After months of sky-high price leaks and hand-wringing by the tech press over how much more expensive the new chip would be, Intel’s 12th-gen Alder Lake CPUs are here and the the prices are surprisingly friendly. If you don’t already know, the flagship 16-core Core i9-12900K will cost $589, the 12-core Core i7-12700K will cost […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547558/intels-12th-gen-pricing-is-aggressive-af.html
Intel opened its Intel Innovation conference Tuesday by finally unveiling what everyone has been waiting for: how fast its new 12th-gen “Alder Lake” desktop Core chips will be, and how much they’ll cost. The flagship, the Intel Core i9-12900K, will be the “world’s best gaming processor,” Intel executives said; it will be priced $50 higher […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/546076/intel-alder-lake-12th-gen-core-speeds-prices.html
Intel has unveiled the first major update to its eXtreme Memory Profile (XMP) technology since the standard was introduced in 2007, bringing more profiles and (finally!) the ability to name them, too. XMP 3.0 will be introduced alongside DDR5 memory modules and increases the number of available factory profiles up from two to three. You […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547528/intels-xmp-memory-overclocking-gets-its-first-substantial-upgrade-since-2007.html
Got an iPhone that isn’t functioning exactly as it should? Or maybe an iPad or some other kind of Apple mobile device? Don’t take it into a shop for expensive servicing. First, try to repair it yourself with AnyFix, an ingenious software title that’s able to rectify hundreds of common issues. You just connect your Apple […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/545689/repair-over-130-common-iphone-problems-with-anyfix-now-just-40.html
Horror games are a dime a dozen. Scary horror games, good horror games—well, those are much rarer. We’ve rounded up some of the best horror games ever made, running the gamut from big-budget extravaganzas released this very year to… text adventures. Yes, seriously. Turn out the lights, put on some headphones, make sure you’ve got a spare pair […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/436006/15-terrifying-pc-horror-games-to-play-with-the-lights-off.html
If you need a ton of storage for all those 4K videos or the multiple computers in your house, B&H Photo and Video has the deal for you. Today only, the retailer is selling a 12TB WD Elements external hard drive for $190. That’s $120 off the asking price and much better than the $250 […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547708/this-massive-12tb-external-drive-is-just-190-but-only-for-today.html
If you want “one of the best webcams out there” at a jaw-droppingly low price, today is the day. Amazon is selling the Razer Kiyo Pro 1080p webcam for $130. That’s $70 off the MSRP, and the all-time low. We reviewed the Kiyo Pro in March, giving it 4.5 out of 5 stars and an […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547716/the-fantastic-razer-kiyo-pro-webcam-is-at-its-cheapest-price-ever-at-130.html
AMD on Tuesday indicated that it’s far better positioned for the fourth quarter of this year than Intel, as executives noted that the company has invested in securing manufacturing capacity during the supply-chain crunch. Specifically, AMD chief executive Dr. Lisa Su said that the company expects sales of its semi-custom products to increase sequentially as […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/547583/amd-buys-its-way-out-of-the-pc-chip-crunch.html
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 lay at what can be considered the sweet spot in gaming performance: good thermals, great performance, and theoretically decent pricing. With recent MSRP and street pricing raging out of control, are they still attractive choices? Which is the best graphics card for you? Let’s look at their […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/544303/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3070-vs-amd-radeon-rx-6800-which-gpu-should-you-buy.html
This is our first look at an NVMe SSD from Corsair. In fact, it’s our first look at any sort of Corsair SSD in over seven years. And apparently we’ve been missing out, because the Corsair MP600 Pro XT is an absolute barn-burner. This PCIe 4.0 SSD hangs with and sometimes bests the fastest drives […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/544102/corsair-mp600-pro-xt-nvme-ssd-review-top-dog-performance-wet-or-dry.html