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An image of an ASUS Z790 motherboard bios running a Core i5 13600K

My motherboard was feeding my CPU too much voltage, and one BIOS tweak fixed it

An AMD CPU box on a desk next to a keyboard and deskmat.

AMD's Ryzen 7 5700X hits $159, and it's a great option for budget PC builders

ryzen 7 box inside cable sleeving supplies

Undervolting my Ryzen 7 5800X3D taught me that lower voltage doesn't have to mean lower performance

Battlefield 6 on a monitor with PresentMon

This overlooked metric can reveal CPU bottlenecks that GPU usage alone can't

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Your CPU's integrated graphics can handle more than you think, and most people never turn them on

Intel Core i7-6700k

Intel's 8th-gen CPUs are the most underrated used chips you can buy

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My RTX Spark laptop runs Cyberpunk and Forza without a hitch, but Windows on Arm still can't shake its x86 baggage

Can Windows improve before x86 catches up? It's unlikely.

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By  Adam Conway
A person gaming on an MSI laptop at a wooden desk next to a red MSI dragon mascot toy.
MSI Crosshair and Stealth: Desktop-replacement power for gaming, AI, and more
MSI

This article sponsored by MSI

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Your CPU predicts the future to speed things up, but its wrong guesses open the door for hackers
Windows 11: Everything you need to know

Processors can guess ahead to boost performance, but it has security downsides

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By  Tanveer Singh
Halo Infinite running on a PC
Your CPU has less than 4.2ms to keep up at 240FPS, and that's harder than it sounds
GPU

Hitting 240FPS is only half the battle.

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By  Hamlin Rozario
A person holding a bunch of N100 systems
The N100 may be outdated in 2026, but it’s more than enough to power Docker home servers

Outdated or not, the N100 handles Docker home servers better than it should

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By  Ayush Pande
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Your “high performance” power plan might be hurting your CPU's gaming performance

If you own a dual-CCD X3D Ryzen, your high performance power plan may be costing you

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By  Ty Sherback
Close-up of a CPU power cable with a gaming PC in the background
Your CPU power cable is still split into 4+4 pins due to a Pentium 4-era leftover
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Posts 2
By  Tanveer Singh
Surface Laptop Ultra-3
Nvidia RTX Spark and Surface Laptop Ultra: Your questions answered

Everything you wanted to know

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By  Rich Woods
An image of an Intel Core i5 9600K.
The RISC vs CISC debate is dead because both sides stole each other's best ideas
CPU

You may have heard that x86 is RISC on the inside, but what does that mean exactly?

Posts 2
By  Adam Conway
Close-up of an Intel 12th Gen processor installed on a motherboard
Intel's 12th Gen CPUs have become the Windows 10 of PC hardware, and nobody is in a hurry to leave
Intel

Alder Lake owners are finding it hard to justify an upgrade

Posts 6
By  Tanveer Singh
An image of a Ryzen 7600X CPU.
I stopped buying F-series CPUs, because integrated graphics has saved me far more than the $20 discount
AMD

Is the compromise worth the dollars?

Posts 5
By  Abhinav Raj
An image of Intel Core i9 14900K in a CPU socket on a motherboard
Your CPU still boots up pretending to be a 1978 Intel chip, and Intel gave up on removing it
Intel

Both Intel and AMD CPUs pretend to be an Intel 8086 when they boot up, and Intel gave up on getting rid of it.

Posts 7
By  Adam Conway
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I handed a worst-case scenario to Intel's cut-down iGPU, and its gaming performance still surprised me

Panther Lake's iGPU capabilities are quite impressive

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By  Ty Sherback
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (2)
Qualcomm once tried to license x86 from Intel when it was trying to enter the PC space

Intel said no, we like losing market share

Posts 2
By  Rich Woods
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X CPU in a B650 motherboard.
AMD's Ryzen 5 7600X drops to $142, a rare discount on this budget gaming powerhouse

Be quick or you'll miss it

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By  Timi Cantisano
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6 "old" CPUs worth buying in 2026 because they work with the RAM you already own
AMD

Don't waste money on inflated DDR5 systems

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By  Tanveer Singh
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6 CPUs that are officially too old in 2026

It might be the end of the line for your trusty ol' CPU

Posts 27
By  Tanveer Singh
An NZXT monitor showing a Ryzen 5 7600X clocking 5.2GHz.
CPU overclocking isn't dead, most people just aren't touching the one setting that still boosts performance
AMD

It's not about bumping clock speeds anymore

Posts 2
By  Abhinav Raj
Image showing an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU installed on a motherboard.
Undervolting my CPU was one of the best system "upgrades" I've ever made

A small tweak breathed new life into my CPU

Posts 2
By  Ty Sherback
An Ryzen 7000 series processor with an NZXT AIO.
Your CPU has been thermally throttled since day one, and one BIOS setting fixes it
AMD

It's the performance trick AMD doesn't advertise, and my Ryzen proved why it matters

Posts 10
By  Abhinav Raj
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