Hyper-Threading is one of those concepts that's been around a long time, and which everyone takes for granted. Despite that, relatively few enthusiasts really understand how it works or what the point ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Building your first computer is a memory worth cherishing for years, and the amount of research that goes into picking the right parts is what ...

AMD is gearing up for the unleashing of its next-gen Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 series "Storm Peak" CPUs, with another tease at the monster everything-crunching Zen 4 processors. The new Ryzen ...

The more complex a processor core, the larger the area and power consumption. But increasing complexity is not a single dimension, as processors can be more complex in different ways. In selecting a ...

Think of them like different gears in a car. The i3 is like first gear – good for basic tasks. The i5 is like second or third gear – great for everyday use and most games. The i7 is like fourth or ...

The Intel Core i7 9700K is a weird Coffee Lake processor, but that doesn't seem to be stopping it from offering a 20% multi-core performance boost despite having only two-thirds the thread-count of ...

At some point you may have heard someone say that for gaming you need X amount of cores. Typical examples include "6 is more than enough cores," or "you need a minimum of 8 cores for gaming," due to ...