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Intel Core i7-5775C

Intel Core i7-5775C

Intel Core i7-5775C Review – Intel’s fifth-gen desktop CPU, the Core i7-5775C, is finally in our test benches. So hey there, Mr Broadwell, what took you so long? If you talk to anyone at Intel, they tell you the 14nm architecture was released in 2014. And...

AMD FX 9590 and 9370

AMD FX 9590 and 9370

AMD FX 9590 and 9370 Review – In the good old days, the frequency of a CPU was a great way to measure how fast it was, but those days are long gone. In case you needed any proof, the AMD FX 9590 is it. With...

Intel Pentium Anniversary G3258

Intel Pentium Anniversary G3258

Intel Pentium Anniversary G3258 Review – Released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Intel’s Pentium brand, the Anniversary Edition soon had the attention of tweakers around the world. It turned out that this humble little birthday present was able to overclock by 40% with relative ease,...

Intel Core i3 4350

Intel Core i3 4350

Intel Core i3 4350 Review – Considering this cheap is even more affordable than many of AMD’s range, there’s got to be a catch, right? And there is, although it’s one that will only arise in the most recent of games, say those released in the...

Intel Core i7 4790K

Intel Core i7 4790K

Intel Core i7 4790K Review – Welcome to most favourite gaming CPU in 2015. Sure, it’s also one of the most expensive, but what’s $100 between friends? It might not be a massive improvement over a trust old i7 2700K overclocked to 4.5GHz, but there’s no...

Intel i7-5960X Extreme Edition

Intel i7-5960X Extreme Edition

Intel i7-5960X Extreme Edition Review – Welcome to the granddaddy of Intel’s range of CPUs. Priced at more than triple that of its nearest Intel brethren, this is as expensive as it gets… but you’d be slightly insane to part with your moolah for this...

Intel Core i7-5960X Extreme Edition

Intel Core i7-5960X Extreme Edition Review

Intel Core i7-5960X Extreme Edition Review – We’ve known for quite a while that there would be a Haswell-based Extreme Edition processor that brings quad-channel memory support and more than twice as many PCI-E lanes as the recently launched Devil’s Canyon processors. Despite our utter...

AMD A10-7850K APU

AMD A10-7850K APU Review – It wasn’t too long ago that AMD launched their Richland Accelerated Processing Units (APU). Whilst that particular model offered both performance and low power consumption, it still had several niggling issues, such as performance issues when running software that do not...