Often, PC enthusiasts will speak of overclocking the way car enthusiasts discuss high-performance engines, with megahertz and voltage taking the place of horsepower and torque. Overclocking is often a relatively simple way to squeeze out extra performance from computer components; however, problems sometimes do arise. Luckily, most problems faced with overclocking are easily fixed with […]
Posts Tagged Under: CPU
How to Upgrade an Older PC
- Nigel Delmore
- 30th Nov 2018
- How-To
Your computer has faithfully been by your side for all these years. You can’t replace it (for whatever reason), but with Christmas coming up, you decide it’s time to give your little friend a much-deserved gift. Or maybe it’s frustrating you with sluggishness. Either way, you’ve got a great excuse to give it a little […]
The Sharks and Whales Update
- The Falcon
- 31st Oct 2018
- Logical Increments Updates
AMD has released two new 2nd-generation Threadripper CPUs (the TR 2920X and the TR 2970WX).
Adding the TR 2950X (and a Few Extra Details)
- The Falcon
- 5th Sep 2018
- Logical Increments Updates
Greetings! Major Change: The recently-available-for-purchase TR 2950X easily and smoothly replaces the TR 1950X in our Extremist tier. The 1920X stays put till the 2920X get released (rumoured to be in October). If the 2950X has not been released in your country, then the 1950X will remain till it is available.
Building a PC with the AMD Threadripper 2990WX
- Chris Cunningham
- 20th Aug 2018
- PC Builds
AMD are coming out swinging, and they’re out for Intel’s blood with the flagship Threadripper 2990WX! With a bonkers 32 cores and 64 threads, this is not a CPU for the casual gamer; it’s a workstation powerhouse, designed for when multi-core performance is king.
The Threadripper 2 Launch (a.k.a. AMD Flexes its Muscles)
- The Falcon
- 14th Aug 2018
- Logical Increments Updates
AMD launched two CPUs today. The first is the 2990WX, a gargantuan 32-core/64-thread CPU $1800 ubermonster that will give every Intel board-member nightmares for the next ~2 years. Yes, you read that right: Thirty-two cores! Barely 2 years ago, a quad-core was the standard, recommended CPU for most people, and this 2990WX behemoth does not […]
Data Transfer Rates Compared (RAM vs PCIe vs SATA vs USB vs More!)
- Chris Cunningham
- 7th Aug 2018
- How-To
In the big wide world of hard drives, SSDs, RAM, VRAM, fancy CPU tech, and more—we felt it was about time to have a bit of a deep dive into data transfer rates. That way, even if you’re working from an example PC build in our main build chart, you’ll know exactly what kind of […]
Building a PC with the Intel i3-8300T
- Chris Cunningham
- 17th May 2018
- PC Builds
April brought us the official release of the full range of 8th-Gen Intel CPUs, including the i3-8300T. As such, it seems only right that we take a look at what we can build with this power-efficient CPU!
Logical Increments Intel Coffee Lake Update
- The Falcon
- 2nd Nov 2017
- Logical Increments Updates
In early October, Intel launched its new Coffee Lake lineup of CPUs. In many ways, it’s a very exciting launch, with the entire range of CPUs receiving a core count upgrade for the first time since 2009. However, the launch has also been plagued with some issues. Namely, availability has been extremely limited, with the […]
Intel Core i3-8350K vs. i5-8400 vs. Ryzen 5 1500X
- fore1gn
- 24th Oct 2017
- PC Hardware Comparison
Intel’s new Coffee Lake processors have been very competitive with AMD’s Ryzen, as we previously pointed out in our i7-8700K and i5-8600K comparisons against the competition. Finally, we turn our attention to the 4-core 4-thread i3 line. In this article, I’ll be comparing what we know about the i3-8350K against AMD’s price equivalent, the Ryzen […]