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A collection of eight recent motherboards, in their boxes, on a desk, showcasing the types of boards that typically land on our lest of best motherboards we have benchmarked.

Best Motherboards 2026 for Gaming, by Socket and Chipset

By Joe Shields Last updated

Here are the best motherboards we've tested for recent AMD and Intel platforms. Choose from our expert benchmarked picks of the best available motherboards based on our testing and reviews.

Motherboards

AI enthusiast unlocks and mods BIOS with Claude Code

By Mark Tyson Published

A Redditor recently unlocked their HP laptop BIOS using Claude Code.

Laptops
Several CPUs on a table.

The Best CPU for Gaming in 2026

By Jake Roach Last updated

Here is the best CPU for gaming.

CPUs

Valve confirms Steam Machine red light overheating warning is showing earlier than it should; BIOS fix on the way

By Mark Tyson Published

Valve has confirmed that the Steam Machine's red light bar warning is being triggered prematurely.

Cooling

Steam Machines with the ‘Red Line of Death’ get a simple, official cure: Clear the CMOS

By Mark Tyson Published

Valve’s official account on Reddit has responded to RLOD victims with simple step-by-step instructions to get any affected Steam Machine up and running again.

Mini PCs

Retro enthusiast injects Snake game into vintage S3 graphics card VBIOS

By Mark Tyson Published

A retro PC enthusiast has modified the VBIOS of a vintage graphics card to embed a version of Snake – the game everyone used to play on their dumb phones.

PC Gaming

Enthusiast fixes 30-year S3 graphics card black levels issue

By Mark Tyson Published

A retro hardware enthusiast has demonstrated a fix that eliminates the washed-out appearance people witness when using 1990s graphics cards from S3.

GPUs

Dev creates selection of UEFI games you have to beat in order to boot your computer

By Mark Tyson Last updated

Dev creates a quintet of UEFI games with the premise of Win -> Boot, Lose -> Shutdown.

Software
Modern motherboard features explained

Modern motherboard features explained: Connectors, headers, ports, and chipsets decoded

By Joe Shields Published

Here is a diagram of major ports, headers, and slots common on today’s motherboards, plus a guide to expansion slots, RAM and form factors.

Motherboards
Raptor Lake CPU

$5,000 Corsair pre-built keeps on frying Intel CPUs due to lack of BIOS update, tech alleges

By Jowi Morales Published

Corsair still hasn't released the latest 0x12F Vmin instability fix for its pre-built computers, leading to multiple, repeated failures for some of its customers.

CPUs
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