CPU Buyer’s Guide 2025: Cores vs Clocks, Cache, Power Limits, and Real-World Performance
This is the CPU buyer’s guide I wish every builder would read before spending all that money. In this deep dive into CPUs in 2025, […]
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Intel Panther Lake Deep Dive: Intel on 18A
Panther Lake is Intel’s first mainstream client platform expected to lean fully into the company’s post-FinFET playbook: RibbonFET transistors, PowerVia backside power delivery, heavy use […]
PCIe Explained: From 1.0 to 8.0 — Bandwidth, Bottlenecks, and the Road to 9.0
PCIe Explained: From 1.0 to 8.0 — Bandwidth, Bottlenecks, and the Road to 9.0 PCIe is the plumbing of modern PCs. GPUs, SSDs, NICs, capture […]
Which CPU Should You Buy? The 2025 Mega Guide to Cores, Cache, Memory & Real-World Performance
This expanded edition turns the guide into a lab manual. You get engineering explanations in long-form paragraphs, then reproducible procedures: how to measure cache residency, […]
The CPU Buyer’s Guide (2025): Cores, Cache & Platform Longevity for Desktop and Laptop
TL;DR: Forget spec-sheet bingo. The right CPU in 2025 is a balance of three levers—core mix (big vs. efficiency cores), cache (especially for games), and […]
CPU bottlenecks explained: how to test and fix them (without guesswork)
TL;DR A CPU bottleneck isn’t a moral failing or a mis-buy; it’s the point in a pipeline that limits frame delivery or task throughput right […]