Intel's Core i7-7700K overclocked past 7GHz
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Thursday, 29 December 2016 00:27

Intel's Core i7-7700K overclocked past 7GHz


Better overclocking than Skylake

While it might not be interesting for an average consumer, Intel's upcoming 7th generation Core Kaby Lake CPU series might be quite popular with overclockers as it is much better overclocker than Skylake and manages to hit a stable 7GHz overclock.

AMD users dividing themselves
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Thursday, 22 December 2016 12:51

AMD users dividing themselves


GPU and CPU loyalty no longer guaranteed

PCPartPicker has been looking at the trends for users and they are noticing that AMD CPU buyers are not always buying AMD GPUs.

Retail Kaby Lake CPU boxes pictured
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Thursday, 22 December 2016 11:13

Retail Kaby Lake CPU boxes pictured


Nearly identical to Skylake ones

Picture of retail boxes for Intel's upcoming 7th generation Core Kaby Lake CPUs have found its way online showing that Intel won't change much, at least when it comes to packaging.

Dell to update its XPS 15 notebook with fresh hardware
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Intel Kaby Lake CPUs and Nvidia GTX 1050 GPU

Dell has accidentally revealed its upcoming XPS 15 notebook update that will be getting a fresh hardware boost with Intel's Kaby Lake CPUs, Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050 GPU, fingerprint scanner, Windows Hello and Killer Wi-Fi networking.

2017 will be the year of ARM Windows
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Friday, 16 December 2016 11:52

2017 will be the year of ARM Windows


Mother of Snapdragons might bite Intel

Next year will see the arrival of ARM based Windows machines and while the beasts have not been that popular in the past, it is expected that this time it will be different.

AMD eight core SKU beats up Chipzilla
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Tuesday, 13 December 2016 23:17

AMD eight core SKU beats up Chipzilla


In two CPU benchmarks

AMD was keen to show some performance figures of its upcoming eight core Ryzen SKU at the New Horizon event and has compared it to Intel's US $1049.99 priced Core i7-6900K eight core Broadwell-E CPU.

2017 could be when barbarians overwhelm Intel
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Tuesday, 13 December 2016 13:22

2017 could be when barbarians overwhelm Intel


Empire doomed


It has been said for a while now that Intel’s glorious empire, on which the sun never sets, could be overthrown by barbarians, but so far the chip maker has managed to thrive.

Intel Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X CPUs could be coming in Q3 2017
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With launch expected at Gamescom 2017

According to a fresh report, Intel's Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X series CPUs could be coming in Q3 2017, or just in time for Gamescom 2017, which should open its doors on 22nd of August next year.

AMD and Intel team up for Holiday Bundle
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Friday, 09 December 2016 16:15

AMD and Intel team up for Holiday Bundle


Great Core i5 and RX 480 bundle with two games

It appears that AMD and Intel were caught together under the mistletoe and decided to make a neat Holiday Bundle in cooperation with Newegg.com.

Intel to broadcast Critics' Choice Awards in VR
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With Voke VR headset powered by Intel Xeon

Intel has announced that it will be broadcasting the Critics' Choice Awards with its virtual reality technology, the Voke VR.