For a lot of people, one of the best parts of getting a new CPU to upgrade or to build a new PC is to overclock the heck out of it. It’s a hobby that’s existed for about as long as computers, and why ...

In anticipation of the official launch of the Raptor Lake Refresh series, various entities, including reviewers, retailers, and overclockers, are conducting rigorous testing on these new CPUs. This is ...

Editor Note: Intel or GIGABYTE did not sanction this preview in any way. We are posting this well ahead of launch since some other well-known tech sites have already covered Ivy Bridge performance and ...

If I'm being honest the Kaby Lake launch at the start of the year was a bit of a damp squid. I'm aware that's not the traditional phrasing, but the Intel Core i7 7700K bears more relation to a soggy ...

The Intel Performance Maximiser software is now available to download. This free automated overclocking tool allows any owner of an unlocked K-series Intel 9th Gen Core processors to dynamically ...

To preface this article, I’d like to recommend checking out our in-depth look at Intel’s latest microarchitecture, Clarkdale, which was posted earlier this week. Nehalem for everyone is finally here, ...

Overclocking is the process of increasing the system’s clock rate at a speed higher than the factory-certified configurations. In simple words, the clock rate is an indicator for the processor’s speed ...

We're revisiting Intel's locked Alder Lake CPUs with a special sneak peak of an upcoming MSI motherboard that's capable of making some of our favourite current generation processors much faster. For ...

So after I made that last video on overclocking the Asrock Z68 Fatal1ty Professional Gen 3 to 4.8GHz, I got some requests on how to hit the magical 5GHz mark so I spent the better part of the weekend ...

Out of the box we threw the DeepCool Captain 120 EX on the Core i7-7700K and measured the idle and load temperatures. At idle the CPU ran at 31 degrees and load temps went as high as 77 degrees. The ...

Let's start at the very beginning. Overclocking, a term which you've probably heard used by enthusiasts and high-end system builders, involves running a hardware component at a greater speed than it ...