Laptops are popular for a variety of reasons, including their convenience and portability. However, that convenience comes at a price. If you want to upgrade an individual component of your laptop, such as the CPU, you'll typically face an uphill battle ...

We’re on the edge of a new generation of gaming CPUs — 13th-gen Raptor Lake from Intel and Ryzen 7000 from AMD. If you’re reading this on the day it’s published, in fact, AMD is set to launch it’s next-gen processors tomorrow. But should you care?

Acer unveils refreshed Swift and Aspire AI laptops at CES 2026, featuring Intel Core Ultra processors, programmable hotkey, and more.

A new Intel CPU lineup is reportedly in the works, based on the Arrow Lake architecture used in its existing Core Ultra 200 gaming CPUs. According to the latest rumor, the Intel Arrow Lake refresh is coming to both desktops and laptops, and given Intel's ...

From the moment you decide that your current Intel processor just isn’t up to par and start investigating an upgrade to your current laptop or desktop, you’re often bombarded with technical jargon. Quad-cores. Hyper-Threading. Turbo-Boosting.

Matti Robinson is a veteran of the industry originally from Finland, with nearly 20 years of writing and editing experience. His love for gaming started with the Commodore 64 and grew with each iteration of Quake. He loves competitive shooters, RPGs, and ...

There’s a difference between budget and bare minimum. The Intel Core i3-14100 proves that you don’t need a top-shelf chip to build a fast, capable PC for everyday use. At $119.95, it’s 29% off and punches well above its price point and is great for ...

The temperature hotspot in the forthcoming range of Intel Arrow Lake CPUs is likely to have moved compared to previous Intel gaming CPU designs, according to a new report. This could affect the performance of existing CPU coolers on the new Intel Core ...

Intel’s next-generation Meteor Lake laptop processors are nearing release—the company announced this week that the first processors will launch on December 14. It’s unclear whether actual Core and Core Ultra systems will be available to buy on that ...

While Intel's 14th Gen desktop processors have mainly been incremental upgrades with small frequency hikes, the Core i7-14700K stands alone in receiving something much more - a count increase. It has four more cores than the Core i7-13700K, and while these ...