Computers offer greater value when you can keep them running for a long and productive working life. Replacing your CPU's current processor with a faster upgrade can enable you to extend the ...

If your motherboard is being conservative with its default settings, your CPU might operate well below its true potential.

Smart upgrades can transform your gaming PC. Learn the best PC components for 2025 and get performance tips from this gaming ...

Although GPUs are often the focus for gaming, CPUs are perceived as an important upgrade too. According to AMD and Intel, we all need the fastest Ryzen 7 5800X3D or the Core i9-12900KS to get truly ...

The Ryzen 3 1200 is at least a 4c/4t processor. It's not particularly high end but should at least meet the min requirements for a lot of games. It should be pretty similar to the i3-9100 my son had ...

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 ...

Some laptops let you upgrade the memory or storage… although that’s a feature that’s becoming less common on modern thin and light notebook computers. But very few laptops support CPU upgrades — ...

Although the CPU is soldered on, the L2 cache is a slot-removable scheme, and engineers managed to put a G3 upgrade there. Sonnet, the defunct Vimage, and the also defunct Newer Technology all made ...

20 years ago, I was a pretty prolific PC-builder, if I do say so myself. Various EDN hands-on projects were the primary motivation; my late-1999 article, for example, showcased Intel’s SE440BX and ...

Macs are fantastic personal computers. From the pixel perfect displays of the Retina iMac, to the compact power of a Mac Mini, these devices are fantastic to use and have proven very durable over the ...

Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 200K Plus 'Arrow Lake-S Refresh' CPU leaks: Core Ultra 290K Plus, 270K Plus, 250K Plus have ...

Yep, we're talking about CPU bottlenecks again. The B word is one of the scariest things for the average gamer, so much so that people waste too much time on bottleneck calculators without ...