the tests and here's how they stack up on performance and ...

HEXUS reported upon Intel's official launch / reveal of the 10th Gen Core (Comet Lake-S) processors for mainstream desktop at the end of April. At the time of writing Intel is still not permitting ...

Leaked images of a purported Intel Granite Rapids Xeon 9000 CPU socket have been put under close scrutiny. It is estimated that the socket is a massive 1.7X larger than the current gen Intel Sapphire ...

PC Desktop computers are one of the best platforms to customize, upgrade, and set one's preferences on, as different parts to combine can make one's work or gaming setup fulfill its functions. Two of ...

Surprisingly MaxxMem² reports very little difference in memory bandwidth between the Core i7 920 and the new Core i7 860 processor. Despite utilizing a triple-channel memory controller, the Core i7 ...

The MaxxPI² benchmark is again very intriguing as the AMD Phenom II X4 965 processor cleans up in the multi-threading test, beating even the Core i7 920 processor with a calculation time of just 10.9 ...