In the right circumstances, delidding can make a noticeable difference and allow more headroom for overclocking your CPU.

Another AMD Ryzen 9950X3D has died inside an ASRock motherboard. This marks the second reported instance of that CPU failing in such a way, but it joins over 100 recorded instances of 9800X3D CPUs ...

Delidding your CPU is the process of removing that integrated heat spreader so that you can have your cooler attach directly to the CPU die it’s trying to cool.

CPUs generate their heat in the silicon die that does all those wonderful calculations which make our computers work. But silicon conducts heat fairly poorly, so the thinner your CPU die, the bette… ...

I have an AthlonXP 2600+ inside my Biostar IDEQ 200NB. Just a little while ago, I logged off and when I went to log back in later, the screen wouldn't turn ...

Noctua is also selling the direct-die kit for a song, as it's just 4.9 euros. If that's beyond your budget, and you have a 3D printer, the company has made the schematics available for anyone to ...

Your CPU will be listed in degrees Celsius, as Current, Minimum, Maximum, ... CPU die average temperature, as well as temperatures for different core types on an Intel CPU, ...

While it’s poised to be “the best gaming CPU” within its category, a multitude of 3rd party tests – including our own–show that the 7800X3D is an absolute problem child–upsetting the ...

When your CPU is under load, check that the fans are spinning. Some PC fans have a mean time to failure rating (MTTF or MTBF), or life expectancy, of as much as 490,000 hours. After the MTTF has ...

Another AMD Ryzen 9950X3D has died inside an ASRock motherboard. This marks the second reported instance of that CPU failing in such a way, but it joins over 100 recorded instances of 9800X3D CPUs ...