An MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z owner sent their $5,000 GPU for repair after damaging it while "practicing" soldering a resistor on the board.

Today the embargo has lifted on AMD's new Ryzen 3800XT and 3900XT processors. Almost identical to their non-XT counterparts, Luke dives deep into the behaviour of these two CPUs, looking at boost ...

AI-powered overclocking is changing how performance tuning works by removing guesswork from CPU and GPU optimization. Instead of manual voltage tweaks and repeated stress tests, machine learning ...

Overclocking used to be easy, man. Just move a jumper, fiddle with a DIP switch; did it boot? Hallelujah! Things haven't been that simple in a long time, but they've gotten even more complicated with ...

When you think of overclockers, you probably imagine some obsessive tech nerd coming up with an elaborate contraption to boost CPU or graphics card speed. And that’s absolutely true… but sometimes ...

It's possible to speed up old USB devices that utilize USB 2.0 ports, which operate at lower speeds than USB 3.0 and newer standards. You can do this through overclocking, which, if you don't know, ...

In context: Introduced in 2020, the DDR5 SDRAM standard expanded the limits of memory frequency, data transfer, and overclocking potential compared to DDR4. A newly validated record pushes the ...

Want to squeeze more performance from your CPU? Learn how to overclock your processor to safely boost speed and performance. Palash has been writing about technology (and entertainment) for over a ...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 introduces a fair few new mechanics to the series, and one of the most impactful is the ability to overclock specific pieces of equipment. The system is as simple as it is ...

If you want to get the most out of your graphics card, there are two methods you should consider: overclocking and undervolting. Both can significantly improve the performance of your PC, especially ...

The integrated heat spreaders put on CPUs at the factory are not the most thermally efficient material you could have on there, but what are you going to do—rip it off at the risk of killing your $500 ...

Robbie has been an avid gamer for well over 20 years. During that time, he's watched countless franchises rise and fall. He's a big RPG fan but dabbles in a little bit of everything. Writing about ...