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How USB Works: From 'Plug and Pray' to Being Everywhere
For a quarter of a century, the USB port has been a faithful old friend. Connecting and powering our...
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Explainer: L1 vs. L2 vs. L3 Cache
Every single CPU found in any computer, from a cheap laptop to a million-dollar server, will have so...
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Then and Now: How 30 Years of Progress Have Changed PCs
The humble personal computer has been a part of our lives, directly or indirectly, for nearly five d...
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Explainer: Number Representations in Computer Hardware
As Shakespeare would have it, "that which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet...
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What is Vcore and How Does It Help with Overclocking?
Why it matters:Vcore, or core voltage, is the voltage that is supplied to power your CPU. The amount...
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Analyzing Graphics Card Pricing: October 2018
Graphics card prices have come down significantly since the start of the year when the mining craze...
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AMD Ryzen 5000 IPC Performance Tested
Today we'll be taking a look at Zen 3's IPC performance. IPC stands for "instructions per cycle" and...
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Anatomy of a Graphics Card
Almost every desktop PC has one. They have billions of transistors, can use hundreds of watts of pow...
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Can You Build a Gaming PC for $500?
In a world where a decent graphics card can cost the same as a new cutting-edge console, you'd be fo...
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How CPUs are Designed and Built
We all think of the CPU as the "brains" of a computer, but what does that actually mean? What is goi...
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Graphics Card Pricing Update: December 2018
Time is running out for 2018, so this will be last update to our series that explores graphics card...
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Battlefield 2042 CPU Benchmark feat. 128
Today we're taking a look at CPU performance in Battlefield 2042 and this may well be the most diffi...