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After a week of playing on nothing but Panther Lake laptops, it's safe to say that Intel has its gaming mojo back
Team Blue's latest mobile chips are in a league of their own
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Lenovo’s most powerful RTX 5090 gaming PC just dropped to a record-low price
That's basically free RAM!
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There's a hefty Amazon Resale discount going on AMD's excellent Ryzen 5 9600X
Its price has dropped like a stone.
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In the final days of the Amazon Spring Sale, the beefy AMD Ryzen 9 9900X is 37% off
A new low price on a potent 12-core processor.
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You can save nearly $100 on the powerful AMD Ryzen 7 9700X in the Amazon Spring Sale
A capable mid-range chip with a decent discount
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Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus review: another skippable CPU series
Arrow Lake Refresh offers cheaper chips that still fall behind in games
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Intel’s new, "fastest ever" desktop CPUs put their focus back on game performance
The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus are coming March 26th
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The fastest gaming CPU now has a very, very, very, very, very, very, very slightly faster replacement
The Ryzen 7 9850X3D is a mid-gen tune-up
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Prime Day sees the enduringly capable AMD Ryzen 5 7600X CPU fall to its lowest prices yet
£128 / $161 for a mid-range favourite
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AMD’s CES 2025 announcements include what will probably be yet another 'world’s fastest' CPU
More 3D V-Cache processors, handheld gaming chips, and even two new graphics cards
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AMD’s Ryzen 9000X3D processors, with their fancy-pants cache, are launching November 7th
Price cuts for the non-3D V-Cache Ryzen 9000 series too
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With 31% off, Prime Big Deal Days makes AMD’s best-value gaming CPU even better
It’s a bit unconventional, but the Ryzen 7 5700X3D is a bargain at £161
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AMD Ryzen 9000 delayed after first chips fail to meet "quality expectations"
Ryzen 5 9600X and pals pushed back to August
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An algorithm, among the many other things they ruin, is causing stability problems on Intel Core CPUs
Fix coming mid-August, say chipmakers
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All the Computex 2024 PC hardware announcements that are actually interesting
The Asus ROG Ally X! Nvidia Project G-Assist! Intel Battlemage, briefly!
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Psst, one of Intel’s low-key best gaming CPUs is down to £108 for Amazon Spring Deal Days
A bargain (and all-time low) price for the Core i5-12400F
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Grab Intel's Core i5 12600K for just £167 all-in at Amazon UK
Versus £280+ for a Core i5 13600K or 14600K with similar performance!
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The best value AMD gaming CPU is £25 off for Valentine's Day
The Ryzen 7 7800X3D offers legendarily good performance at mid-level prices.
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Intel's best value gaming CPU is down to £125 at Amazon UK
The Core i5 12400F is a capable performer that comes in £75 less than its 13400F or 14400F successors.
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The legendary Ryzen 7 5800X3D is back down to £234 at AWD-IT in the UK
Just £1 more than the slower 5700X3D that we featured yesterday.
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Grab the brand new AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D CPU to upgrade your old Ryzen PC for $249/£233
That's way cheaper than the legendary 5800X3D while delivering nearly as good performance.
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This $595 bundle includes AMD's stellar Ryzen 7800X3D CPU, 32GB DDR5 and an Asus B650 motherboard
A strong starting point for a performant PC - just add GPU, PSU, storage, case and cooler.
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AMD's great value Ryzen 5 7600X processor is down to $199 in the US, $100 below MSRP
In the UK? The Ryzen 5 7600 is down to £189, making it £20 cheaper than the 7600X.