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 ...

Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 CPUs have been around for a few years now, but some buyers still get stumped whenever they attempt to build their own systems and are forced to choose among the ...

From the moment you decide that your current Intel processor just isn’t up to par and start investigating an upgrade to your current laptop or desktop, you’re often bombarded with technical jargon.

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 ...

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Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. When it comes to ...

I'm a senior analyst charged with testing and reviewing VPNs and other security apps for PCMag. I grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley and have been involved with technology since the 1990s.

TL;DR: Intel has quietly launched the Core i5-110, a 14nm Comet Lake-S CPU with 6-cores and up to 4.3GHz boost, priced at around $200. The unusual naming blends Team Blue's old and new conventions in ...

I'm a senior analyst charged with testing and reviewing VPNs and other security apps for PCMag. I grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley and have been involved with technology since the 1990s.

The Core i5-11400H mobile CPU comes as a direct competitor to AMD's Ryzen 5 5600H, which means it's used across many mainstream, affordable laptops usually offered as the entry-level option in many ...

In this guide, we will show you how to overclock a Core i5-13600K CPU. We'll take you through the process of applying a basic manual overclock across all the P-Cores and ensuring it's stable, and show ...