Intel's socket 1156 specifications call for CPU heatsink mounting holes that are 3mm closer than the original Core i7's, we're told to minimize the amount of flex in the motherboard when the heatsink ...

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The Cebit 2009 is just around the corner and already a few interesting infos are being leaked. Like the following picture of the LGA 1156 socket for the upcoming Core i5 from Intel: This one is of a ...

The Intel Core architecture is one that has not always been a performance leader. The original Core CPUs were decent, but not that great. Starting with the Conroe based Core 2, things changed. We saw ...

There's been a lot of mystery surrounding Intel's upcoming 14th generation Meteor Lake CPUs. Reports have varied from being on schedule later this year to replace Raptor Lake to being mobile-only or ...

Intel's mainstream Nehalem derivative - Core i5 - is believed to be hitting the market sometime in Q3 this year, and though we've already seen leaked CPU speeds and pricing, we can't seem to recall ...

Performance Summary: We have a number of different performance comparisons to consider here. First, we have the Core i5 and Core i7 800 series performance comparisons versus the legacy Core 2, socket ...