Over the years, I've moved from custom-build PCs to pre-built. I'm no longer familiar with CPU and motherboard technology. I have a simple question about upgrading my processor for Windows 11, without ...

I need to confirm what CPU my motherboard can support. I have a Gigabyte Aorus Ultra Lite motherboard. It has an LGA1700 socket with the Z690 chipset. It currently has a 12th gen i3 CPU. With the ...

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AMD's Ryzen 7000 processors launched to critical acclaim, including from us at Digital Foundry, but the high prices of the CPUs - and of the required DDR5 RAM and X670 motherboards - made it difficult ...

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Two of the basic components in any computer are the motherboard and the central processing unit. Both perform processes vital to running the computer's operating system and programs -- the motherboard ...

The Pentium III: Already An Oldie? It seems these days as if Intel would prefer phasing out the Pentium III immediately in favor of the Pentium 4. Intel is indeed increasing its efforts to make the ...