In face of the heated, and perhaps overwhelming, competition that they are facing from their CPU-manufacturer counterpart, AMD, Intel has recently announced their new generation Rocket Lake processors. This new advancement in CPU technology appears to focus solely on progressing single-core and single-thread speed and performance, rather than competing with AMD in regards to providing […]
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Where To Buy Intel Core i5-11600K: Pre-Order, Release Date, Price
Intel is stepping up to the plate and squaring up against AMD’s recent release of the Ryzen 5000 series CPUs with their new line-up of Rocket Lake chips. With AMD’s recent domination of the budget and enthusiast-level CPU market, this new offering by Intel seeks to vie for the podium by providing feature-packed chips at […]
Intel Core i5-11600k vs Core i7-11700k: What Are The Key Differences?
Intel’s newest batch of CPUs releases shortly, featuring the latest update to the 14nm architecture in the form of “Rocket Lake”. Review models are still under NDA, but a few units have been tested and benchmarked after being acquired outside of Intel’s intended methods. The newest unlocked models of the i5 and i7 boast a […]
Intel Core i7-11700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X: Which CPU Is Best?
The long-awaited launch of Intel’s series of Rocket Lake CPUs that were announced back in December 2020 is finally upon us. With just a little over a week until the official release of the chip, many consumers and reviewers have managed to get their hands on the powerful new technology and give their honest opinions. […]
Intel Core i5-10600k vs Ryzen 5 3600X: Which Is Best For You?
When AMD unveiled their shiny new Ryzen 5000 series of processors in October of 2020, a lot of PC hardware enthusiasts were eager to get their hands on them. The new Zen 3 architecture on AMD’s 7nm manufacturing process meant huge gains in gaming performance, even surpassing that of intel. However, nobody foresaw the arrival […]
Intel Core i5-11600K vs AMD Ryzen 5600X: What are the Key Differences?
Intel’s tug of war with Team Red’s competitive line-up of modern CPUs continues with the company’s upcoming launch of the Rocket Lake i5-11600K. These new chips have tagged into the ring and are squaring up directly with the new Ryzen 5000 series of chips backed by AMD’s impressive Zen 3 architecture. The new i5-11600K is […]
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-10600k: Which CPU is Best For You?
The Intel Core i5-10600K Comet Lake CPU and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU combine lighting-fast multi-thread performance with an attractive price-point for users looking to build mid-range gaming PCs, workstations, and dedicated streaming rigs. For total workstation and build guides, you can view our new PC build database for builds broken up into budgets and […]
Intel Core i7-11700K vs i7-10700K vs Ryzen 7 5800X: Is it Worth the Wait?
After the first initial batch of leaks coming from Chinese websites and YouTube channels, Intel has gone ahead and made a pre-announcement for their new 11th generation CPUs and Z590 motherboards that are set to release by the end of the first quarter of 2021. From what we’ve seen, it appears that Intel is primed […]
Intel 11th Gen Core i9-11900K vs i9-10900K vs Ryzen 9 5900X: How does Rocket Lake Compare?
Recently, there have been rumors circulating about Intel’s answer to their CPU-market nemesis: AMD. The new generation of Ryzen 5000 series processors have blown Intel completely out of the water, as their 10th generation CPUs trail their equivalently priced AMD counterparts in single core and multicore performance – not to mention power consumption and thermals. […]
Intel Core i9-10900K vs i9-10850K: Which i9 is Best for You?
Intel’s i9-10900K is the flagship of the Comet Lake CPU line up. With a huge 10 cores, hyperthreading, and 5.3GHz Peak clock speed this CPU is the most powerful and versatile consumer CPU Intel has released. However, shortly after the launch stock dried up and prices shot up. Then a couple of months later the […]
$1200 RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PC Build for 1440p Gaming
Nvidia has released another Ampere GPU and it’s the most affordable yet: The RTX 3060 Ti starts at $399 but make no mistake, this is no entry-level GPU. With performance surpassing the outgoing RTX 2080 Super, this GPU is well suited to 1440p high FPS gameplay. With advanced technologies like RTX cores and DLSS 2.0 […]
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel i5-10600K: Which CPU is Best Value?
A little over five months after the release of Intel’s 10th generation Comet Lake desktop CPUs, AMD has announced their own Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 Series processors. Taking advantage of the fact that Intel did not surpass AMD’s Zen 2 processors in core, thread, or level 3 cache storage counts, AMD has opted to maintain […]
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i9-10900K: Which Flagship CPU is Best for 2021?
AMD has finally announced the next generation Ryzen 5000 series, Zen 3, CPUs; which is having PC gaming enthusiasts rejoice for the new high level of performance, at AMD’s excellent price points. Instead of trying to outdo themselves in regards to core and thread counts, AMD has very intelligently opted to instead focus on lowering […]
$4100 RTX 3090 Gaming PC Build for 2021
Nvidia’s Ampere release presentation on 1st September sent hype levels stratospheric. Not only are they releasing the RTX 3070 at just $499 whilst claiming that it out-performs the $1200 RTX 2080 Ti, but they previewed their new fastest ever GPU. Cheekily codenamed the ‘BFGPU’ the RTX 3090 is the absolute new king of the hill. […]
$2200 RTX 3080 PC Build for Ultimate 1440p 144Hz Gaming
The RTX 3080 has been announced and we’ve been able to absorb the specifications and potential performance of this latest series of GPUs from Nvidia. If the promises made in the keynote presentation are even close to met this GPU will define a new standard in graphics card capability. This is a $699 card that […]
Best Memory (RAM) for Intel Core i5-10600K Builds
Intel’s ‘Comet lake‘ refresh of their CPUs has brought new features and capability to the Core i5 designation. In response to AMD’s dominant Zen 2 Ryzen 3000 CPUs Intel has made the i5 a 6-core part with multithreading and raised the clock speeds. These enhancements make the new i5 an excellent choice for gamers as […]
Best Graphics Cards for i5-10600K Builds
With the newfound excitement for Intel’s upcoming 10th generation, ‘Comet Lake‘ CPUs comes the perfect opportunity to plan a brand-new PC build around the LGA1200-accommodating Z490 motherboard. Like forming a strong and sturdy chain, each component of a PC setup must match together harmoniously, for the last thing you want is for one of these […]
Best Memory (RAM) for Intel Core i9-10900K Builds
Intel has once again established their position at the top of the performance tree. The Core i9-10900K is a 10 core CPU with exceptional gaming performance and solid productivity capability. To get the most out of it you need to pair it with high-quality RAM. In this article, I’ll describe the attributes of RAM that […]
Intel Core i5-10600k vs. Core i7-10700K: Which is Best for Gaming?
What more exciting than building a brand-new computer that will provide you with hours and hours of future gaming enjoyment? And with Intel just having released their most powerful gaming CPUs yet, now is the perfect time to build a PC that will fulfill all your gaming needs. Naturally, you want to get the most […]
$3700 Ultimate Liquid Cooled Intel Core i9-10900K Productivity & Gaming PC Build
Intel has risen to the challenge of AMD’s onslaught on the CPU market. They have long since boasted of producing the ‘best gaming CPUs’ and so the new flagship CPU, the i9-10900K, pulls out all the stops to retain that accolade. This CPU has 10 cores and 20 threads with hyperthreading enabled. It boasts new […]