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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Graphics Cards Best graphics cards in 2026: I've tested pretty much every AMD and Nvidia GPU of the past 20 years and these are today's top cards Graphics Cards Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB review (Palit ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...