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How CPUs are Designed, Part 3: Building the Chip
This is the third installment in our CPU design series. In Part 1, we covered computer architecture...
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The Best Gaming GIFs of 2012
It's been a heck of a year for games. We've had our highs and we've had our lows, but more important...
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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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Patched Desktop PC: Meltdown & Spectre Benchmarked
Following up to our initial testing of the Meltdown patch for Windows 10, today we're looking deeper...
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Pairing CPUs and GPUs: PC Upgrades and Bottlenecking
How bad is bottlenecking these days? Well, that all depends on how bad you are at pairing hardware....
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The First 10 Things to Do When Your PC Can't Run a New Game
You just got a new PC game! Hoo buddy, you are excited. You've been looking forward to this one for...
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The Five Stages of Video Game Disappointment
I didn't want to believe that Fallout 4, the sequel to one of my favorite games of all time, wasn't...
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Where to Watch Free Movies and TV Online
The spread of broadband Internet is changing the way we watch TV and movies. A lot of people are cut...
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Culture Smash: The State of PC Gaming in Japan
Cold rain drizzles outside. Inside, everything is pink, round, and frilly. The first floor of this o...
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The Homebrew Litecoin Mining Project
It's hard not to be intrigued by Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer digital currency devised by the mysteriou...
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4GHz CPU Battle: AMD 2nd
For the unaware, IPC (instructions per cycle) provides a good indicator of how fast a processor is a...
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The 10 Best Things About Building a New Gaming PC
Building a gaming PC can be time-consuming and stressful. There are a thousand things that could go...