For those rocking a Zen, Zen+, or Zen 2 CPU such as the Ryzen 5 1600, Ryzen 7 2700X, or Ryzen 5 3600 (and even higher-end chips), an upgrade to, say, a Ryzen 7 5800X3D (or 5700X3D/5600X3D, if you ...

I’ll dive deeper into DDR5’s role in gaming in my next column, but it isn’t a reason to upgrade your CPU alone. The more interesting platform feature is PCIe 5.0.

I would not upgrade from a 6/6 9th gen core i5 to an 8/16 i9 in the same generation, no. $400 is an insane cost for that. If you need more CPU juice, you're better off saving up and getting a ...

In striving for my goal to hit better frame rates, I turned first to upgrade my GPU, as you should. Moving up to the discrete Radeon R9 380 significantly boosted performance in games, but I still ...

When a computer’s performance decreases, it is time to upgrade its hardware. The new hardware should be compatible with the computer motherboard; otherwise, upgrading that hardware is not ...

I'm looking to upgrade my CPU. I currently have an AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, and I'm wondering what CPU I could replace the 2600X with. I don't want to bottleneck my PC, but I do stream and have a few ...