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Save big on the Intel NUC 12 Pro with a limited-time $270 discount for Prime members

If you've been looking to upgrade your workstation, this limited-time deal is the perfect chance you need.

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The Intel NUC 12 Pro i7 is a powerful mini PC that's designed with one of the best CPUs for exceptional productivity, speed, and performance. And the good thing is, it's now $270 cheaper, for Prime members (it's $190 off for everyone else). This mini Windows PC is one of the best machines from Intel, and it comes with enough power to serve both home and office environments.

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Intel's Core i9 processors are at record lows with up to $113 off for a limited time

There are also some fantastic deals on Intel Core i7 and Core i5 processors.

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Intel's been producing some amazing chips for the past couple of years, really raising the bar, delivering products that are reliable, versatile, and extremely powerful. Intel's 12th Gen Core i9-12900KS processor features 16 cores, with the total being split between eight performance cores (P-core) and eight efficiency cores (E-core). When it comes to boost performance, you're looking at 5.2Ghz, and you'll get 30MB of Smart Cache, 14MB of L2 cache, and support for lightning fast DDR5 memory.

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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs. Intel Core i7-13700K: Which mid-range CPU should you buy?

Which chip should you pick in the battle of the best midrange CPUs?

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If you’re in the market for a mid-range CPU today, you have quite a few good options. Both AMD and Intel have multiple mid-range CPUs competing against each other, but there are a couple of options that stand out. Intel has its 13th Gen i7 champ, the Intel Core i7-13700K, while AMD has the brand new X3D option, the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. These two are rather close in terms of performance and price, so it’s easy to wonder which one is the right pick for you. Here’s how the Ryzen 7 7800X3D and the Core i7-13700K stack up against each other.

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Samsung Galaxy Book Flex 5G is the first laptop with Intel's 11th Gen Core processor

Following the recent announcement of Intel's 11th-Gen Tiger Lake processors, Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Book Flex 5G featuring the new chips.

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Following the recent announcement of Intel's latest 11th-Gen Tiger Lake processors, Samsung has unveiled the new Galaxy Book Flex 5G — an Intel Evo verified laptop featuring 11th-Gen Core i5 and i7 processors. The new Galaxy Book 5G is Samsung's first 5G enabled laptop, which features a minimal thin-and-light design with a 360-degree hinge and a 13.3-inch FHD (1920x1080p) touch screen panel.

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Intel announces 11th Gen Core i3, i5, and i7 “Tiger Lake” processors

Intel has announced its 11th Gen Core i3, i5, and i7 aka Tiger Lake mobile processors with Intel Xe integrated graphics.

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Intel is advancing its Core-branded lineup of mobile processors with the new Tiger Lake series that succeeds the Ice Lake processors. The Tiger Lake processors are based on Intel's new Willow Cove Core microarchitecture and feature Intel Iris Xe graphics. Tiger Lake processors are produced using their third-generation 10nm node called the "SuperFin" technology, and laptops running on their processors are expected to hit the market by the end of 2020.

XDA Takes on Ryzen: In-Depth Look of AMD's AM4 Processors On Linux

Daniel puts AMD's new Ryzen 7 & Ryzen 5 processors to the test. How does it stack up against Intel and the previous gen FX-8350?

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In 2016 readers wanted to know how AMD's FX processors performed when it came to Linux and Android building - and thanks to the folks at AMD we were happy to find out and share the results with you. The lessons we learned from that article helped us learn how to better configure our systems and realize build times far better - our FX-8350 build times dropped by over 50% thanks to your tips! But even then we reached a wall. AMD's performance, while better than expected, felt like it had room to improve in comparison to its competition in Intel.