As Leo was wrapping up his Razer Blade 15 review this weekend, something peculiar was noticed. For some reason, the laptop was being sold at £200 more on Razer's own website compared to UK retail. We pointed this out to Razer, who then corrected the pricing, but were disappointed to learn that there will be no refunds for anyone that paid the original price...

Intel is expected to announce the Alder Lake-HX chips on May 10th, during its Vision event. This processor line-up will bring 55W SKUs with PCIe 5.0 and overclocking support to the mobile segment, featuring up to eight P-cores and eight E-cores for mobile workstations and gaming laptops. According to the data …

So far, Intel has promised to launch the first Arc Alchemist series desktop graphics cards this summer. According to new reports though, the launch might be coming a bit sooner than expected. This week, sources claim that the A750 and A580 GPUs will be revealed later this month, followed by …

Corsair's H-series AIO liquid coolers have been a favourite amongst PC builders for years now. This year, the company is revamping its line-up with compatibility for the latest Intel and AMD sockets, including LGA 1700 and the upcoming AM5 socket. From today, new H100i RGB Elite, H115i RGB Elite and …

According to Intel's roadmap, Raptor Lake processors should be arriving later this year, followed by “Meteor Lake” processors in 2023. The tape-in process was finished almost a year ago, and now, Intel has announced the new architecture can already boot on multiple operating systems. During Intel's recent quarterly earnings call, CEO, …

During the early stages of the ongoing chip shortage, many claimed things would ease up in 2022. However, semiconductor companies are still struggling to increase capacity, leading Intel's CEO, Pat Gelsinger, to expect the shortage to last into 2024. According to CNBC, Pat Gelsinger believes the chip shortage may last …

We review Intel's flagship i9-12900KS, priced at £750

TSMC's N2 node is still a few years away from being used for chips in consumer devices, but early reports indicate that the semiconductor already has some major customers lined up. Apparently, Intel and Apple will be the first to adopt the N2 node, followed by other chip makers later …

New rumours about the Intel Arc Alchemist desktop line-up have surfaced, stating which Nvidia and AMD GPUs each A-series GPU will compete with. So far, it seems that Intel has models lined up to compete with everything from the entry-level to more capable gaming GPUs.  According to sources on Bilibili …

Some early Alder Lake rumours mentioned Intel would release Alder Lake-HX chips with a 55W TDP. Up to now, Intel hasn't announced these processors officially, but a recent Dell leak may have revealed not only their existence, but key specs too.  The marketing slides were meant to showcase the new …

We've been hearing about Intel's next-gen “Raptor Lake” CPUs for a while now. Raptor Lake will be the follow-up to Alder Lake, making improvements to the new hybrid architecture. We're still months away from the first Raptor Lake processors becoming available, but early samples are starting to pop up in …

The Intel Arc A770 GPU has been recently spotted on the Geekbench database for the first time. Interestingly, this points to a clock speed of 2.4GHz, unfortunately, some of the other performance numbers weren't quite as impressive.  The Arc A770 entry was spotted by Benchleaks, marking the debut of the …

A new version of CPU-Z was recently released, bringing preliminary support for Intel's upcoming CPU and GPUs. The update also added support for quite a number of AMD APUs that have yet to be announced and Zhaoxin's first discrete GPU. Typically, developers provide software developers with information about their new …

Currently, Intel Arc powered laptops are few and far between, but slowly, these new mobile GPUs are making their way into the hands of reviewers. Some early results for the Arc A350M have been somewhat disappointing, but it turns out that early testers may have been limiting performance. After retesting …

Intel hasn't told us much about its next generation of HEDT processors. However, rumours have been spreading, pointing to a release in Q3 2022. Although we can't confirm this yet, the new AIDA64 update suggests they are coming, as the app received preliminary support for Alder Lake-X HEDT CPUs.

There was concern over Intel's Arc Mobile GPU launch this week, as few OEMs have begun announcing new laptops with Arc graphics equipped. The first Intel Arc laptops are on the way though, with the first units from Samsung arriving in South Korea, with other OEMs expected to launch new laptops 'in the coming weeks'. 

When Intel launched its Arc Alchemist mobile GPU line-up, availability for Arc 3 powered laptops wasn't supposed to be far behind. However, there has been a weird absence of new laptops. Now, it looks like the first Intel Arc A-series laptops won't be available for quite some time. 

When Intel revealed the specifications of the Intel Arc A-series mobile GPUs, many commented about the relatively low ‘graphics clock'. As it turns out, clock speeds are reported differently on Intel's GPUs compared to Nvidia and AMD graphics cards.  During an interview with HotHardware (via Tom's Hardware), Intel's Tom Petersen …

You may know by now that Intel's mobile discrete GPU offerings are based on two distinct units: the ACM-G10 with 32 Xe-cores and ACM-G11 with 8 Xe-cores. However, it seems there will be a third unit, presumably called ACM-G12, with 16 Xe-cores.

We got the chance to speak to AMD's Director of Technical Marketing on a variety of topics relating to the recently launched Ryzen 6000 Mobile Series of processors. Robert Hallock discusses the advantages for AMD's high-performance core design versus Intel's hybrid architecture, power efficiency, and there's discussion on the advantages brought about by RDNA 2 graphics...

MSI's Z690 Godlike motherboard is - and this is 100% accurate - priced at £1850

When Intel announced its new Arc A-series laptop GPUs, it also began teasing its upcoming desktop graphics cards. While showcasing the Arc Control software suite, Intel seemed to go a step further and reveal specifications for one of its desktop GPUs.  Intel Arc Control Centre's Live Performance Monitoring works much …

Intel launched the first Arc A-series mobile GPUs earlier this week, but we have yet to see many head to head comparisons against AMD and Nvidia laptop GPUs. AMD decided to change that by publishing its own benchmark results, comparing the Intel Arc A370M to the Radeon RX 6500M.  The …

It has been a year since Pat Gelsinger re-joined Intel as the company's CEO. To commemorate the date, Intel has launched a free 8-bit platformer starring Gelsinger, playable in any browser. The game is aptly titled ‘Pixel Pat', putting players in the shoes of Pat Gelsinger inside a semiconductor plant. …

Today, Intel officially unveiled the Arc A-Series of GPUs for laptops, promising Arc 3-powered laptops imminently, followed by Arc 5 and Arc 7-equipped laptops this Summer. Over the summer, Intel will also be rolling out the first Arc graphics cards for desktop PCs.  Alongside the mobile GPU launch, Intel has …

Today, Intel is officially launching its first Arc Alchemist graphics products, starting with the Arc 3, Arc 5 and Arc 7 series of GPUs for laptops. These are the first discrete GPUs from Intel's Arc A-series, which will expand to desktops and workstations later in the year. With this first …

As the debut of the Arc Alchemist GPU approaches, a leaked table showing the specifications of Intel Arc Alchemist mobile gaming GPUs has appeared online. In this table, you can see the specifications of five different SKUs, as well as the release period for each of them. According to the …

Intel has just launched what it claims to be the world's fastest desktop processor, the 12th Gen Core i9-12900KS. As the name suggests, it's heavily based on the i9-12900K but comes with slightly higher clock speeds, capable of hitting a 5.5 GHz max turbo frequency. Featuring 16x cores (8x E-cores …

We're expecting to see the first Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs for mainstream and gaming laptops shortly, but Intel has said nothing officially about workstation-grade GPUs for laptops. That should change soon, as a Dell leak has confirmed mobile workstation GPUs from Intel.  The Dell Precision 5470 leaflet leaked by ITHome …

There are multiple GPU launches coming over the next few weeks and months. Not only is the RTX 3090 Ti on the way, but Intel will also be launching Arc Alchemist GPUs, and AMD is rumoured to be refreshing a select few RX 6000 series graphics cards. Now, GPU-Z supports …