You’re not the first to wonder about the role of a motherboard chipset. It’s a term that’s used a lot, especially when building your own PC, and it helps to know a little bit about it to avoid mistakes in processing power.
Simply put, the chipset on a motherboard is a crucial part of the communication between all elements of the computer system.
Think of the motherboard chipset as the…
Motherboards are usually categorized by the kind of sockets they have. These sockets are called processor sockets, CPU sockets, or simply motherboard sockets. A socket forms the contact point between the CPU and the motherboard.
What are CPU Sockets?
Motherboard sockets are made using a pin array called PGA (pin grid array), or a contact plate array called LGA (Land Grid Array). These pins or…
All computer systems are equipped with a set of fans that help keep things cool and thus prevent overheating. The CPU and system fans are the only ones, however, that are directly attached to the motherboard.
The problem is that sometimes these fans can get too loud. It is difficult to focus on your work when the constant whirring of these fans is making your device sound like an aircraft ready…
A GPU is a Graphics Processing Unit, more commonly referred to as a graphics card. A GPU acts as a sort of assistant to the CPU by performing quicker and shorter calculations so the CPU is freed up for the heavier work.
AMD and NVIDIA are the most common GPU providers on the market right now. Even though GPUs tend to come with a set clock speed, most of them can easily be either overclocked or…
Most people who’ve been on the Internet a while will have at least heard of the term FPS, if not directly dealt with it while playing PC games or doing anything to do with videos.
FPS simply means Frames Per Seconds and it determines the fluidity of the motion of visuals and how aesthetically connected your game feels and looks.
Since any video is essentially just still visuals rapidly…
When it comes to issues regarding RAM, there are certain common ones that people just keep running into. Maybe you find that you do not have enough RAM or you realize that some of your apps are using too much RAM (for instance, Google Chrome sometimes does this).
Newer models of the same technology can sometimes help solve these problems. The most common type of RAM used in computers is DDR. There…
Upgrading your CPU is among the costly parts of your computer maintenance. As such, it is important to know when the time is right for you to make the investment. Even more important than that, it is important to know which CPU to spring for once you have decided that an upgrade is necessary.
We have compiled a list of tests that indicate when to upgrade your CPU. If it does turn out that it is…
Google Chrome has completely revolutionized internet browsing with its focus on user experience before everything else. However, there have been problems too such as chrome using too much CPU or memory. This can cause the CPU temperature to skyrocket which leads to bottlenecks.
The good news is that all of these problems can be solved. Chrome’s CPU usage can be toned down by troubleshooting and…
Almost everyone knows about the woes of a computer heating up, be it a desktop that radiates heat to the entire room, or a laptop or notebook that warms your legs. How consistently your system runs depends a lot on your CPU and how underworked or overworked it is.
As such, how to stress test a CPU is useful knowledge to have. There are online CPU stress tests as well as CPU stress test software…
Video games are just like exercise… for your computer. They can test just how far you can push your system, especially in terms of the CPU temperature. Everything from the ROM to the GPU is utilized to the limit.
The act of benchmarking your CPU, as it’s commonly known, helps you know just where your setup stacks up against others and what exactly you can do with it. Can you run CPU intensive…
Long gone are the days of gamers feeling helpless against what hand you’ve been dealt with by your parents, IT-guy, or budgetary restrictions.
Long gone are the days of those round-looking monitors and long gone are the days of being unable to get the graphics of your game to match your screen, be it a newer generation than the game you’re playing (resulting in a stretched or small image) or…
QLED and OLED are two acronyms that sound and look almost the same… but are they really that similar, or do they actually present completely different technologies? The simplest answer would be that other than the name, there are no similarities.
QLED acronym probably came as a result of marketing battle between Samsung and LG. Since the LG’s OLED screens have started to rule the charts of…