Be aware, PC builders. It seems a fair few motherboards are having physical compatibility issues with multiple brands of CPU coolers. Most of the motherboards affected are Asus branded, but for anyone ...

Overview Intel Z790 Chipset offers robust support for DDR5 memory and PCIe 5.0, ensuring future-proofing for high-end gaming ...

But not everything about PC building brings unbridled joy. Some connectors on the motherboard have tested the patience (and ...

Overclocking is a surprisingly easy way to get extra performance out of your hardware without building a new PC, and it's doable on everything from CPUs and GPUs to RAM and displays. If you can get ...

Rahim is a Senior Tech/Commerce Writer at Valnet and builds PCs & networking solutions on demand. Whether It's your GPU, CPU, Display, or just an SSD upgrade, expect him to have a well-researched ...

Graphics Cards Best graphics cards in 2025: I've tested pretty much every AMD and Nvidia GPU of the past 20 years and these are today's top cards Processors Best CPU for gaming in 2025: These are the ...

CPU_FAN and CPU_OPT are entirely different and serve distinct purposes in the context of a computer cooling system. CPU_FAN or CPU Fan Header is the primary 4-pin fan header on a motherboard, and it ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Startup security processor developer Cavium Networks Inc. will announce a partnership with Abit Computer Corp. this week, under which Abit will add Cavium's Nitrox Lite security ...

One unlucky PC builder in South Korea has managed to lose three Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs to the same ASRock B850 Pro RS motherboard — and none of it involved overclocking.

Hi all, if I want to upgrade my older machine (I have a newer one but am still using the older one) so that I can upgrade it to Windows 11 the "legit" way instead of like this, what kind of ...