What Is a Motherboard Chipset? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding last updated 19 May 22 What is the meaning of a motherboard chipset? Intel and AMD PC chipsets explained.
What Is a CPU Socket? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding last updated 23 May 22 What is the meaning of a CPU socket? Intel and CPU sockets explained.
Kaby, Coffee, Whiskey, Comet? Decoding Intel’s “Lake” Architectures By Joe Shields published 14 March 19 Intel has released several iterations of architectures with Lake in the name the past few years. We'll decipher them at a high level and clear up confusion.
What Is Hyper-Threading? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding last updated 31 December 20 What is the meaning of Hyper-Threading? Intel Hyper-Threading explained.
Intel CPU Price List By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 15 May 17 We list all currently available Intel processors, separated by CPU product line (e.g. Core i5), and divided by generation (e.g. Kaby Lake).
Intel B250 Motherboard Price List By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 1 March 17 Intel's B250 chipset outshines B150 with increased connectivity and support for faster memory and storage devices. Here is a list of all B250 motherboard's currently available.
Intel H270 Motherboard Price List By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 28 February 17 Intel's H270 chipset offers increased connectivity and support for faster memory and storage devices. Here is a list of all H270 motherboard's currently available.
Intel Z270 Motherboard Price List By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 8 January 17 Z270 is the top-end consumer chipset for Intel's LGA 1151, and it natively supports Kaby Lake CPUs. Here's a list of all available Z270 motherboards.
Intel X99 Motherboard Price List By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 8 January 17 We've compiled a listing of all the currently available Intel X99 motherboards for your LGA 2011v3 processor.
Intel H110 Motherboard Price List By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 9 December 16 We list all motherboards based on Intel's H110 chipset. These boards may not be feature rich, but they still offer a basic platform for Skylake processors.
Intel Z170 Motherboard Price List By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 18 November 16 Z170 is the most feature-rich consumer chipset on the LGA 1151 platform. Here's a list of ITX, ATX and EATX motherboards available now.
Intel H170 Motherboard Price List By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 16 November 16 Looking to build a Skylake system on a budget? Motherboards based on the new H170 chipset are for you. Here's a list of what's available.
Intel B150 Motherboard Price List By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 16 November 16 Intel's business-oriented B150 chipset is still a viable solution for low-cost enthusiast builds. Here’s a list of available Mini-ITX, MicroATX, and ATX B150 motherboards.
Part 1: DirectX 11 Gaming And Multi-Core CPU Scaling By Chris Angelini published 21 October 16 We test five theoretical Intel CPUs in 10 different DirectX 11-based games to determine what impact core count has on performance.
CPU Overclocking Guide: How (and Why) to Tweak Your Processor By Gene Fabron published 14 July 16 Learn the pros and cons of overclocking your CPU, the physics behind changing your clock rate and the basics of overclocking an Intel or AMD processor.
Everything We Know About Intel's Skylake Platform By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 29 March 16 Intel's Skylake architecture and corresponding platform represent a huge evolution in connectivity, overclocking and, ultimately, system performance. This resource should help answer any questions you have about the company's current desktop PC design.
BestConfigs Poll Results: Your Winning Builds By Jennifer MacAdam-Miller published 22 December 14 Have you ever come up with your own idea for a killer rig? Don't forget to tell us about it on the Tom's Hardware forums. The following ten setups were configured by forum members and chosen as winners in the Q2 2014 BestConfigs Poll.
CrossFire Versus SLI Scaling: Does AMD's FX Actually Favor GeForce? By Thomas Soderstrom published 11 April 13 We've heard it said before that AMD's GPUs are more platform-dependent than Nvidia's. So, what happens when you drop a Radeon and a GeForce into an FX-8350-based system? Does AMD's CPU get in the way of its GPU running as well as it possibly could?
Build It Yourself: A Mini-ITX Gaming System For Just Over $500 By Igor Wallossek published 7 February 13 Low-cost, low-power, small form factor PCs are popular right now. With Intel’s Ivy Bridge architecture available in the low-end Pentium family, you can now build a living room gaming PC with discrete graphics to beat any modern console for just over $500.
FX Vs. Core i7: Exploring CPU Bottlenecks And AMD CrossFire By Thomas Soderstrom published 24 January 13 AMD and Intel continue serving up increasingly faster CPUs. But graphics card performance is accelerating even faster. Is there still such a thing as processor-bound gaming? We take two Radeon HD 7970s, high-end desktop CPUs, and a few games to find out.