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A photo of an Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processor, resting on an Intel-branded box with a colorful pattern
I've tested Intel's new Binary Optimization Tool to see what all the fuss is about and while it's almost everything the chip giant claims it to be, few PC gamers will ever see the benefits

By Nick Evanson Published

Benching BOT It really does work but with so few CPUs and games supporting it, BOT will mean nothing to most enthusiasts.

Benching BOT
Mock up of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 processor
Oops, ASRock says motherboards will support 'newly launched' AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU that has definitely not yet been launched

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News I hope no one got yelled at for this.

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A photo of the MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard, focused on the CPU and DRAM sockets.
Intel VP says future sockets should last longer and support more CPU generations

By Jacob Fox last updated

News This could make Nova Lake a platform really worth investing in.

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An image showing the retail boxes for an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus, against a gradient green background, with a PC Gamer Recommended logo in the top right corner
Best CPU for gaming in 2026: These are the chips I recommend for gaming, productivity, and peace of mind

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Happy Cores Fire up your rig with the best CPU for gaming. More cores, more clocks, more of everything that matters.

Happy Cores
A photo of an Intel Core Ultra 7 2750K Plus processor, resting against a colorful, Intel-branded box
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus review

By Nick Evanson Published

Score: 89% Arrow Lake's redemption is here at last.

Score: 89%
A photograph of Intel's Core Ultra 5 250K Plus processor, placed on an Intel-branded display box
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus review

By Nick Evanson Published

Score: 87% The dark horse of Arrow Lake: Ultra 7 class performance for an Ultra 3 class price tag.

Score: 87%
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor
Amazon US sold nearly half the number of CPUs it did this time last year

By James Bentley Published

News That's the memory crisis for you…

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Intel Core Ultra 200HX Plus
Intel adds mobile chips to its updated Arrow Lake 'Plus' family with 8% more gaming performance despite no changes to core counts or their clock speeds

By Jeremy Laird Published

News Is it all about Intel's new performance BOT?

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A photo of an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor surrounded by DDR5 memory sticks from Corsair, Kingston, and Lexar
New report claims CPUs are next in line for a chip shortage but there's little evidence of that right now

By Jeremy Laird Published

News Are CPUs headed in the same direction as GPUs, RAM and SSDs?

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Jensen Huang discusses the Vera CPU
Nvidia's new Vera CPU has been designed for 'extremely high' single-core performance, but it's not coming to the PC for now

By Jeremy Laird Published

News Dare we hope that those Olympus cores turn up in a future PC chip?

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