When upgrading or building a computer, folks will from time to time make a few mistakes, and one of the most common mistakes is inserting the memory module in the wrong RAM slot. This usually leads to ...

Going as far back as I can recall, CPUs came in packages with pins on the bottom and laid flat on the motherboard. Then for a while, they had contacts along the edge and stood perpendicular to the ...

Upgrading CPUs in office computers makes a great deal of sense given that while CPU technology has advanced greatly, other components live longer lives before they become obsolete. Upgrading poses a ...

Upgrading your processor often feels like upgrading your smartphone—it's exciting to unlock new performance capabilities, but it comes with a frustrating reality: you will probably need a new ...

I'm looking for a mobo/CPU/RAM upgrade for a secondary PC I which currently use for Linux. It currently has a very old Socket FM2+ mobo w/ an A-series APU and 16BGB DDR3 which I got for free. I intend ...

A comparison of all currently available PC CPUs was more than overdue and although it’s a horrible amount of work I felt forced to finally do one after Intel released not only a CPU for the high end ...

Back in 2021, Samsung announced the industry’s first High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) based DDR5 memory, the use of which doubled the speed of DDR4 while reducing energy use by 13%, with Samsung’s DDR5 ...

They haven't shown their age yet, but that day is coming fast ...