Are expensive hardware upgrades solving the wrong problem? Many gamers experience performance issues and immediately assume their hardware is the cause. They notice stutters, input lag, or ...

PC bottleneck detection is made simple using Windows tools to find CPU, GPU, RAM, or storage limits and fix slow PC ...

The Thermalright Contact Frame is an accessory that helps Intel processors sit more evenly on the motherboard, reducing bending and improving cooling.

A new Intel Core Ultra update is coming that will address some of its disappointing performance issues, according to reports from a PC overclocker. The microcode update will apparently patch Intel's ...

Identifying indicators early can prevent headaches and help you address the root issue.

AMD recently released its Ryzen 9000-series processors, which brought the company’s new Zen 5 CPU architecture to desktops for the first time. But we (and multiple other reviewers) had issues getting ...

After arriving two weeks late, AMD's Ryzen 9000-series desktop processors disappointed some buyers and reviewers due to lackluster performance. Now, the company has addressed those issues with several ...

Fixing the problem of the CPU being Stuck at low clock speed in Windows requires changes to the Power Management and Processor State settings, along with identifying software conflicts as detailed ...

A computer is a lot like an ecosystem. When all its components are functioning in a harmonious balance, a PC can whiz along at top speed, crunching calculations, booting games, and performing other ...

When Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K arrived and hit the benchmarks this fall, reviewers noticed that the Arrow Lake flagship CPU put up mixed results. It handled certain compute workloads with ease but ...

This seems to be a recurring theme with AMD CPU releases, needing weeks or months after release for drivers, BIOS, Windows OS to catch up with the design changes. If you wait awhile then they're ...