Most like every computer user would love to have the best processor available. Unfortunately it isn't always practical. While there may be a reader or two who goes for it, the rest of us can only dream about the Intel Core i9-7980XE. Yes, that's a link to Amazon...
We first got CPUs with two cores and even ways to split those cores into two threads each. Then we got quad core chips that could run eight concurrent threads. That has been the high-end of the mainstream for quite some time. Sure, there was a chip here and there...
If you've purchased a computer in the past few years, you most likely got a processor with four cores. This means CPU can perform four tasks at the same time. Some of those processors allow hyperthreading which splits each core into two pieces. On a hyperthreaded...
Readers are always asking if I can recommend a computer for them. In short, I can't. I don't sit down in front of the thousands of variations out there to know which is best. What I can share are the parts that you give you a great computer. At the heart of any...
