Core i7

New MacBook Airs Get Hit With a Thunderbolt

Apple’s brought both sizes of the MacBook Air line straight up to what you’d expect from a laptop in 2011, adding a Thunderbolt port, but more importantly some sweet Sandy Bridge i5 and i7 chips—and backlit keyboards. The addition of the super-fast Thunderbolt port will future-proof any Thunderbolt-enabled gadgets you purchase in the future, and…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Fastest Mac Ever: The Latest iMac Smokes High-End Mac Pros (Most of the Time)

The newest iMac to hit the market, with an Intel 3.4GHz Intel Core i7 processor and 256GB SSD build-to-order option, is officially the fastest mac ever shipped. It even beat out a top-of-the-line Mac Pro Xeon 6-core. This generation’s iMacs were the first to have an SSD option, and the speed boost shows in the…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Digital Storm’s New Gaming PCs Use Sub-Zero Liquid Cooling System for Insane Overclocks

>Digital Storm has unveiled their latest line of custom gaming PCs, which employs theSub-Zero Liquid Chilled System, allowing for Intel Core i7 processors to be overclocked at a blazing 4.6 gigahertz while remaining at an icy 0ºC. The scary thing is that in the press release, Digital Storm suggests it could be overclocked beyond 4.6…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Alienware M11x Adds Core i7 Power

Dell’s Alienware M11x already offered up some potent graphics, especially for a laptop of its size. Now—just a few months after release—the M11x is getting a Core i7 CPU upgrade that makes it a powerhouse in every sense. While we’d heard before about the Core-i bump, the M11x will also get Nvidia Optimus, a system…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Intel Shrinks Core i7 CPUs For Ultrathin Laptops

Intel expanded its processor family today with six new chips, each designed to make ultraportable notebooks thinner, lighter, and with 32% better performance. We’re talking laptops less than an inch thick with ULV Core i7 inside. We’re talking MacBook Air. The MacBook Air’s been long overdue for a refresh, especially after its regular-sized cousins so…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Alienware’s 11-Inch M11x Netbook Getting Core i7 Upgrade Next Month?

Courtesy of a Dell representative who let a little too much information loose in a video interview with Shufflegazine, we now know that its gaming arm Alienware is readying an Intel Core i7 netbook next month. Along with the i7 chip, i3 and i5 processors will also be on offer for the “netbook,” which will…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Core i7 MacBook Pro Could Make Water Boil

PC Authority was putting their new 17-inch, Core i7 MacBook Pro through their typical battery of benchmarks. Then, the chassis grew hot and a series of strange errors began to occur. The only way they could complete the testing was to turn the MBP on its side. The problem had to be heat. So PC…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Little MacBook Pro’s Weak Upgrade, Explained

The 15- and 17-inch MacBooks Pro got new Core i5 and Core i7 processors. They are, in a word, realdamnfast. The 13-inch MacBook Pro did not. Why? Simply, because everything wouldn’t fit. [Ars] https://gizmodo.com/new-macbook-pros-feature-core-i5-and-i7-processors-5515928

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Fastest Gaming Processors for Any Budget

If you don’t have the time to research the benchmarks, fear not. Tom’s Hardware has come to your aid with a simple list of the best gaming CPUs offered at each and every pricepoint. Before You Read the List The big news in March was the introduction of the worlds first hexa-core CPU for the…

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Rumor: New MacBook Pros Next Tuesday?

New MacBook Pros have been a long time coming, but Macworld Australia has apparently heard from sources that new MacBook Pro models will be announced next Tuesday, the 13th of April. No further evidence has come to light suggesting this is true, apart from Best Buy magically disappearing away the 15-inch model on its site,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Intel’s Overclockable Core i7 Chips for Gamers Go Vroom Vroom Even Easier

Two of the more interesting Core chips in the pipe from Intel, at least for gamers: The 32nm Core i5-655K (dual core), coming in June, and the 45nm Core i7-875K (quad core), coming in July, both have unlocked multipliers, meaning it’s way easier to overclock the crap out of ’em. They will be expensive. [DigiTimes]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Gaming PCs With Intel’s Core i7-980X Extreme Edition

Intel’s Core i7-980X Extreme Edition is six-cored, twelve-threaded, and starting to show up in a lot of gaming rigs by some popular builders: https://gizmodo.com/intels-6-core-gulftown-gets-tested-blows-us-away-5491045 Alienware Origin PC Digital Storm CyberPower Maingear This is definitely only the first wave of rigs powered by this chip, so there’s no need to rush out and shop just yet,…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Rumor: Hexacore i7 Mac Pro Coming Next Tuesday

ZDNet is receiving tips claiming Apple will upgrade its Mac Pro line with an Intel Core i7-980x chipset, which certainly isn’t the first time we’ve heard Core i7-shaped gossip. Supposedly it’ll all be unraveled next Tuesday, the 16th of March. [ZDNet via BGR] https://gizmodo.com/macbook-pro-core-i5-and-core-i7-processors-rumored-to-a-5416500

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Newegg Confirms That Counterfeit Intel Core i7 Processors Were Shipped

There have been allegations that someone’s been supplying online retailer Newegg with fake Intel Core i7 processors and then proceeding to threaten anyone who reports on the issue. Here’s what Newegg has to say: https://gizmodo.com/a-bizarre-story-newegg-fake-core-i7-processors-and-a-5488106 Newegg is currently conducting a thorough investigation surrounding recent shipments of questionable Intel Core i7-920 CPUs purchased from Newegg.com. Initial…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

A Bizarre Story: Newegg, Fake Core i7 Processors and a Cease & Desist Order

I forgive the dude’s annoying narration because he just received a fake Intel Core i7-920 processor from Newegg. A Newegg supplier, D&H Distribution, sent them 300 fake processors in a batch of 2000. And threatened sites who reported it. UPDATED. Several people received demonstrably fake Core i7 processors from Newegg, like the guy in this…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

HP ProBooks Get Prettier Inside and Out

HP’s ProBook s-series wants to be your everything: punchy enough for work, stylish enough for home. And with a new brushed aluminum industrial design and Core i3/i5/i7 processing power, they may just bridge that gap. HP’s rolling out four new ProBook models, ranging from the 13.3-inch 4320s to the heavy-duty 17.3-inch 4720s. In addition to…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Digital Storm’s BlackOPS PC Can Probably Run Entire Star Destroyers

Like Darth Vader’s underpants, the new Intel Core i7 and i5-based Digital Storm BlackOPS PCs are made of lusty black aluminum. Also like Darth Vader’s underpants, they are liquid cooled. There are three models available, starting at $1,709 with the 2.66GHz Core i5-750 and ending with the 3.2GHz Core i7-960. They can pack up to…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Nvidia Optimus Switches Seamlessly Between Amped Up and Power-Sipping Graphics

We’ve seen a ton of Core i5 notebooks recently, all loaded with Intel’s impotent integrated graphics, which are part of the chip. Now, Nvidia’s Optimus enables PCs to switch automatically between Intel’s crappy integrated graphics and Nvidia’s beefier graphics cards. Optimus is a new technology that allows Intel’s integrated GPU to coexist with a discrete…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Are These the First Core i7 MacBook Pro Benchmarks?

There’s a pretty gnarly GeekBench result running around which appears to be for a new model MacBook Pro—6,1 to be exact—running a crazyfast 2.66GHz Intel Core i7 620M, one of the Arrandale chips Intel announced at CES. https://gizmodo.com/new-core-i7-i5-and-i3-processor-family-did-we-mentio-5442659 MacBook Pros are definitely in need of fresh guts, and the obvious choice for chips are from…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Dell Precision M6500 Hops On USB 3.0 and Core i5/i7 Trains

Dell’s Precision M6500 is the next in an increasingly long line of notebooks upgrading to Core i5, but it’ll be one of the first to also ship with an optional USB 3.0 port. The Precision M6500 currently ships with a quad-core i7 for $2,750, but starting late February you’ll be able to configure it to…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Core i7

New MacBook Airs Get Hit With a Thunderbolt

The Fastest Mac Ever: The Latest iMac Smokes High-End Mac Pros (Most of the Time)

Digital Storm’s New Gaming PCs Use Sub-Zero Liquid Cooling System for Insane Overclocks

Alienware M11x Adds Core i7 Power

Intel Shrinks Core i7 CPUs For Ultrathin Laptops

Alienware’s 11-Inch M11x Netbook Getting Core i7 Upgrade Next Month?

Core i7 MacBook Pro Could Make Water Boil

The Little MacBook Pro’s Weak Upgrade, Explained

The Fastest Gaming Processors for Any Budget

Rumor: New MacBook Pros Next Tuesday?

Intel’s Overclockable Core i7 Chips for Gamers Go Vroom Vroom Even Easier

The Gaming PCs With Intel’s Core i7-980X Extreme Edition

Rumor: Hexacore i7 Mac Pro Coming Next Tuesday

Newegg Confirms That Counterfeit Intel Core i7 Processors Were Shipped

A Bizarre Story: Newegg, Fake Core i7 Processors and a Cease & Desist Order

HP ProBooks Get Prettier Inside and Out

Digital Storm’s BlackOPS PC Can Probably Run Entire Star Destroyers

Nvidia Optimus Switches Seamlessly Between Amped Up and Power-Sipping Graphics

Are These the First Core i7 MacBook Pro Benchmarks?

Dell Precision M6500 Hops On USB 3.0 and Core i5/i7 Trains

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Kash Patel’s Email Account Hacked, Iran-Linked Group Takes Credit

Repair Workers Accidentally Stumble Upon Lost Remains of Legendary ‘Fourth Musketeer’

Dreame Aero Pro Wet Dry Vacuum Mop Drops 20% Shortly After Launch in the Spring Cleaning Sale

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Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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