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4GHz CPU Battle: Ryzen 3900X vs. 3700X vs. Core i9
IPC stands for "instructions per cycle" and it can be a good indicator of a processor's architecture...
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Anatomy of a CPU
The CPU is often called the brains of a computer, and just like the human brain, it consists of seve...
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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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Is the Ryzen 3 3300X Better Value than the Ryzen 5 3600?
Today we're revisiting AMD's budget-oriented Ryzen 3 3300X. This Ryzen 3 CPU thoroughly impressed us...
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Why Building a Gaming PC Right Now is a Bad Idea, Part 2: Insane Graphics Card Prices
We're hardly two weeks into 2018 and it's been a wild ride for the tech industry already (CES notwit...
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Blasts From the Past: TechSpot Staff's Favorite Tech of the Last Decade
In the world of tech, change is constant. R&D relentlessly pushes the limits of size, performanc...
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Revisiting the GeForce GTX 680: GTX 1050 Ti
After recently retesting the GeForce GTX 580 eight years after its release, we thought it would be i...
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider: A Ray Tracing Investigation
Critically-acclaimed game Shadow of the Tomb Raider has been updated to receive support for both Dir...
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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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Building a Budget PC: Should You Buy a Used Graphics Card?
At a time when graphics cards are extremely overpriced, AMD's new Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G of...
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What's Thermal Throttling and How to Prevent It
Heat is an inevitable byproduct of work. It's generated when you start a car's engine, go for a bris...
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Using a PlayStation 4 Controller with Your PC
Microsoft's Xbox controller has been the default gamepad for PC gamers for some time now, but you ma...