A cooler upgrade is particularly worthwhile when new processors are installed or older systems are subjected to higher loads.

The Ryzen 3 1200 is at least a 4c/4t processor. It's not particularly high end but should at least meet the min requirements for a lot of games. It should be pretty similar to the i3-9100 my son had ...

Although Apple would like you to believe that the smoothest road to a faster Mac is paved with the latest iMac, Power Mac G4, iBook, or PowerBook, purchasing a new computer every few months is hardly ...

If your motherboard is being conservative with its default settings, your CPU might operate well below its true potential.

Intel this week defended its fee-based processor upgrade program, saying it is a way to add incremental performance without having to tear the system apart for a CPU upgrade. Intel is selling ...

CPU shopping now means weighing performance against platform costs and upgrade paths. With memory prices high and Intel's sockets aging fast, value depends on more than ...

The decision whether to upgrade an aging PC or scrap it in favour of a new one is always tough, but the Evergreen Performa 1 GHz processor upgrade is an easy and cost-effective option - for some users ...

Gaming PCs It's that classic Prime Day conundrum of 'Do I buy a big boi RTX 5090 graphics card or an entire Ryzen 9800X3D, RTX 5080 gaming PC with a monitor to boot?' Hardware If you're planning on ...

Although GPUs are often the focus for gaming, CPUs are perceived as an important upgrade too. According to AMD and Intel, we all need the fastest Ryzen 7 5800X3D or the Core i9-12900KS to get truly ...

hey, I might be getting my brother's old Dell desktop which is a slot 1 PIII 550 mhz computer. Is it possible to upgrade this proc with a 1.0 coppermine? I forget the name of the core on the 550, but ...