It's a tricky time in the computer world, and nobody's quite sure what the future will hold when it comes to chip pricing. If you've been thinking about building your own PC, you should jump on ...

Budget-bound gamers: This processor is an excellent option for an Intel-based entry-level gaming PC. Its relatively high clock speed, accompanied by a relatively dense core count, enables it to run ...

I can't fathom what AMD was thinking when it gave this CPU a bizarrely inflated $279 price tag when it first launched in 2024, but I'm very glad to see that the price has now plummeted to a much more ...

AMD desktop processors are available across two platforms: socket AM4 and socket AM5. Both of these sockets are still going pretty strong, and the company is offering deals and discounts for both as ...

TL;DR: AMD's Ryzen 5 5500X3D, a new Zen 3 processor, shows strong synthetic performance with Geekbench scores of 1936 (single-core) and 9292 (multi-core), outperforming the Ryzen 5 5500 by up to 13%.

As newer, more efficient silicon manufacturing processes have gotten more expensive and difficult to develop, chipmakers like Intel and AMD have repeatedly rebranded some of their older processors ...

November 15, 2025: With this update, we added the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K as our latest Best Mainstream CPU (Intel), replacing the Intel Core Ultra 5 265K. Our remaining picks have been vetted for ...