ASRock claims that the reason some owners of its 800-series motherboards have found their new PCs unable to boot, or even damaging their CPUs, is because of debris in the socket. Reportedly, after ...

I built a gaming PC for my son, and it kept having issues where it wouldn't boot. The solution each time was to remove and reinstall the CPU, it would then work for a while - weeks to months - and ...

If your CPU temps have been unusually high since you first built the PC, reseating it might fix the problem. And while you're ...

In case you haven't heard, extreme overclockers have found frustration with Intel's latest LGA socket and it's ILM (Integrated Loading Mechanism) because it bends the CPUs ever-so-slightly, creating ...

AMD has issued a statement addressing the alarming reports of dead Ryzen 7000X3D processors in relation to burned motherboard sockets and bulging CPU pin pads. The statement confirms AMD is actively ...

CPU monitoring utilities have a reputation problem, and it is not about accuracy so much as the junk that often rides along ...

Intel's latest generation Alder Lake chips are some impressive silicon, taking some of the top spots in our list of the best CPUs for gaming. That said, it hasn't been all good news for the latest-gen ...

The Noctua NA-TPG1 is designed to stop you getting any goo lodged in the notches of your heatspreader when you apply thermal paste to your new AMD Socket AM5 CPU, acting as a thermal paste guard. AMD ...

If you are a PC user who needs to monitor the temperature constantly and ensure that is not high during intensive processing, then an incorrect CPU temperature reading can create issues. This post ...