If you’ve got any interest in gaming PCs and their components you have probably wondered what a CPU does. We’re here to break it down for you. CPUs are a component that almost all gamers will be ...

Fire up the 2013 remix of the Eagles "Desperado". Listen to the beat: That's 60 beats per minute, or to an engineer, 1 Hertz (Hz). Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" is around twice that. It sounds fast, but ...

‘CPU’ is an acronym which stands for central processing unit and, in a broad sense, it does exactly what it says on the tin, working as the main component responsible for processing information in ...

What's a CPU made of? What's the difference between a CPU and a GPU? Read our layman's overview of the central processing unit, or CPU. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a ...

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 cache. But what is CPU cache, anyway?

Intel XTU is an application that allows you to manage your computer’s performance. If it is overheating, you can undervolt the CPU; if you think performance is an issue, you can overclock it. In this ...