Intel recently announced its Comet Lake-S series of processors for the Desktop in i9, i7, i5 and i3 flavors. It has come to our attention (via TechPowerUp) that some of the Intel Comet Lake Core i5 processors are not exactly the same as other SKUs, meaning the “silicon” beneath the heat spreader can be different based on the chip it is manufactured. Continue reading Intel used two different manufacturing processes for some of its Comet Lake “Core i5” processor SKUs →

In a strange turn of events, INTEL recently issued a product change notice (PCN) announcing that it is discontinuing the fancy “dodecahedron” packaging of its previous gen flagship Core i9-9900K processor. This translucent “twelve-sided” package debuted with the Core i9-9900K CPU as a direct response to AMD’s elaborate Threadripper lineup packaging. Continue reading Intel drops the fancy “Dodecahedron” design packaging of the Core i9-9900K processor →

INTEL has been using the same iteration of the” 14nm” FinFET process node with the Skylake Architecture for many years. Comet Lake-S was also fabbed on this “aging” process node, which has held Intel back in terms of IPC uplift and efficiency gains over AMD’s Ryzen lineup. Continue reading Rumor: INTEL’s next-gen upcoming CPU architectures to feature significant IPC uplift over the current “Skylake” architecture →

As I have previously mentioned few weeks ago, Intel released its first public DCH driver which unlocked the OEM restriction, apart from providing support for several PC games. Continue reading INTEL graphics Driver version “27.20.100.8280” has been released, provides optimizations and support for new games →

INTEL recently launched their Comet Lake-S series of desktop processors. A lot of questions have been raised with regards to the thermal output and performance of these processors, especially when they are running at the advertised and claimed base/boost clock speeds by INTEL. Continue reading INTEL has made some Comet Lake “design” changes to keep the flagship 5.3GHz i9-10900K SKU, and other processors cool →

Here is a blast from the past. In case you were not aware of, INTEL never officially released the Core i5-7660X Skylake-X CPU to the consumer market.  Though some samples actually landed in the hands of select few overclockers, but apart from this we never got any relevant info or details on this SKU. Continue reading INTEL’s mysterious “unreleased” Core i5-7660X Skylake-X CPU has been spotted in China →

Have you ever thought of getting a compact or a Mini PC for your “Gaming” needs, or any other task for that matter? Well, enter INTEL’s NUC as a solution/alternative. Continue reading Intel’s NUC 11 extreme with 11’th Gen Tiger Lake -U processor and a GTX 1660 Ti GPU has been spotted →

It looks like ASUS is following ASROCK’s footsteps as the company just recently introduced a new feature to “boost” the clock speeds on non-K INTEL CPUs.  ASUS calls this APE, or “ASUS Performance Enhancement” feature. Continue reading ASUS introduces a new “clock speed ” boost overclocking feature for non-K INTEL processors, known as “ASUS Performance Enhancement” →

The embargo for the Intel Core i9 10900K has finally been lifted and a lot of publications have shared their benchmarks. And, as we can see, the Intel Core i9 10900K is the fastest gaming CPU on the market. And yeah, it even surpasses its predecessor, the Intel Core i9 9900K. Continue reading Intel Core i9 10900K is the fastest gaming CPU, surpassing its predecessor Intel Core i9 9900K →