Today James is checking out a prebuilt from Cyberpower. There's a twist however, as James was sent three different processors ...

The Core i5-14400F and the Ultra 5 225F are performant entry-level gaming CPUs (Image via Intel/Amazon and B&H) Most gamers building budget gaming PCs in late 2025 are faced with two primary Intel ...

Normally we'd be falling head over heels for the new K-series i5 in an Intel CPU generation, but the Core i5 8400 has turned out to be the best CPU that's come out of Coffee Lake. It's also the only ...

Intel pushed further ahead into its 8th-generation Core series with the launch of its mainstream desktop chips Sunday night, including the 6-core/12-thread Core i7-8700K, which Intel claims is its ...

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The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Core i5-14600K are some of the most popular gaming CPUs in today's market. However, these chips are fundamentally different in terms of their design and the markets they ...

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Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 CPUs have been around for a few years now, but some buyers still get stumped whenever they attempt to build their own systems and are forced to choose among the ...

When building a new computer, price is often the factor that dictates which components you buy. Setting a budget is usually the easy part while picking the right hardware to meet that cap is the real ...