As an enthusiast, you have a great many concerns when moving to a new platform. One of those is what you'll need to do about cooling. Some hardcore types have hundreds of dollars invested in thermal ...

Intel's next-generation Core Ultra 200 series "Arrow Lake" CPUs will arrive with a brand new LGA-1851 socket, which will receive an optional RL-ILM configuration with improved thermal performance ...

Intel's next gen CPUs are coming to gaming PCs soon, and we've just been given our first glimpse of the socket that will be used by the chips and their supporting motherboards. The new lineup of Intel ...

TL;DR: Intel's Nova Lake desktop CPUs, due in 2026, are rumored to require a new LGA1954 socket, replacing the current LGA1851 used by Arrow Lake. Despite that apparent need to change the motherboard, ...

The launch of a new CPU can often range from being exciting, to the purely mundane in some cases. When that CPU is accompanied by an entirely new chipset, expectations are raised even further. One ...

Sorry, I'm not too familiar with Intel, so I didn't realize that would matter too much. It's a Dell R320 using a C600 "series" chipset (so not sure which specific one ...

With the AMD Ryzen 7000 processors set to release around October this year, one of the biggest differences we’ll see when compared to prior generations is that this will be transitioning to a brand ...

The big picture: For those looking to build an AM5 system with longevity in mind, the reports that Zen 6 "Medusa" retaining socket compatibility are an encouraging sign. While the launch is still ...

Matti Robinson is a veteran of the industry originally from Finland, with nearly 20 years of writing and editing experience. His love for gaming started with the Commodore 64 and grew with each ...

Austrian firm Noctua produces cooling hardware that's simultaneously silent and super-effective at its primary purpose: removing heat from PC parts. However, despite top-tier performance, Noctua's ...

Intel may have launched Cascade Lake relatively recently, but there's another 14nm server refresh already on the horizon. Intel lifted the lid on Cooper Lake today, giving some new details on how the ...