A comprehensive guide to the current crop of desktop CPUs, specifications and prices Editor’s Note: This story is a guide to the desktop processors available for purchase right now. For a look at what ...

However, when counting the pins, you will realize that the 2011, 2011-1 and 2011-3 actually have different pin counts. As far as I understand, all these sockets fit physically with the CPUs, i.e. you ...

Both Intel and AMD released dual-core desktop processors in 2005, but consumers are just now beginning to upgrade into the realm of increased hyper-tasking efficiency. The transition hasn't been ...

The Noctua NA-TPG1 is designed to stop you getting any goo lodged in the notches of your heatspreader when you apply thermal paste to your new AMD Socket AM5 CPU, acting as a thermal paste guard. AMD ...

I built a gaming PC for my son, and it kept having issues where it wouldn't boot. The solution each time was to remove and reinstall the CPU, it would then work for a while - weeks to months - and ...

AMD's all-new Zen 5 CPU core is going to debut with the launch of its "Strix Point" mobile processors in less than two weeks. However, those parts will largely be paired with soldered-down LPDDR5X ...

ASRock claims that the reason some owners of its 800-series motherboards have found their new PCs unable to boot, or even damaging their CPUs, is because of debris in the socket. Reportedly, after ...