MSI is updating its small form-factor Vortex G25 gaming PC with a new model sporting an Intel Core i7-8700 Coffee Lake processor. The new MSI Vortex G25 features an Intel Z370 motherboard and Intel’s recently announced 6-core, 12-thread chip. While that’s not the most powerful processor in Intel’s new 8th-gen Core lineup, it’s a pretty […]
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Intel launches 8th-gen Core “Coffee Lake” chips for desktops: more cores, more overclocking, still 14nm
11 Comments on Intel launches 8th-gen Core “Coffee Lake” chips for desktops: more cores, more overclocking, still 14nmIntel’s 8th-gen desktop processors will hit the streets October 5th. The new processors, formerly known by the codename “Coffee Lake” include the first Core i3 desktop chips with 4 CPU cores and the first Core i5 desktop chips with 6 cores. Overall, Intel says its Coffee Lake chips will offer up to a 25 percent […]
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8th-gen Intel Core desktop chips go hexa-core
Intel’s first 8th-gen Core processors may be quad-core laptop chips code-named “Kaby Lake Refresh,” but the company also plans to launch the first 8th-gen desktop chips this fall. And box art for new Core i5 and Core i7 processors posted to the Intel website confirm something we’d been hearing about the upcoming desktop chips: they’ll […]
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Intel’s 8th-gen Core chips for laptops have twice as many cores, up to 40 percent better performance
3 Comments on Intel’s 8th-gen Core chips for laptops have twice as many cores, up to 40 percent better performanceIntel’s first 8th-gen Core processors are set to hit the streets in September, and for this launch, Intel is taking aim at notebooks. The new Intel Core i5-8250U, Core i5-8350U, Core i7-8550U and Core i7-8650U chips are 15 watt, quad-core processors with support for hyperthreading. So while they’re manufactured using the same 14nm+ process as […]
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HP launches ProBook 400 G5 business laptops with Kaby Lake Refresh chips
HP is updating its business laptop lineup with new 13.3 inch, 15.6 inch, and 17.3 inch HP ProBook 400 G5 series laptops. As usual, the model I’m most interested in is the smallest, which is the 13.3 inch HP ProBook 430 G5 notebook that measures 12.8″ x 9.2″ x 0.8″ and weighs about 3.3 pounds. […]
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Some more Kaby Lake R laptop leaks (Acer, Asus, and HP)
We already know Acer and HP have laptops with Intel Coffee Lake chips on the way. But in addition to the upcoming HP Envy 13 and Acer Swift 3 with Coffee Lake, it looks like we can expect a new 14 inch Coffee Lake Kaby Lake Refresh laptop from Asus (which also features NVIDIA graphics) and at […]
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HP Envy 13 notebook with Coffee Lake chips leaked (by HP)
With Intel set to unveil its 8th-gen Core processor lineup in a few days and the IFA technology trade show coming up at the end of the month, you can probably expect to see PC makers announce a whole bunch of new and updated laptop and desktop computers in the coming days. Case in point: […]
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8th-gen Intel laptop chip details leak (4-cores, 15 watts, big performance gains)
Intel is set to officially launch its 8th-gen Core processor family on Monday, August 21st. But details about the new chips, code-named Coffee Lake, have been leaking for months. While many of the details we’ve seen so far have been about the company’s new desktop-class processors, now we have some new details about some of […]
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Intel’s first 10nm+ chips will be based on Ice Lake architecture
When Intel takes the wraps of its 8th-gen Core processors next week, the company will be launching its 4th generation of chips to manufactured using a 14nm process. But it looks like Intel is almost ready to make the move to 10nm. A page on the Intel website reveals that the “successor to the 8th […]
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Intel 8th gen Core chips to launch August 21st
Intel will officially launch its 8th-gen Core processor family on August 21st. Code-named “Coffee Lake,” this is the fourth generation of chips from Intel to be built on a 14nm process, but according to a series of leaks in recent weeks we should be able to expect improved performance thanks to increased clock speeds and […]