We once told people to avoid the Ryzen 5 5500. Years later, it's a top-selling CPU. With DDR5 prices spiraling, has this budget Zen 3 chip ...

The Ryzen 3 1200 is at least a 4c/4t processor. It's not particularly high end but should at least meet the min requirements for a lot of games. It should be pretty similar to the i3-9100 my son had ...

So I recently upgraded from a 1070 to a 3060ti. I am looking at CPU and system board upgrade next. I currently have: So I was looking at an i7-13700KF CPU with a Gigabyte z690 board. I'm wondering if ...

Rahim is a Senior Tech/Commerce Writer at Valnet and builds PCs & networking solutions on demand. Whether It's your GPU, CPU, Display, or just an SSD upgrade, expect him to have a well-researched ...

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. TweakTown may also earn commissions from Newegg and other affiliate partners at no extra cost to you. AMD's Ryzen 7000 CPUs had their sales ...

Once the graphics card stops being the limiting factor, which is usually the case at lower resolutions, your CPU suddenly ...

Over the past year and especially the last few months, we have gathered a significant amount of new CPU data, much of which we have continued to update with improved BIOS revisions and game updates.

Full disclosure: I have never built my own PC, though I have considered it many times. A general unfamiliarity with how the computational sausage gets made and the high price of staying up to date on ...

If you realize that your system is falling short of expectations, a new motherboard could be the solution. This is particularly necessary if you are due for a processor upgrade that requires a new ...

How to upgrade your cooler - and the potential gains in performance. Processor: 3.9GHz Intel Core i7-4770K Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 Memory: Avexir 1600MHz ram Graphics c ...

Rahim is a Senior Tech/Commerce Writer at Valnet and builds PCs & networking solutions on demand. Whether It's your GPU, CPU, Display, or just an SSD upgrade, expect him to have a well-researched ...