Over the years, I've moved from custom-build PCs to pre-built. I'm no longer familiar with CPU and motherboard technology. I have a simple question about upgrading my processor for Windows 11, without ...

I need to confirm what CPU my motherboard can support. I have a Gigabyte Aorus Ultra Lite motherboard. It has an LGA1700 socket with the Z690 chipset. It currently has a 12th gen i3 CPU. With the ...

In this article, we will talk about when you should upgrade the motherboard. A motherboard is a main printed circuit board (PCB) in computers that contains all hardware and hardware components, such ...

The motherboard is probably the most complex PC component to upgrade, but modern operating systems and standards have taken much of the pain out of swapping in a new one. (Even so, ancillary issues ...

Intel is testing a processor-upgrade program that may alienate the power users it hopes to attract. The Intel Upgrade Service pilot is a retail store offering that boosts the performance of select ...

AMD's Ryzen 7000 processors launched to critical acclaim, including from us at Digital Foundry, but the high prices of the CPUs - and of the required DDR5 RAM and X670 motherboards - made it difficult ...

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The Core Duo processor from Intel may not have been the first multi-core processor available to consumers, but it was ...

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The Pentium III: Already An Oldie? It seems these days as if Intel would prefer phasing out the Pentium III immediately in favor of the Pentium 4. Intel is indeed increasing its efforts to make the ...