One of the biggest architectural changes introduced by the Core i5 600 series is the 32nm design process. However the CPU and GPU do not belong to the same piece of silicon, rather this Multi-Chip ...

One of the stand-out features of Intel’s new Sandy Bridge processors is its integrated DX10.1 graphics core. The graphics core that incorporated into Sandy Bridge is a significant step up from any ...

There is little question that Intel's previous generation integrated graphics core left more than a little to be desired, when it came to offloading the CPU of multimedia and gaming tasks. In fact, ...

Intel’s new Core i5-14600K isn’t a massive generational leap, as you can read in our Core i5-14600K review. No one expected it to be with Intel’s 13th-gen CPUs already sitting among the best ...

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Intel claims Sandy Bridge processors are up to 42% faster for content creation and 50% faster in games compared to Westmere-based chips. This is perhaps the single largest performance improvement you ...

Fancy, expensive processors are fun, but for most people who just want to build a decent middle-of-the-road PC for gaming (and anything else), the best advice is usually to buy a Core i5 or Ryzen 5 ...

After the barnstorming performance of Intel's K-series Alder Lake CPUs, we were pretty excited to see whether the Intel Core i5 12400F could still deliver decent gaming performance, especially with ...

Intel's making a real play for the volume end of the market with one of the best Core i5 chips it's released in a long time. The i5 11600K is a great mainstream gaming CPU that can get the most out of ...