Upgrading your CPU is among the costly parts of your computer maintenance. As such, it is important to know when the time is right for you to make the investment. Even more important than that, it is important to know which CPU to spring for once you have decided that an upgrade is necessary.
We have compiled a list of tests that indicate when to upgrade your CPU. If it does turn out that it is…
Almost everyone knows about the woes of a computer heating up, be it a desktop that radiates heat to the entire room, or a laptop or notebook that warms your legs. How consistently your system runs depends a lot on your CPU and how underworked or overworked it is.
As such, how to stress test a CPU is useful knowledge to have. There are online CPU stress tests as well as CPU stress test software…
Long gone are the days of gamers feeling helpless against what hand you’ve been dealt with by your parents, IT-guy, or budgetary restrictions.
Long gone are the days of those round-looking monitors and long gone are the days of being unable to get the graphics of your game to match your screen, be it a newer generation than the game you’re playing (resulting in a stretched or small image) or…
Are you looking for the best low profile CPU cooler but not sure what specs and features it should have?
Luckily, you are in the right place. We will give you a short guide on how to choose the best low profile CPU cooler, and afterward point out some of the coolers we found to be quite useful and of great performance.
Let’s get straight to the point!
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When building a perfect gaming rig, the focus usually goes to the graphics card, since the positive gaming experience depends largely on its performance and quality. CPU is secondary hardware in this puzzle, but should it really be like that?
Most people don’t use their gaming PCs strictly for gaming, but also for many other tasks, which is where the significance of CPU comes into the picture.
The high temperature of your hardware, including GPU, never indicates something good. On the contrary, that can be a result of cooling problems, or much worse, the first signs of hardware failure. These temperature increases are usually followed by BSOD, sudden shutdowns, or restarts and must be taken care off as soon as possible.
This is urgent mostly because constant exposure to increased heat…
Although hard drives have long passed their peak, there is still a large demand for them, as storage, but also as a system drive. Fact is that SSDs offer faster performance, and flash drives more practicality, but hard drives still offer the most storage space, for the lowest cost. Thanks to that fact, they are still very present in the IT industry, and gaming as our major point of interest.
Even…
For all those looking for the cheap solution for playing the latest games, or just those who need to boost their graphics card up a bit in order to have Windows on their PC, GPU overclock comes as the great solution. Yes, you will need some time to do it, but the thing is that this action doesn’t require for any serious knowledge anymore, and is drastically safer than the CPU overclock.
Although CPU is one of the most important parts of a computer, its usage in the majority of the configurations is only around 5% most of the time. Of course, that depends on the user’s behavior, the types of applications they are using, etc., but most apps won’t “torture” your CPU with more than 50% of use.
The reasons for reaching high usage percentage can be intensive processes, such…
Overclocking – a word so familiar to anyone who has ever dealt with computers, but still pretty mystic for many. The truth is that it shouldn’t be like that. Although it might sound confusing at the first glance, overclocking is actually a straightforward process.
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist or anything close to that to achieve it. All you need is to be patients and willing…
Can’t stand poor audio quality? Start looking for top-notch subwoofers or bookshelf speakers. Not enough? Then a new sound card can save the day. This small device will provide you with sheer pleasure when listening to music or playing games. The only thing you should remember is to always go for the best sound card that meets namely your needs.
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High temperatures of the hardware that you are using are the best indicators that something is wrong with your system. This especially stands for CPU, which presents a center of your entire system, and its overheating can cause serious consequences, such as random PC shut-downs, BSOD (Blue Screen of Death), etc.
Those are just some of the first symptoms that can get much worse, and eventually…