Earlier this morning, Intel kicked off its series of 8th Gen CPU announcements by unveiling the low-power U-series for notebooks. However, there is still more to come, as Intel still has its desktop 8th Gen processors to announce. We have already heard several rumours about these processors and now, thanks …
Read More »Intel launches 15W ‘8th Gen’ Kaby Lake refresh for notebooks
Intel's 8th-Gen rollout kicks off with the U-series.
Read More »Intel slide leak shows Coffee Lake VS Kaby Lake
With Intel’s Coffee Lake announcement just days away, the leaks are starting to roll in. Today, slides from one of Intel’s presentations appeared on the web, showing the expected performance gains the company is expecting in the jump from Kaby Lake to Coffee Lake on desktop systems. This presentation reportedly …
Read More »Intel begins teasing Ice Lake Core processors, confirms 10nm+
Intel is currently gearing up to unveil its Coffee Lake processors next week but that isn’t stopping the chip giant from teasing the future too. In a brief update to the company’s website today, Intel began teasing the upcoming Ice Lake CPU, which will be based on an improved 10nm+ …
Read More »Arctic’s Freezer 33 TR air cooler chills AMD Threadripper CPUs
Fresh off of our own analysis of the new AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPUs, Arctic has unveiled its new air cooling solution for the oversized processors. The Freezer 33 TR tower CPU cooler is out now and compatible with all versions of AMD’s new SocketTR4 Platform. The Freezer 33 TR is …
Read More »AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950x and 1920x Video Analysis
If you missed our Ryzen Threadripper 1950x and 1920x coverage from earlier today then Luke Hill, KitGuru Deputy Editor In Chief put down this thoughts and findings on camera as well for your enjoyment.
Read More »AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X (16C32T) & 1920X (12C24T) CPU Review
Can AMD knock Intel off the consumer processor throne that the company has sat upon for so long?
Read More »Intel’s 8th generation CPUs are going to be revealed this month, release later this year
Intel planning to livestream its Coffee Lake unveiling. CPUs will roll out before the end of the year.
Read More »Intel officially unveils specs and release dates for 12C to 18C Core i9 CPUs
Last week, an Intel presentation slide leak brought us new details on Intel’s upcoming Core i9 lineup, including its new 12-core, 14-core, 16-core and 18-core processors. Now today, Intel has made everything official, unveiling the final spec-sheet itself and giving us release dates for these higher core count X299 chips. …
Read More »Here’s a list of CPU coolers with confirmed Ryzen Threadripper compatibility
Over the last week or so, various CPU cooler makers have been announcing support for AMD’s upcoming Ryzen Threadripper and Socket TR4. Rather than having a separate announcement for every CPU cooler maker though, AMD has made things easy for us by creating a running tally of liquid cooling solutions …
Read More »Intel’s upcoming Coffee Lake CPUs won’t support Z270 motherboards according to ASRock
We have been hearing bits of information regarding Intel’s next micro-architecture update for a while now. We are expecting the first ‘Coffee Lake’ CPUs to hit the DIY desktop market in 2018 but it seems those hoping to upgrade and keep their current motherboard may be out of luck. According …
Read More »AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and 1920X Unboxing
Moar cores! Today we unbox the new 16 core and 12 core Threadripper processors from AMD which shipped to KitGuru in a fantastic customised box kit.
Read More »Fractal Design’s AIO liquid coolers will be compatible with AMD Threadripper
As we have seen from the images, AMD’s Threadripper is a big CPU. It packs a lot of power but it is also much larger physically compared to Ryzen 7 or even Intel’s processors. With that in mind, CPU cooler compatibility could potentially be an issue. Fortunately, cooler makers are …
Read More »AMD launch individual Wraith Max cooler for $59
Last year, AMD made waves with its new Wraith CPU cooler, bringing style and efficiency to a market often dominated by large and loud designs. AMD fans were ultimately disappointed when the company originally said that these coolers would only be available as a part of a bundle, but rejoice …
Read More »Intel Core i9 12 core to 18 core CPU clock speeds appear online
Intel's Core i9 base clock speeds may not match Threadripper but Turbo Boost appears to be working its magic.
Read More »Ryzen 3 is here, 4C/4T starting at £105
AMD's Ryzen desktop lineup is a step closer to being complete with the launch of Ryzen 3. Four cores and four threads starting at £104.99.
Read More »AMD is working on 7nm tech but it’s proving to be the toughest generational leap in years
We heard back in May that AMD was already preparing for the jump to 7nm CPUs in time for ‘Zen 2' and ‘Zen 3' some time in the next few years but it seems that the company is beginning to open up about the difficulties getting there. In an interview …
Read More »AMD Threadripper to hit retail on August 10th
Back in mid-June, KitGuru reported that AMD's upcoming Threadripper CPUs would hit the market on the 10th of August, based on information from one of our reliable sources. Now, a second source has stepped in pointing towards a 10th of August retail date, while also providing some details on availability …
Read More »Intel’s 12C/24T Core i9 7920X to ship with 2.9GHz base frequency
Last month during Computex, Intel officially unveiled its new Core-X lineup and while most of those new CPUs are already on the market, there are still four Core i9 SKUs we have yet to see. Intel still has a few more SKUs up its sleeve, with 12C/24T, 14C/28T, 16C/32T and …
Read More »Rumour: Intel’s Coffee Lake CPUs to bring six cores to i7, i5 and laptops
Before Intel ushers in 10nm with the launch of Cannon Lake, we still have one more round of 14nm CPUs to get through in the form of Coffee Lake. We are expecting to see Coffee Lake make its way to the desktop in 2018 but it looks like some details …
Read More »Fake AMD Ryzen CPUs appear to be doing the rounds on Amazon
The well known Amazon GPU return scam is now spreading to CPUs.
Read More »Mysterious rumour claims AMD’s two Ryzen 3 CPUs will be $129 and $109
Yesterday's CPU news was mostly dominated by AMD's announcement of two Ryzen Threadripper CPUs, the 16C/32T 1950X and the 12C/24T 1920X. However, AMD also snuck in some Ryzen 3 news, revealing that two 4C/4T SKUs would be launching later this month for the mainstream desktop market. At the time, AMD …
Read More »AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper CPUs launch in August starting at $799
Ryzen Threadripper 16C/32T 1950X- $999, 12C/24T 1920X- $799.
Read More »Intel launches Xeon Scalable CPUs
Just a few weeks ago, we saw AMD bring competition back to the server market with the launch of the EPYC CPU platform. Since then, Intel had been quiet on the Xeon front, until today, with the launch of Xeon SP, based on the new Skylake-SP architecture. ‘SP' in this …
Read More »Intel Core i7-7740X ‘Kaby Lake-X’ 4C8T CPU Review (inc. 5.1GHz OC)
Is the Intel i7 7740x worth the money, or are Intel really losing their way?
Read More »Intel Core i9 7900X pushed past 6GHz, breaks HWBOT benchmark record
With Intel's Core i9 7900X now on the market, overclockers are starting to get their hands on it and push the boundaries of what the chip is capable of. This week, one particular overclocker managed to beat the HWBOT benchmark record with an extreme 7900X overclock, pushing the 10C/20T CPU …
Read More »PassMark usage report shows AMD growing in CPU market share
With Ryzen having been out on the market for several months now, we finally have our first updated market share report, showing how much of a boost AMD has received thanks to its new architecture launch. Judging by the number of PassMark users, AMD has managed to claim back almost …
Read More »Intel Core i9-7900X ‘Skylake-X’ 10C20T CPU Indepth Analysis
Instead of rushing just to get hits, we spent weeks on this detailed 6,000+ word editorial.
Read More »AMD announces Ryzen PRO CPU lineup
Following on from its rollout of EPYC CPUs for enterprise and data centres, today AMD is announcing the new Ryzen PRO CPU lineup, adding another tier to the Ryzen portfolio. The PRO versions of Ryzen 7, Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 are intended for businesses, providing ‘professional-grade' performance and additional …
Read More »Linux devs have discovered a microcode bug with Intel 6th-gen and 7th-gen CPUs
Over the weekend, developers for the Linux distro, Debian, discovered a bug with Intel's CPU microcode for Skylake and Kaby Lake. The issue can cause some systems to misbehave with Hyper-Threading enabled and lead to data corruption or loss. Given that Skylake and Kaby Lake have been around for quite …
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