The performance gains you get with modern chips aren't as noteworthy as they used to be.

Modern processor design typically tends to err these days towards overclocking only really being an ultimately beneficial/required pursuit of the enthusiast-level user. Even I can confirm that I’ve ...

Overclocking is largely safe for enthusiast-level computing or PC gaming, but it will reduce the overall lifespan of your CPU ...

The RTX 4080 is less than a week away from launch and sure enough, we are starting to see more benchmark leaks. Despite the considerable spec difference between the 4080 and 4090, some early gaming ...

An increasing number of people are now gaming on PC, with estimates suggesting that more than a billion people play games on computers — a significant amount more than those who play games on consoles ...

What just happened? Intel launched its new Core Ultra 200 series "Arrow Lake" desktop CPUs earlier this week, and extreme overclockers are already pushing the chips to their limits. Renowned ...

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Matthew is a PC Hardware Writer at XDA, having previously written for Digital Trends, Tom's Hardware, and other publications since 2018. He's mainly interested in the three way fight between AMD, ...

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A YouTuber built a system with a Core 2-era Xeon with 4 cores, 8GB of DDR2, and a Titan V GPU to see what a top-of-the-line ...