The motherboard and processor are two of the most important hardware components inside the computer. The various pieces of hardware inside the PC communicate with one another through the circuits on ...

Recently, while I was away from the computer, the heatsink broke away from the processor(1.2TBird). Actually, the clipping that holds the fan in place broke, which in turn lead to the heatsink ...

If your CPU goes bad, or the socket on your motherboard supports a faster processor than what's installed in your computer, you might need to remove the current CPU to make room for a replacement.

AMD has just released its fastest processor yet after more than a half decade of research and development, and Intel’s Kaby Lake processor is now available in every form that matters for a PC ...

Fierce competition between Intel and AMD has pushed prices for many CPUs well below $100, making a processor upgrade more practical for older PCs. Three scenarios make a CPU upgrade worthwhile: Moving ...

Operating system patches alone can protect against the nasty Meltdown flaw affecting Intel processors, but fixing Spectre—Meltdown’s nasty sibling, which affects all CPUs—requires firmware updates for ...

Hey is this CPU gimped with updated motherboard settings from the issue intel had with these frying? What motherboard settings do I need to apply to get the full speed out of this cpu? Is there ...

AMD's CPU binning spree continues with the Ryzen 5 7500X3D, a cut-down, cache-heavy offshoot of the 7800X3D lineage. An OEM chip that somehow landed at retail, ...

A new rumor suggests that AMD is readying a new flagship Ryzen 9000X3D series processor to provide the best of both worlds for gaming and productivity. While rumors regarding Gorgon and Medusa Point, ...