After a cup of tea to recover from the incredible performance of the two K-series CPUs, we grew curious as to how a supposedly locked non-K-series CPU would perform. The Core i5-2400 is a nominally ...

Because the processor serves as the heart of your laptop, playing a key role in determining its overall performance, energy efficiency, and ability to handle demanding tasks, it’s good to understand ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Today Intel has launched its 14th Gen Raptor Lake refresh desktop processors, which promise better gaming and content creation performance and here we'll be taking a look at the Core i5-14600K and ...

I have been a technology journalist for 30-plus years and have covered just about every kind of computer gear—from the 386SX to 64-core processors—in my long tenure as an editor, a writer, and an ...

For all of the performance tests, we disable all power-saving technology in order to give us a consistent set of results, and also best-case performance numbers - even though technologies such as ...