Your computer's central processing unit, or CPU, is designed to run at a certain speed. However, some CPUs can be pushed a little farther, giving you more performance for your dollar. This is called ...

To get more performance from your aging computer or push a new computer to its limit, give overclocking a shot. Overclocking a CPU can help you get more performance from your system without spending ...

Overclocking has been done to CPUs since the days of the original Pentium, and is a common "do-it-yourself" performance boost used by gamers and consumers. While it's not for all form factors of ...

The Asus M4A79T Deluxe is an evolution of the AM2+/DDR2 M3A79-T Deluxe we liked very much. We've already looked at the M4A79-T and found it follows in the same stead with a great BIOS that's easy to ...

I had a feeling that 2018 would be all about frequency boosting, and while AMD's 2nd Generation Ryzen CPUs also sport lower latencies and higher frequencies as standard, boosting is definitely at the ...

If you've got relatively modern hardware in your PC and want to get more performance out of it, undervolting your GPU is a ...

AMD's recipe for its X3D CPUs that offer a dollop of 3D V-Cache has always been straightforward. You take an existing CPU, drop some L3 cache on top of a die, then lower its clocks and TDP to ...

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D owners will want to replace it with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the latest flagship gaming CPU, at least according to an AMD executive. The "overclocking factor" of the 9800X3D is ...

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Your computer's central processing unit, or CPU, is designed to run at a certain speed. However, some CPUs can be pushed a little farther, giving you more performance for your dollar. This is called ...