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The Curse of 12th Gen C-States
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The Curse of 12th Gen C-States

Discover why Intel’s 12th-14th gen CPUs, like the i3-12100, falter in homelab power efficiency, idling at 30W+ with PCIe devices due to a C-state flaw. Meanwhile, the older i9-10850K shines, dropping to 20W at idle.
03 Jun 2025 9 min read
Ace Magician AD03 Review: A Solid Intel N95 CPU Mini PC
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Ace Magician AD03 Review: A Solid Intel N95 CPU Mini PC

I bought an Ace Magician AD03, but should you?
06 Mar 2023 8 min read
Intel Arc A380 Review - Impressive, But Not In the Way You Think
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Intel Arc A380 Review - Impressive, But Not In the Way You Think

TL;DR: For media encoding/transcoding, this thing is a godsend, with some caveats. However, if you are just going after a smooth, seamless experience with your GPU, don’t buy this card, at least not yet.
18 Nov 2022 5 min read
vGPU (SR-IOV) with Intel 12th Gen iGPU [Updated Jan 2025]
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vGPU (SR-IOV) with Intel 12th Gen iGPU [Updated Jan 2025]

Virtualize Intel iGPU for multiple VMs for hardware accelerated graphics and media encode/decode.
14 Nov 2022 13 min read
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