Alienware's Area-51 becomes the first pre-built PC with AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
…Alienware Area-51 Desktop 8 /10 CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Graphics Nvidia RTX 5090 Memory 64GB DDR5-6400 Storage 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD The Alienware Area-51 reboots…
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Should you buy the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus?
You should buy the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus if: You want a powerful CPU for productivity tasks You're upgrading from a budget Arrow Lake CPU, so you can reuse components You want to stay with Intel and replace a Raptor Lake platform You should NOT buy the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K if: You're able to wait until Nova Lake drops You want the most powerful gaming CPU DDR5 prices are putting you off buying a new PC Related 3 signs you need a contact frame, not a new CPU cooler or thermal paste Sometimes, high temps come down to mounting pressure and
Intel's Arrow Lake refresh should have arrived months agoShould you buy the Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus?
You should buy the Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus if: You're buying from a SI at a good deal You want great thermals for an SFF build You are building on a budget You should NOT buy the Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus if: You already have a working PC You want the most powerful CPU you can get DDR5 prices are putting you off buying a new PC In any other year, recommending the Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus chips would be a foregone conclusion. The last time I remember Intel putting out a CPU this good with this kind of value proposition was the legendary i7-4790K. At $299 for the Co
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I ran Cyberpunk 2077 inside a Proxmox VM on a mini PC, and it actually worked
…The host in question is my ASUS NUC 14 Pro+ with an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and Intel Arc Graphics, and I gave the Windows 11 VM 4 CPU cores and…
This is the mini PC that finally made me display my home server instead of burying it
…Minisforum AI X1 Pro-470 (Ryzen AI 9 HX 470) Minisforum AI X1 Pro (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370) AtomMan X7 Ti (Intel Core Ultra 9 185H) Geekom A8 (AMD Ryzen 9…
AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is incredible, but entirely unnecessary
…since Intel's offerings became more competitive since the release of the Core Ultra 7 series. In the same Cinebench 2026 single-thread tests by Puget Systems, the Core Ultra 7 270K…
The Lenovo Yoga 7a is gorgeous, but AMD's Ryzen AI 7 445 feels like a downgrade
…2025) Lenovo Yoga 7 (AMD Ryzen AI 7 350) ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 (Intel Core Ultra 7 258V) PCMark 10 (AC / battery) 6,686 / 6,007 7,338 / 6,775 6…
CachyOS just shipped Linux 7.0, and it has some extra performance tweaks added to the mix
…For example, Intel Core Ultra Series 3 owners will find that the OS will enable Intel FRED by default, which should boost performance. The developers also mention "the new NTFS driver," which…
My dual-display travel setup fits in an envelope and it's not a MacBook
…MacBook Air (M5, 2026) $1049 $1099 Save $50 Operating System macOS CPU M5 10-core CPU with 4 super cores and 6 efficiency cores GPU 8-core or 10-core GPU RAM…
Amazon's Big Spring Sale is now on: Here are all the best deals you can't miss out on
…Geekom GT1 Mega $807 $950 Save $143 7.5 /10 CPU Up to Intel Cure Ultra 9 185H Graphics Intel Arc graphics (integrated) Memory 32GB DDR5-5600 A solid mini PC for…
Running Proxmox on my ASUS NUC 14 Pro Plus taught me where mini PCs still fall short
…ASUS NUC 14 Pro+ $962 $1049 Save $87 CPU Intel Core Ultra 7 155H Graphics Intel Arc Graphics (Core Ultra) Memory 32GB Storage 1TB NVMe SSD Display 2 x HDMI 2.1…
Microsoft and Nvidia tease "a new era of PC" as a potential Surface refresh looms
…Last week, Microsoft revealed a relatively expected, business-focused Panther Lake Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Surface Laptop (8th-gen) and Surface Pro (13th-gen) refresh . It looks like the tech giant…