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Intel Officially Discontinues Kaby Lake-X Processor Lineup
EOL After Less Than a Year Intel‘s Kaby Lake-X CPUs are quite the anomaly. Unlike previous HEDT parts, they were released concurrently with the Skylake-X CPUs. They also had much lower core-count and are only dual-channel memory. That is despite being compatible with the same X299 motherboard that the Skylake-X…
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G.SKILL Adds 4600MHz CL19 Kits to Trident Z Series
Top memory performance is a priority for G.SKILL, hosting overclocking competitions at Computex annually. So it only makes sense that they are pushing the boundaries of consumer RAM performance as well. With their latest G.SKILL Trident Z series addition of 4600MHz modules, the fastest DDR4 modules to date. Each Trident…
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Overclocked Intel Core i7-7740X Breaks 5GHz Barrier
A new benchmark suggests that Intel’s forthcoming Core i7-7740X CPU could, overclocked, break the 5GHz barrier. The report comes courtesy of an X299 platform reviewers’ guide, obtained by VideoCardz. In tests of 100 i7-7740X chips, 5.2GHz was the highest clock achieved. If true, this means the 7740X has a…
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Intel Skylake-X Will Have Delayed Availability, 18 Cores to Come Later
At Computex, Intel announced their new HEDT lineup. Made up of Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X, the new CPUs run from 4 cores all the way to 18 cores. Furthermore, the new chips will use the updated LGA 2066 socket and X299 chipset platform. During the launch, Intel was a bit vague…
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Intel Skylake-X, Kaby Lake-X CPUs Stick With TIM, Shun Solder
Last week, Intel released their long awaited Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X processors. Moving past the 10 core of Broadwell-E, the new HEDT platform features up 18 cores and 36 threads. Despite the high cost of some of these processors, Intel has decided to continue with a controversial practice. Even on…
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Intel Reveals X-series HEDT Platform With Up to 18 Cores
The desktop CPU space jolted back to new life when AMD released their Ryzen processors. Earlier in the month, AMD followed up on Ryzen and revealed their new High-End Desktop (HEDT) platform, the Threadripper. Along with the new X399, Threadripper offers up to 16 cores and 32 threads. Intel struck back this week…
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Intel Launching Coffee Lake CPUs Ahead of Schedule in Q3 2017
Last week it was reported that Intel has pushed the launch of the new “Basin Falls” X299 platform ahead of schedule from August 2017 to June 2017, but now according to DigiTimes, Intel is also pushing the schedule forward for the launch of Coffee Lake CPUs to Q3 2017 instead…
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Intel Core i7-7740K Kaby Lake-X Architecture Exposed
Are you looking forward to the next-generation of Intel processors? Or at least the next version of the current generation, it’s becoming hard to keep track of how Intel are branding their chips these days. The new generation of HEDT processors are set to launch in August, and slowly we’re…
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i7 7740K and Asrock X299 Spotted – The First Kaby Lake X CPU and Motherboard!
AMD may have been out stealing a lot of thunder with their new motherboards and CPUs this month, but Intel isn’t exactly sitting on their hands doing nothing. We’ve already heard a few rumours of the upcoming X299 chipset, which will bring support for the Kaby Lake X and the Skylake…
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More Intel i5 7640K and i7 7740K Details Emerge
Yesterday, some surprising rumours came out about Intel’s response to Ryzen. Due to the new threat posed by AMD’s new Zen architecture, Intel was reportedly preparing the i7 7740K and i7 7640K as their response. One of the interesting tidbits was that the i5 7640K would be featuring HyperThreading. Despite…
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Intel Skylake X and Kaby Lake X Details Leaked
With Kaby Lake desktop CPUs out now, the focus now turns to Intel’s other launches for the year. Following up on the X99 platform, we have Skylake X and Kaby Lake X HEDT CPUs arriving on the new X299 chipset. From earlier reports, we already know that the new CPUs…
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Intel Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X Expected at Gamescom
In a matter of weeks, both Intel and AMD will be releasing new CPU lineups. Intel has their new Kaby Lake chips which basically is Skylake on the new 14nm+ process. AMD has something more exciting with their new Zen architecture and 14nm process as well. However, there is another…
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Intel New HEDT X299 Chipset Platform Revealed
While much of the focus thus far has been on Kaby Lake, Intel also has other chips set to launch as well. Based off of previous generations, Intel usually releases the extreme HEDT platform a year after the mainstream launch. Since Skylake launched last year, it’s about time for Intel to…
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