AMD recently released its Ryzen 9000-series processors, which brought the company’s new Zen 5 CPU architecture to desktops for the first time. But we (and multiple other reviewers) had issues getting ...

A new Intel Core Ultra update is coming that will address some of its disappointing performance issues, according to reports from a PC overclocker. The microcode update will apparently patch Intel's ...

Intel’s Core Ultra 200S desktop processors—the company’s biggest overhaul of its desktop platform since 2021—consume less power and run a lot cooler than the company’s 13th- and 14th-generation Core ...

A computer is a lot like an ecosystem. When all its components are functioning in a harmonious balance, a PC can whiz along at top speed, crunching calculations, booting games, and performing other ...

PC bottleneck detection helps pinpoint which component limits performance when games stutter, apps lag, or multitasking feels sluggish. Many slow PC diagnosis issues surface through simple observation ...

When Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K arrived and hit the benchmarks this fall, reviewers noticed that the Arrow Lake flagship CPU put up mixed results. It handled certain compute workloads with ease but ...

Nearly a decade on from its release, the AM4 socket continues to be relevant not just in benchmark charts, but also in sales. The CPU many consider to be the gaming GOAT, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, ...

Better performance doesn't always mean newer hardware.