Category: Computing Components

Intel Core Ultra 9 285 leak reveals spec of tamed Arrow Lake flagship CPU – and its potential performance levels

Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285 CPU is the subject of the latest Arrow Lake leak, and a sighting of this processor in Geekbench gives us some purported specs, and a glimpse of the potential performance on offer – with a caveat. The Geekbench 6 result was flagged up on X…

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The best SSD just got better, as Samsung reveals its 990 EVO Plus

 Samsung has launched its 990 EVO Plus SSD, designed for gamers, creatives, and professionals. The 990 EVO Plus seems a worthy follow-up to its predecessor, the 990 EVO (which already has a spot in our best SSDs list). It’s more power-efficient, supports PCIe4.0, has expanded storage capacity, and is more…

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The Nvidia RTX 5090 and 5080 specs may have leaked, and the 5080’s VRAM might be a huge disappointment for gamers

While there have been many leaks, rumors, and reports surrounding Nvidia’s upcoming flagship RTX 5090 and the 5080 graphics cards, we now have some definitive specs thanks to a recent and massive leak. Well-known and reliable Nvidia leaker kopite7kimi posted on their X (formerly known as Twitter) account specs for…

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Is Intel’s nightmare finally over? One last patch could fix 13th-gen and 14th-gen CPU instability issues

Intel has finally brought the investigation into its problematic 13th and 14th-gen CPUs to an apparent close, with a final summary of four main factors that caused the instability issues, and the revelation that an additional patch is required to remedy the fourth stumbling block. VideoCardz noticed that Intel’s Communications…

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Someone built a system with Intel’s first CPU that’s half a century old, and it can boot Linux – if you have a spare week to wait

Wish your PC booted up faster? Well, if you think your computer has a sluggish startup time, how about waiting the best part of a week for the machine to boot? That’s the length of time a Linux PC powered by an ancient Intel CPU will keep you tapping your…

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The Intel Core Ultra 5 245K, a budget CPU, blows past more expensive chips in new multi-core benchmark score leaks

There have been plenty of leaks surrounding the Intel Core Lunar Lake series and its capabilities, but a new CPU-Z benchmark result for the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K Arrow Lake desktop processor has leaked, and they’re quite impressive so far. According to popular Chinese hardware leaker ECSM_Official, the Intel…

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