Overclocking

We cover all of the nitty-gritty details of how to overclock your CPU.

Tuning GPU performance

We cover all of the nitty-gritty details of how to overclock the 12th Gen Intel Alder Lake processors, including the Core i9-12900K.

The latest Raspberry Pi overclocked for the best possible performance.

With a simple GUI tool we can tweak our Raspberry Pi Windows 11 install for the best performance.

What is XMP, and how do I use it to get my high-speed memory to its full rated performance on Intel and AMD motherboards?

Delidding, the process of removing your CPUs integrated heat sink and replacing its thermal paste with better material, is fairly easy with the right tools.

Professional overclockers share their best tips for people new to competitive overclocking and looking to set a world record.

AMD's socket AM1 is notoriously slow and gloriously inexpensive. Contributor Joe Trott tunes his machine in an effort to answer the question: Can this low-energy platform meet the most-basic needs of a performance enthusiast?

Now that we’ve built four PCs with matching budgets, which builder, and which machine, owns the title of best performance for $1600?

Because you asked for it, we put an Intel Core i5 and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 into a mini-ITX case. But how does it perform compared to its larger twin?

For this quarter’s SBM, we built a gaming PC with a GeForce 980 paired with a Core i5. Can it keep up with our i7-based builds from previous SBMs?

We’ve seen how far I can push a six-core Haswell-E in our full-sized performance build, but can the same performance level fit into a mini cube?

This month’s high-end build looks lighter than its predecessor, yet includes a six-core Haswell-E CPU. Will the shift away from graphics kill its gaming cred?

Can an extra $150 eliminate the compromises of last quarter’s high-end build? We attempt to answer that while following your most-requested recipe for performance supremacy!

Our first mid-range enthusiast System Builder Marathon configuration of 2015 turns out to be a solid, capable and powerful system with no obvious weak spots.

This quarter, value-oriented builder Paul Henningsen benefits from a more generous budget that lets him explore faster host processors and graphics cards. Can he put the extra money to good use?