Performance

Testing shows that 20-year-old thermal paste performs similarly to new gunk. If you keep it well, then perhaps you don't need to renew your paste stocks over time.

MSI motherboards now support Intel APO for the Core i7 14700K, Core i9 14900K, and their KF variants.

A passive cooler using lithium bromide salt helped a test system deliver almost 33% better performance and stay cool for 10x longer, compared to alternatives.

SteamOS 3.5.1 Preview Update enhances the OS by delivering a range of fixes, and the new Firmware 118 introduces easy access undervolting controls.

MSI’s update promises halved boot times and stable operation, implying previous implementations of this feature were not so stable.

If you were affected by the CPU overutilization bug in driver 531.18, you might want to install the latest 531.29 update.

Installing AMD’s new Ryzen 9 7950X3D or 7900X3D processors is outlined in a new official community guide. Users should follow these steps to get tip-top 3D V-Cache performance from day one.

Does shifting 100s GB of game asset decompression to the GPU make sense? We will see with the introduction of DirectStorage 1.1 featuring GDeflate GPU Decompression.

Google currently offers 1 and 2 Gbps fiber services, but is going to “dramatically expand our multi-gigabit tiers,” in the coming months.

A Beta update for the Nvidia GeForce Experience does the trick.