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 ...

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.

Budget motherboards are an upgrade trap: How cheaping out ruins your future PC build ...

I used to carefully compare components to build a PC, but now my wife's old Gigabyte MB with an i3 processor seems slow for her office tasks. It probably dates back about 8 years or so. I'd like to ...

I'm looking to upgrade my MotherBoard CPU and RAM.<P>Price range is $500-$700. I'm looking for a nice Athalon XP System with DDR memory... I'm wondering if dual procs is worthwhile... Wondering on MB.

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 ...

Minisforum has introduced the F1FGM MoTD motherboard, a new take on integrating mobile processors into desktop setups. This motherboard comes with the AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX, a mobile processor with 16 ...

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 ...

The Thermalright Contact Frame is an accessory that helps Intel processors sit more evenly on the motherboard, reducing bending and improving cooling.

TL;DR: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU failures have been linked to aggressive Precision Boost Overdrive settings and outdated BIOSes on ASRock motherboards. AMD urges users to update BIOS and highlights the ...