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Overclock at your own risk: Intel axes its overclocking warranty

Intel’s Performance Tuning Protection Plan allowed you to replace a chip you blew up overclocking once for $35. Intel Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld’s Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect’s Editors The days when you could overclock your Intel “K” or “KF” chip with impunity, while liquid nitrogen vapor wafted…

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Intel 670p SSD review: Faster where it matters

Intel pulls consistent, competitive performance out of this single-sided QLC NVMe unit. Intel Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld’s Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect’s Editors It’s glad tidings that the Intel 670p SSD finally makes 4-bit QLC NAND perform well enough to compete with TLC NVMe drives. The drive had…

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Intel is already testing its Xe HPG gaming GPU in 3DMark

New GPU, new benchmark. Gordon Mah Ung/IDG Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld’s Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect’s Editors Gamers, start revving those graphics engines. Intel may have started shipping its debut Xe discrete graphics cards to partners two weeks ago, a major milestone for the company—but those GPUs are…

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Intel sounds the death knell for its 9th-gen Core chips

You’ll have until the end of 2021 to receive shipments of 9th-gen Core chips, though orders will be cut off much sooner. Mark Hachman / IDG Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld’s Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect’s Editors Intel has formally given notice that its 9th-generation “Coffee Lake Refresh” desktop…

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