Two of the basic components in any computer are the motherboard and the central processing unit. Both perform processes vital to running the computer's operating system and programs -- the motherboard ...

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 ...

A socket is a place that houses the computer processor. Not many would give this piece of hardware the importance it actually deserves. Well, the reason could be the less obvious functional impact of ...

AMD has just released its fastest processor yet after more than a half decade of research and development, and Intel’s Kaby Lake processor is now available in every form that matters for a PC ...

If you are building a PC you can just choose whatever motherboard fits into your case, right? Wrong, there's a lot more to think about. For the first part of this series go here. Anyone who's ever ...

You’ve got plenty of reason to build a new PC right now. AMD recently launched new Ryzen CPUs. For its part, Intel released its own fresh set of incredible desktop processors. And then Black Friday ...