Upgrading your PC can be a rewarding experience, and much cheaper than paying a techie to do it for you. You need to work carefully and understand how to perform the ...

Adrian has been a tech enthusiast since the 90s with a particular passion for gaming that developed thanks to his first gaming outings on Pong, Zork and Space Invaders. In the years that followed he ...

Guide to Installing a Processor and Heatsink Correctly Author: Greg Monkiewicz e-mail: [email protected] Version: 0.10 Last updated on: April 10, 2005 ----- Contents: ----- 1. Intro 2. Placing the ...

This article is the third in a series of how-to stories on building a computer. For a video version of part three, click here. After seating the motherboard it’s time to install the CPU, or the brains ...

I just got a new Dell 1300 Poweredge server to use as a dedicated DL server and Folding machine. The thing is that the machine only came with 1 cpu and I want ot add a second one. So, I have some ...

The first CPU cooler I ever installed was an AMD reference HSF when I upgraded my Athlon XP processor to a superior model. It was in fact my first ever PC upgrade. I remember carefully (and perhaps a ...

I have a HP DL380 G8 that currently only has one CPU installed, E2609 V2. I have purchased a second E-2609 CPU for it along with the additional 2 fans and heatsink but when I install the CPU, the ...

The firmware patches designed to protect Intel processors against nasty Spectre CPU exploits have a big downside: They’re forcing more frequent reboots and other performance issues on some systems, ...