If you're looking for the latter, we think this mini PC that's powered by an Intel Core i9 processor is going to be right up ...

Let's get some baseline specs out of the way, shall we? The Core i9-14900KS is a 24-core/32-thread processor with 8 P-cores clocked up to 6.2GHz, 16 E-cores maxing out at 4.6GHz, and 36MB of L3 cache.

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If you're building a new PC for the upcoming school year, we've got nice prices on high-quality processors from Intel and AMD.

Intel said it is working with select PC vendors to build gaming PCs with warranty-backed, delidded Core i9-14900KS chips inside, allowing them to reach fantastically high clock speeds.

The Megamini G1 is a mini marvel packing decent power, peak sustained performance (thanks to liquid cooling), and all the I/O you’ll ever need for work and play in a tiny chassis.

Equipped with an RTX 4090 and a 13th-Gen Intel CPU, the gaming beast costs at least $3,400 right now. Meanwhile, an Alienware Aurora R16 with an RTX 4090 and an Intel Core i9-14900F costs $2,800.

Powered by the latest 13th Generation Intel Core i7 processor and equipped with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card, this desktop delivers seamless and immersive gaming experiences.

At CES 2025, Intel let journalists into its private “Innovation Showcase,” where we saw things like prototype next-gen laptops and giant stereo 3D handheld gaming PCs.

Compared to even the last-gen Raptor Lake flagship, the Core i9 14900K, Arrow Lake CPUs like the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K underperform significantly as gaming CPUs, and that's before we consider AMD.