Ok, so I came here looking for the formerly stickied Hatmonster post on how to swap out your motherboard/cpu without having to reinstall your WindowsOS. Checked the FAQ links and get one site with a ...

Upgrading computers can save you considerable money versus buying new; these days, high-performance processors and motherboards are relatively cheap, and you save even more money if you install the ...

This article is the second in a series of how-to stories on building a computer. For a video version of part two, click here. The motherboard, sometimes abbreviated “mobo,” is the most basic part of ...

A computer becomes slow if it has insufficient hardware resources. A hardware upgrade is a permanent solution to increase a computer’s performance. You can upgrade ...

Much of the discourse surrounding PC thermals is centered around the CPU and the GPU, and for good reason, naturally. They ...

Building or upgrading your PC can be an exhilarating experience, but when it comes to installing your CPU, caution and precision are required. Your computer's CPU, or ...

This article is the third in a series of how-to stories on building a computer. For a video version of part three, click here. After seating the motherboard it’s time to install the CPU, or the brains ...

Among all the components involved in a PC build, the CPU cooler might be among the trickiest ones to install. Whether utilizing liquid or air, coolers tend to be large, cumbersome pieces of hardware ...

I just put together a cheap computer for a friend (Sempron 2600+, Gigabyte K8VM800M) and I'm consistently getting errors installing software. By software install errors, I mean that the intallation ...

Installing a CPU cooler might feel a little scary since you're interacting directly with chips and paste and metal and some pretty delicate components. But it doesn't have to be. Once you've done it a ...

Not all computers are designed the same way. Though two computers in your office may have on-board graphics chipsets, it may be that only one of them would take a video card. The devil is in the ...

Computer motherboards sold at places including Best Buy and Amazon have been recalled because the capacitor “was installed in a reverse position which can lead to a short circuit, overheating or ...