Published May 1, 2026, 7:01 PM EDT After a 7-year corporate stint, Tanveer found his love for writing and tech too much to resist. An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building PCs, watching anime, or playing Smash Karts on his RTX 3080 (sigh). I'm not one to glaze Intel CPUs when they have been mired in controversy and subpar generational improvements for the last two years. Many Raptor Lake CPU owners suffered lasting damage to their chips due to an overvoltage bug, which severely damaged confidence in the company's products. Then, the Arrow Lake CPUs disappointed everyone with poor gaming performance and stability issues. So, you'd be forgiven for ignoring Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs , but it's not hyperbole when I say that these chips are about to break new ground for Chipzilla.…