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  • Superoverclocker takes the stage at CeBIT (photos)

    Nick Shih shows his technique for supercooling chips to run them far beyond their rated clock speed. It used to be for better videogaming, but now overclocking is a competition in and of itself.

  • Are tablet PCs the next frontier in overclocking?

    Once limited to desktops, overclocking has jumped into the mobile world, first with laptops, then smartphones, and now it's starting to show up among the growing number of tablet PCs out there....

    Blog posts | July 17, 2011 9:55am PDT

  • CES 2011: Maingear, Origin PC add Intel Core i7-2600K CPU overclocked to 5GHz to their gaming desktops

    It didn't take long for boutique PC companies to take advantage of the overclocking potential in Intel's fastest Sandy Bridge processor, the Core i7-2600K. (The "K" standing for an unlocked...

    Blog posts | January 5, 2011 4:19pm PST

  • Intel launches souped up i7 for desktops; Overclocking enabled

    Amid the launch of its server chips, Intel dropped in a high-performance i7 processor for gamers and the overclocking crowd.

    Blog posts | March 16, 2010 2:01am PDT

  • Software bug in NVIDIA 196.21 WHQL drivers disables overclocking

    If you're an NVIDIA user who like to overclock you system, be careful not to download the latest 196.21 WHQL drivers because they will disable your ability to overclock your GPU.

    Blog posts | January 22, 2010 7:53am PST

  • ATI Radeon HD 5970 is world's fastest graphics card

    AMD has just announced today their newest graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 5970, which they are touting as "the fastest card ever created." Get ready. AMD is proclaiming many firsts with this...

    Blog posts | November 18, 2009 1:57am PST

  • Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Nov/Dec 09

    Welcome to the updated and revamped Hardware 2.0 "Very Best Kit List" for Nov/Dec 09, the last such list for 2009. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range and budget...

    Blog posts | November 3, 2009 3:48am PST

  • Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Sep/Oct 09

    Welcome to the updated and revamped Hardware 2.0 "Very Best Kit List" for Sep/Oct 09. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range and budget components currently available. So...

    Blog posts | August 20, 2009 2:29pm PDT

  • Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Jul/Aug 09

    Welcome to the updated and revamped Hardware 2.0 "Very Best Kit List" for Jul/Aug 09. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range and budget components currently available. So...

    Blog posts | July 2, 2009 12:22am PDT

  • New dual, triple and quad core CPUs from AMD

    We see four new desktop processors unveiled by AMD at the COMPUTEX trade show.

    Blog posts | June 2, 2009 2:53am PDT

  • Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for May/Jun 09

    Welcome to the updated and revamped Hardware 2.0 "Very Best Kit List" for May/Jun 09. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range and budget components currently available. So...

    Blog posts | May 7, 2009 11:45am PDT

  • Recommendation for Dwight Silverman's $300 PC upgrade

    Dwight Silverman's in the mood to upgrade his Windows desktop PC. He's looking to refresh the CPU, motherboard and RAM, and doesn't want to spend more than $300 ... let's see what's out there!

    Blog posts | March 3, 2009 7:47am PST

  • Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Mar/Apr 09

    Welcome to the updated and revamped Hardware 2.0 "Very Best Kit List" for Mar/Apr 09. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range and budget components currently available. So...

    Blog posts | February 24, 2009 7:51am PST

  • AMD's Phenom II shows overclocking potential

    After initial overclocking disappointment with the Phenom, AMD has put effort into giving the Phenom II a fair amount of overclocking overhead. At a demo yesterday journalists were shown a 45nm...

    Blog posts | November 21, 2008 6:02am PST

  • BIOS settings demystified

    I find that when it comes to people building their own PCs (or tweaking their existing rig) then the mysteries that lay within the BIOS settings are scarier to most people than anything hardware...

    Blog posts | September 30, 2008 8:48am PDT

  • Overclock a Mac Pro or Xserve in software

    Our pals over at ZDNet Germany have released an overclocking tool for the Mac Pro and Xserve that raises the speed of the processor, front side bus and memory – all without opening the case....

    Blog posts | June 30, 2008 9:33am PDT

  • Intel releases 2.5 GHz, 45nm 'Yorkfield' Core 2 Quad processor

    In today's news, Intel has released a new sibling of the 45nm family of Core 2 Quad processors: the Q9300 "Yorkfield" processor, which comes in at 2.5 GHz with a 1333 MHz front side bus. The new...

    Blog posts | April 28, 2008 4:48am PDT

  • Sapphire Technology offers full support Phenom X4 CPUs

    If you're planning on getting your hands on one of the new an AMD Phenom processors, you'd do well to make sure that you base your system on a Sapphire motherboard.

    Blog posts | April 17, 2008 10:59am PDT

  • Weekend Project - Building two quad-core PCs

    Kicking off a short series of articles on building and configuring a couple of quad-core PCs.

    Blog posts | August 31, 2007 10:17am PDT

  • Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 - Stock cooler overclockable to 3.92GHz

    HotHardware has access to some Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 samples and put them to the test. The results mean more bad news for the folks at AMD.

    Blog posts | June 25, 2007 10:43am PDT

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