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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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What is a Checksum, and What Can You Do With It?
You're about to click on a download button and notice a weird looking code next to it. It doesn't se...
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Cost Per Frame: Best Value Graphics Cards in Early 2023
With the recent launch of new GPUs from both AMD and Nvidia, it's time to take a look into what grap...
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21+ Programs to Analyze and Benchmark Your Hardware
You've just bought a new gaming desktop, or a laptop for the office. Maybe you've upgraded your comp...
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CPU and GPU Availability and Pricing Update: March 2021
CPU and graphics card pricing and availability are still a mess, but is the situation improving? Can...
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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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Ryzen 5 3600 vs. 3600X: Which should you buy?
We were among the first publications to review the Ryzen 5 3600 and at $200 we found the 6-core, 12-...
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Explainer: What is SSD Trimming?
Have you ever noticed when you go into Windows to optimize your storage drives, it says retrim for S...
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Boutique PC Builders vs OEM Pre
With the shortage of graphics cards, which are currently selling at several times their MSRP, even g...
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FreeSync and G
Adaptive sync display technologies from Nvidia and AMD have been on the market for a few years now a...
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What Happened Last Time AMD Beat Intel?
Seeing how quickly AMD Ryzen processors are flying off the shelves, it's not hard to see the desktop...
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2016's $400 GPU vs. 2019's $400 GPUs
Something we've been hearing a lot this year is that PC gaming is not in great shape, how there's a...