With the holiday season bringing many discounts on electronics, it is the best time to build your own custom PC. Here are our recommendations for building an Intel 10th-gen PC for around $500.
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Microsoft's rumored mid-range 12.5-inch Surface laptop - codenamed Sparti - powered by a 10th-gen Core i5 and 8GB of RAM is reportedly set to cost $699, with the highest SKU costing $1,199.
With a higher TDP, hyperthreading, and more, Intel's Core i5-10600K packs some serious improvements over its predecessor. It's a 125W hexa-core chip that's unlocked for overclocking.
According to some online benchmarks, it seems that Intel may be readying quad-core U-series processors for its next generation of chips, which is codenamed Coffee Lake, and is due later this year.
The eighth generation of Intel's Core series of CPUs, codenamed Coffee Lake, is set to debut later this year, promising a 15% bump in performance but no shrink in the die size.
Intel's Kaby Lake processors are finally here, as the company has officially announced the 7th generation of its Core family. The new CPUs offer better graphics, performance and battery life.
Microsoft is currently offering $150 off Surface Books with Intel Core i5 processors for buyers in the US (including Puerto Rico), bringing the price of its entry-level model down to $1,349.
Two weeks after ending a $100-off promotion on all Surface Pro 4 models except the range-topping 1TB version, Microsoft is now offering a $100 discount on the Intel Core i5 models in its range.
Acer's R 13 notebook - which sports a rather unusual hinge - is now available with Intel's latest 'Skylake' processors, USB 3.1 Type-C ports, optional Quad HD resolution, and Windows 10 pre-installed.
All three Intel Core families are based on the same architecture so where they really differ is in their number of cores/threads and cache size. We test how each performs in a range of applications.
Intel has launched what it calls a Performance Tuning Protection Plan, a new way for consumers to overclock their Intel processors and be protected in case they fail.
Intel has announced the latest additions to their ultrathin targeted Ultra-Low Voltage processor line. Variations of their popular i3, i5 and i7 processors all promises to increase power efficiency by 15 percent. Just like their...
