For first time PC builders, putting together a system can be anxiety inducing. Which is why it is important to be familiar with the components first before proceeding. This guide serves as a basic ...

Below the fold a photo of Intel's rectangular socket for the company's next-generation heterogeneous processor architecture. Bilibili displays the LGA1700 socket, which has been called "15R1." The CPU ...

AMD's latest Ryzen 7000 processors are currently available for purchase. These chips come with some of the best single-core and multi-core performance levels available in the market. All things ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. A computer isn't a computer without a processor, so that's ...

We publish a plethora of PC build guides here at PCWorld. In the past few months alone, we’ve covered how to build a quiet, energy-efficient PC, how to assemble a powerhouse Sandy Bridge-E computer, ...

Watch MSI Install AMD's Ryzen Threadripper Chip Fitting 16 cores on a processor means a very large chip, a new type of socket, and a new, secure method of installing it on a motherboard.

However, when counting the pins, you will realize that the 2011, 2011-1 and 2011-3 actually have different pin counts. As far as I understand, all these sockets fit physically with the CPUs, i.e. you ...