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 ...

Valve's Steam Machine finally has a price, and it's a high one. But if you're handy with a screwdriver, you can roll your own ...

Getting that high-end graphics card might not help if you're "CPU-bound." Here's what that means and how to work around it.

I believe that my AMD Athlon XP2800+ is failing. I use my system mostly for Flight Sim. I do not want to do a full system upgrade till mid summer. I need a review of this plan: I plan to upgrade now ...

I have an HP Pavilion ze5501US notebook, which utilizes a 2.30GHz Mobile Intel Pentium 4. Per CPU-Z it's a Northwood model, socket 478 mPGA, 0.13 um. Sorry I don't have its S-code and manufacturing ...

The rumored Ryzen 7 lineup expansion suggests that Ryzen 7 7700X3D could arrive as a more affordable AMD X3D CPU option for gamers seeking strong performance without flagship pricing. As part of the ...

AMD just expanded its lineup of gaming CPUs, but it’s not a Zen 5 chip. Instead, AMD launched a new Zen 4 CPU, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Once again a Micro Center exclusive, the CPU could be an interesting ...

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