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How To Choose A CPU

The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is your computer’s brain. It plays a huge role in determining overall performance. When ...
Learn how to use the Core Temp application to monitor your CPU temperature and prevent overheating on Windows 11.
CPU manufacturers are particularly fond of publishing the maximum boost clock as the highest single-core frequency achievable ...
What is the best CPU cooler? The key to a good CPU cooler, for most people, is that it should not only keep your CPU cool but remain quiet while doing so. Some users may prefer all-out cooling ...
Nearly three years after launching a model powered by a 12th-gen Intel Core “Alder Lake-U” processor, MSI has introduced the MSI Cubi 5 1M as an updated model with Intel Core 100U series “Raptor Lake” ...
Intel’s next-generation mobile processor, “Panther Lake,” builds incrementally on the excellent “Lunar Lake” chip populating laptops right now. But there’s something odd afoot: a “16-core, 12 Xe ...
For years, "integrated graphics" technically lived near the CPU – but not on it. Early PC platforms paired a CPU with a northbridge chipset containing a GPU, and later, some products placed a GPU on ...
If you're a Windows user that's looking for a PC version of the Apple Mac Mini, then one of the most popular models has dropped in price. Amazon is offering Prime members the AceMagic Vista Mini V1 ...
AMD now has Ryzen 100 Zen 3+ CPUs, Ryzen 10-series Zen 2 CPUs alongside Ryzen AI 300, 9000, 8000, and 7000 series. Phew.
We use computers close computerA device that processes information by following a set of rules called a program., computing devices and computer systems close computer systemA series of connected ...
You can't buy a more powerful gaming platform than a tricked-out desktop. Here's everything you need to know, part by part, to pick the right prebuilt gaming PC, plus current favorites culled from PC ...
Earlier this year, I impulse-bought a tiny, inexpensive desktop PC for research purposes. I didn’t expect it to change my entire computing setup. But here I am now, using the $319 Beelink SER5 Mini PC ...