What to do if your Intel CPU keeps crashing
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Despite being among the best processors you can buy, some high-end Intel CPUs have faced a wave of instability over the past few months. Intel …
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It’s time to stop ignoring the CPU in your gaming PC
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends There’s one thing that will strike fear into the heart of any PC gamer: a CPU bottleneck. It’s unimaginable that you wouldn’t get the full …
How to choose a CPU in 2024: processor buying guide
Searching for a new CPU in 2024 presents you with excellent options for powerful processors, budget chips that punch well above their weight, and some incredibly efficient options that are …
What is CPU cache, and is it important?
AMD’s 7800X3D and 7950X3D hold the top spot in CPUs for gaming, not because they have the most cores or the highest clock speeds, but because they have the most …
AMD Zen 5: Everything we know about AMD’s next-gen CPUs
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends AMD Zen 5 is the next-generation Ryzen CPU architecture for Team Red and is slated for a launch sometime in 2024. We’ve been hearing tantalizing …
The best budget CPUs you can buy in 2024
Modern processors are exceedingly powerful, but you don’t have to buy a flagship design to get a great chip. The best budget CPUs can hold their own and punch well …
It’s time to stop believing these PC building myths
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends As far as hobbies go, PC hardware is neither the cheapest nor the easiest one to get into. That’s precisely why you may often run …
Best tools to stress test your CPU
Running a CPU stress test tool is a great way to break in a new processor, test an overclock, see how capable your cooling is, or just make sure your …
These 5 PC upgrades are the biggest money wasters
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Upgrading your PC is a good way to give it some extra juice without having to spend money on a whole new build. Unfortunately, that’s …
Do CPUs require drivers? | Digital Trends
Your CPU is an important component in your PC, so like graphics cards, it should probably have its own CPU drivers, right? Not in this case. While there are drivers …