One of the most important (and obvious) characteristics of mobile computing is that mobile devices use batteries rather than being plugged into the mains power. This means that every part of a mobile ...

One of the most powerful features available to Ryzen CPUs is Precision Boost Overdrive, or PBO. It's an algorithm built into your Ryzen CPU that dynamically optimizes power and frequency based on some ...

Modern CPUs are becoming immensely powerful. This is because they are powered by a number of cores. These multiple cores can definitely make the CPU reach a very high overall clock frequency, but all ...

Different computer components run at different frequencies. For this reason they require a base frequency to synchronize their operations. The motherboard provides this in the form of an external ...

With the advent of easy-to-use commercial vapour phase-change cooling, like Asetek's VapoChill XE-II, it's been possible to accelerate your processor to well above its nominal rated specification.

Matt Bach is the head of Puget Labs and has been part of Puget Systems, a boutique builder of gaming and workstation PCs, since the early days. This article was originally published on the Puget blog.

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