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An image of the retail packaging for the Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF processor, against a teal background with a white border.

The GPU-less version of Intel's best Arrow Lake chip, the one I bought myself, is now down to $230

By Nick Evanson published

Deal Two price cuts in two months make this a real bargain.

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A photo of an AMD Ryzen 9 9900X processor resting on a CPU cooling unit in a motherboard

AMD just mentioned an as yet unreleased Ryzen X3D chip that could become the budget gaming CPU of champions

By Jacob Ridley published

News Come on, AMD, let's see this chip on shelves around the world.

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Intel 18A wafer

Intel claims 18A, the node Pat bet the company on, is either 25% faster or 38% more efficient than Intel 3. Though that's a node Intel didn't have enough faith in to release for desktops or laptops

By Jeremy Laird published

News A tricky comparison, given there are no Intel 3 chips in PCs.

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A photo of an Intel Core Ultra 5 245K processor against a dark background

Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPU rumoured to get up to 52 cores, over double the count of Arrow Lake across all segments

By Jeremy Laird published

News Mid-range Nova Lake has more cores than high-end Arrow Lake, natch.

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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor

ASRock acknowledges and explains dying AMD 9000-series chips in its motherboards, rolls out a BIOS fix

By Jacob Fox published

News No more frazzles?

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A collage of an Intel Core Ultra 7 200S retail box, Kingston SSD, and Intel gaming bundle promotion against a teal background with a white border.

Intel's Core Ultra 265KF is down to $279 this Memorial Day and you get a free 1 TB SSD plus two games to enjoy with this deal

By Nick Evanson published

Deal It might not be the best gaming CPU around but it is great value for money.

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AMD Ryzen Threadipper 9000 Series chip renders.

AMD unleashes up to 96 cores of Zen 5 with its new Threadripper 9000 Series chips

By Jacob Ridley published

Computex Coming June 2025.

Computex
A dusty heatsink and fan being cleaned by a brush

The latest Nvidia driver lets you run ancient CPUs in Windows again without crashing

By Jacob Fox published

News Now you can get that cursed PC build up and running.

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Phanteks Evolv X2 PC case

With the GPU market a hellscape right now, here are the PC gaming upgrades you actually CAN do

By Monica J. White published

Alt upgrades Instead of overpaying for graphics cards, why not get something that's actually worth your money?

Alt upgrades
A boxed AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPU floats in a white-bordered, teal void.

With a saving of over $90, the Ryzen 5 9600X processor is now at its lowest-ever price, so now might be the perfect time to build that mid-range gaming PC

By Jacob Fox published

Deal Socket AM5, low power consumption, and pretty great gaming performance all for well under $200.

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