Intel gains momentum on major retailers as aggressive price cuts boost Intel CPU sales. Amazon US Sells Nearly 7800 Units of Intel CPUs in August 2026, Helping the Company Climb From Nearly 10% Share to Over 20% For over a year, we saw Intel staying close to a 10% share, if not under 10%, when it came to shipping its desktop CPUs. This trend was particularly consistent for several months on Amazon US, but things changed drastically last month. Remember the aggressive price cuts by Intel on its latest Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs? Yes, that had an immense impact on […]

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This is the best deal on Intel CPUs yet, and if you were waiting to build a PC, now is the right time. Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus Drops To Just $139, The Lowest Since Its Launch We never imagined that Intel could be so aggressive in pricing its latest processors. While it is unable to beat AMD CPUs in the desktop market, it's able to secure a few of the best positions in the best-selling CPUs list at major retailers. Pricing plays a big role in helping Intel's processors to achieve more sales and better positions, but Intel […]

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Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus & Ultra 5 250K Plus are now available below MSRP and come with a brand new game bundle. Intel Core Ultra 200S Price Drop & New Game Bundle: 270K Plus Now at $290 US, While 250K Plus Starts at $194 Last month, Intel CPUs received a price hike, which was unexpected. This led to higher prices on the recently launched Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and the Core Ultra 5 250K Plus. These two CPUs are designed with value in mind, and these price hikes meant that the value proposition was reduced compared to […]

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So, it's true that Intel increased the prices of these processors, but they didn't disclose the reason publicly. Intel Confirms Price Hike for Core Ultra 200S Plus Series by $30-$50; Says, "Rising Supply Chain Costs" and "Strong Demand" are the Reasons for the Hike Recently, we spotted changes in the recommended customer price for some Intel Arrow Lake chips, particularly the Core Ultra 200S "Plus" series. The price hike was sudden and unexpected. However, it wasn't a mistake on Intel's part, as it has finally confirmed that the price hike is official. That said, the new processors will now officially […]

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Unlike the non-Plus variants, the Core Ultra 200S Plus CPUs are witnessing a good demand, but Intel just made them more expensive for the consumers. Intel Quietly Raised Core Ultra 7 270K Plus From $299 to $349 While Core Ultra 5 250K Plus Received a $30 Price Hike The recent price hike could raise the actual retail prices for these products, and this will position the Core Ultra 200S Plus chips in a more difficult position, given they are still not on par with the Ryzen 9000 series when it comes to sales. Launched nearly one year after the debut […]

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The newest Core Ultra Series 2 chip offers superior raw performance at lower power consumption vs Raptor Lake Refresh's flagship chip. Core Ultra 7 251X Beats Core i9 14900HX At 50W and 70W TDP, But Shows Regressions When Compared to Core Ultra 7 255HX The Arrow Lake-HX lineup was expanded a month ago with the introduction of the Core Ultra 7 251HX. The processor sits between the Core Ultra 5 245HX and the Core Ultra 7 255HX, offering an 18-core configuration as a result of a 6+12 core arrangement. With two fewer Performance cores than the Ultra 7 255HX, one […]

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Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K CPU reaches another fantastic value proposition, hitting $259 at Microcenter, but a delidded version costs twice as much. Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is an Uber CPU Value for just $259 at Microcenter The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is currently the best value option in the Intel CPU family. It offers 24 cores, and its performance more or less matches the 285K with technologies such as BOT (Binary Optimization Tool), offering a nice boost in games. At launch, the CPU was priced at $299, and while it did see an initial price hike […]

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The flagship CPU that Intel never released, the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus, has now been benchmarked & gives us an idea why it never entered retail segments. Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus Would Had Performed Similar To The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, Leaving No Choice But To Scrap It The Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus was going to be the flagship chip within the Core Ultra 200S Plus "Arrow Lake Refresh" family. This chip was expected to retain the same configuration as the Core Ultra 9 285K, & would've offered 24 cores and 24 threads. The clock speeds were […]

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It's just another rebranded Arrow Lake-HX CPU with "Ultra" missing in its name, but this will confuse many. Intel Launches a Non-Ultra Arrow Lake-HX CPU With Specs Identical to Core Ultra 5 235HX in the Core 7 Arrow Lake Series Intel just silently released another Arrow Lake SKU, but it has got one of the most confusing names in the family. Unlike how Intel usually brings SKUs under different families, this one shares its naming convention with two different families. As a part of the Arrow Lake-HX family, Intel launched the Core 7 245HX, which sounds noticeably different than usual […]

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A user reports how his CPU appeared as a bigger model in most hardware identifiers, but it wasn't the reality. CPU-Z, BIOS, and Even Windows Identified Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus as Ultra 7 270K Plus, Despite Showing 18-Core Configuration A Chiphell user reports that he recently purchased the Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus, a new Arrow Lake Refresh SKU that boasts more cores than the 245K. However, when he switched his motherboard from Colorful to GIGABYTE, an unusual behavior was observed. While his CPU box clearly mentions "Core Ultra 5 250K Plus", his CPU kept getting detected […]

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Another high-performance Arrow Lake HX SKU was quietly released, and the official page has revealed its official specifications. Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX Launches Officially: 6 Performance and 12 Efficient Cores, Up To 5.1 GHz Turbo, and 3 Xe3 GPU Cores Intel just silently rolled out a smaller sibling of the Core Ultra 7 255HX. If you remember, the Core Ultra 7 251HX was spotted nearly two weeks ago in some laptop listings, and turns out, it's a real processor indeed. We checked and found that Intel has officially launched it without any announcement, and the product page is live […]

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After patching the BIOS, the user managed to make the Bartlett Lake P-core-only chip work on the conventional LGA 1700 platform. Intel Bartlett Lake P-Core Only Core 9 273PQE Finally Booted into Windows Through Tricking the Firmware on Z790 Motherboard Overclock user Kryptonfly was the first enthusiast to turn on his system using the Bartlett Lake CPU on a conventional Z790 motherboard. You might already know that Intel's Bartlett Lake CPUs aren't supported on consumer LGA 1700 motherboards, despite sharing the same pin layout as the Raptor Lake CPUs. As there are no BIOSes from motherboard vendors that can support […]

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