Tag: Intel

Win a Core i5 on Asus mobo (B660) with SilentiumPC cooler

Giveaway, News | | Editors

It’s been quite a while since you had a chance to win something, so let’s make up for it a little bit now. With a three-in-one package where one of you gets half of a working PC – Intel Core i5-12400 processor with integrated graphics, Asus TUF Gaming B660 Plus WiFi D4 motherboard and SilentiumPC Spartan 5 cooler. These are all attractive components that have been awarded the Smart buy! award in our tests, which we don’t give out “just like that”. Read more “Win a Core i5 on Asus mobo (B660) with SilentiumPC cooler” »

Most Meteor Lake chiplets will be made by TSMC, not Intel

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

After the Raptor Lake processors due this year, Intel is preparing an ambitious new generation codenamed Meteor Lake for 2023. These chiplet-based processors and will be the first to use the 4nm process. However, it turns out that Intel is only making one of the four chiplets. The company that has always taken pride in its own factories will rely on its main competitor for most of the silicon in the Meteor Lake processor. Read more “Most Meteor Lake chiplets will be made by TSMC, not Intel” »

Five Intel Arc GPUs coming: A750 with 448 EUs is close to A770

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

More information is gradually coming in on Intel’s first generation of discrete gaming GPUs, the Arc graphics cards. Intel recently revealed the performance of Arc A750, said to outperform GeForce RTX 3060 cards. It won’t be the fastest SKU, now Intel began showcasing the more powerful A770 model. We now have more detail, and it seems that A770 won’t push the performance as high above the A750 card as we had hoped. Read more “Five Intel Arc GPUs coming: A750 with 448 EUs is close to A770” »

Intel Sapphire Rapids HEDT processor SKUs leaked: up to 56 cores

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Intel will release a new generation of server processors this year codenamed “Sapphire Rapids”. These will introduce support for PCI Express 5.0, DDR5 memory and, most importantly, a new high-performance CPU architecture derived from the successful Alder Lake processors. But Sapphire Rapids CPUs are also heading to workstations and high-end desktops, and now the specs for these desktop models have been leaked. Read more “Intel Sapphire Rapids HEDT processor SKUs leaked: up to 56 cores” »

At last, a Mini-ITX board with Intel Jasper Lake SoCs. And it is fanless

Motherboards, News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

One of the casualties of chip crisis were the low-power Celeron and Pentium processors of the “Atom” lineage. It’s a year and a half since Intel launched the 10nm Jasper Lake generation with Tremont cores but the supply has likely been insufficient till now, there are virtually no desktop boards for low-power builds. Things seem to be getting better finally and Mini-ITX boards with Jasper Lake are coming. Fanless ones, even. Read more “At last, a Mini-ITX board with Intel Jasper Lake SoCs. And it is fanless” »

Intel Raptor Lake and Z790 platform will lack PCIe 5.0 for SSDs

Motherboards, News, SSDs, Storages | | Jan Olšan

Curiously, even though Intel Raptor Lake CPUs are only three months away, there’s virtually no word on the 700-series chipsets and motherboards that should come with the new CPUs. Last week, however, a leaked document was posted on the Internet, in which Intel introduces the Raptor Lake platform, the CPU and the new chipsets. The most surprising bit is that the new boards won’t bring the one feature that was most expected of them. Read more “Intel Raptor Lake and Z790 platform will lack PCIe 5.0 for SSDs” »

Intel Arc A380 GPU performance is worse than RX 6400 after all

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

After missing previous 2021 and Q1 2022 deadlines, Intel Arc discrete desktop graphics cards with the Xe HPG gaming architecture went on sale in China this month. But instead of some bombastic arrival, Intel is releasing them rather quietly, first only in China and only in the OEM market. But maybe that’s because they’re not really impressive yet – the first Arc A380 model seems to be falling well short of expectations in tests. Read more “Intel Arc A380 GPU performance is worse than RX 6400 after all” »

Intel Arc graphics require PCIe Resizable BAR. Performance reasons?

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Intel has finally entered the discrete gaming GPU market, even if it’s just the cheap Arc A380 in China. Intel has tried the waters with the Iris Xe card before, but it bizarrely didn’t work with most PCs except for a few select boards. It’s only this new product that finally represents a standard graphics card. However, there are still some oddities: Intel says it requires the board and processor to support PCIe Resizable BAR. Read more “Intel Arc graphics require PCIe Resizable BAR. Performance reasons?” »

Intel Arc graphics cards due in a few weeks, pricing has leaked

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Intel’s entry into gaming GPU market currently held by just Nvidia and AMD has been long awaited. Intel took its first step with Arc GPUs in late March, but only with low-end mobile models so far. But the three-way competition could start as soon as this month with the arrival of regular Arc graphics cards in desktop PCs. According to the WCCFtech, mainstream models will come out first and we already have some price estimates. Read more “Intel Arc graphics cards due in a few weeks, pricing has leaked” »

Intel Meteor Lake already boots Windows. Launch pushed forward?

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Late last week, Intel released Q1 financial results. In addition to sales, profits and margins numbers (which were noteably down), the company also announced news more technical in nature. The company already has the first functional CPUs manufactured using the 4nm “Intel 4” node, the 14th generation Core “Meteor Lake” chiplet design processors. This means that these CPUs could come out sooner than expected. Read more “Intel Meteor Lake already boots Windows. Launch pushed forward?” »

Even Intel’s weakest box cooler (Laminar RS1) isn’t trash

CPU coolers, Extra tests | | Ľubomír Samák

We didn’t cover the Pentium G7400’s cooler in our tests, but we’ll fix that now. The Laminar RS1 also comes with the Celeron G6900, another economical processor whose demands are far exceeded by the box cooler. Also in this class there is an efficiency gain over the last generation, and the Laminar RS1 is more efficient than its predecessor with a copper core at the same noise level, which deserves increased attention. Read more “Even Intel’s weakest box cooler (Laminar RS1) isn’t trash” »

Surprise in HEDT CPUs? Intel reportedly preparing Alder Lake-X

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Intel is expected to release a new platform of high-end processors based on the Sapphire Rapids Xeons server CPUs this fall. It would thus once again return to an area it had essentially abandoned with the decline of the X299 platform and its high-end processors. But strangely enough, a report has now surfaced that Intel is preparing surprise high-end CPUs, never known until now: something called Alder Lake-X. Read more “Surprise in HEDT CPUs? Intel reportedly preparing Alder Lake-X” »

BIOS bugs inflate Pentium G7400’s power draw by up to 100 %

Extra tests, Processors | | Ľubomír Samák

Manufacturers don’t bother too much with tuning BIOSes for cheaper processors. As a result of mishandled power management, the processor may have an inadequately high power draw in the default settings. In addition, there is poor cooling and lower performance than there should be. However, this is not a thing you can’t fix, you just need to know where, what and how to adjust. You’ll learn that too from this article. Read more “BIOS bugs inflate Pentium G7400’s power draw by up to 100 %” »

Intel Pentium G7400: For what are two cores with HT (not) enough?

Extra tests, Processors | | Ľubomír Samák

From the top, we gradually worked our way down to the class of the iconic Pentium. Its design is quite conservative by today’s standards. The performance of the dual-core processor is at the limit, which begins to complicate the actual execution of the tests. One of the biggest appeals is the low power draw, but that may not be worth much if your processor can’t handle your demands in real time. Or can it? Read more “Intel Pentium G7400: For what are two cores with HT (not) enough?” »

First discrete Intel Arc GPU out in two weeks – A370M for laptops

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

The first generation of gaming discrete GPUs from Intel – back then designated “Xe HPG” – was supposed to come out in 2021. That obviously didn’t happen and there has been confusion as to how much delay will there be ever since. In the end, it looks like Intel will narrowly manage to launch in the first quarter of this year, as promised last summer. Though it won’t be stand-alone desktop cards yet, just lower-end laptop cards. Read more “First discrete Intel Arc GPU out in two weeks – A370M for laptops” »

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