The speed of a processor strongly determines a computer's performance, whether it is a desktop PC for business, a smartphone or Web server. Chip makers rate their processors according to the clock ...

I am toying with the idea of buying a NUC for HTPC and console emulation duties. Thing is, an Android TV stick/box does almost everything I need of it and at a quite satisfactory level, and the ...

Last year I built a PC with an i3-6100. I don't use it for gaming, but with 8gb RAM and a SSD the thing has been nice and snappy for common pc tasks. I was looking at the new Kaby Lake CPU's and have ...

AMD has been unafraid to push back against the long-standing dominance of Intel in the CPU arena by talking up both the value-per-dollar and high-end performance delivered by their latest Ryzen ...

AMD's X570 chipset uses so much power, it's actually making the CPU look much less efficient than it is. Some X570 boards are also using far more power than others. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

An important factor to consider when deciding to purchase any laptop computer is the characteristics of the central processing unit, or CPU. Most processors found in consumer-grade notebooks are made ...

Leaked images of a purported Intel Granite Rapids Xeon 9000 CPU socket have been put under close scrutiny. It is estimated that the socket is a massive 1.7X larger than the current gen Intel Sapphire ...

Neither of these high-end processors comes cheap, but both are top choices to power your ultimate gaming or content-creation PC. We've done the tests and here's how they stack up on performance and ...

PC Desktop computers are one of the best platforms to customize, upgrade, and set one's preferences on, as different parts to combine can make one's work or gaming setup fulfill its functions. Two of ...

The MaxxPI² benchmark is again very intriguing as the AMD Phenom II X4 965 processor cleans up in the multi-threading test, beating even the Core i7 920 processor with a calculation time of just 10.9 ...