Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Why it’s a bad time to buy an expensive gaming processor

Intel’s new Rocket Lake processors hit stores this week, which means every serious PC gamer will be asking themselves an important question: is it time to upgrade your CPU?

I personally think it’s a bad time to invest in an expensive gaming processor, and that’s not because of this year’s silicon chip shortage. 

While the Intel vs AMD tussle has seen some of the most fierce competition in the desktop CPU market in yonks, I’m unconvinced by the generation-on-generation performance leap I’ve seen during testing. 

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