Upgrading CPUs in office computers makes a great deal of sense given that while CPU technology has advanced greatly, other components live longer lives before they become obsolete. Upgrading poses a ...

A bit of controversy surrounded Intel's LGA 1700 socket, which it used for Alder Lake and Raptor Lake CPUs. In some builds, the retention mechanism was found to apply uneven pressure to the CPU, ...

A socket is a place that houses the computer processor. Not many would give this piece of hardware the importance it actually deserves. Well, the reason could be the less obvious functional impact of ...

A recent photograph leak by momomo_us on Twitter has unveiled a forthcoming Intel Xeon processor, referred to as Granite Rapids-SP, paired with an unprecedented LGA 4710 socket type. This mustn't be ...

I have looked at Intel & AMD's sites, but I am looking for a single source that tells what processor type & speeds came in what socket configuration. I am looking for practical information so I know ...

We are still chewing through some of the announcements that came out of Intel Investor Day and the ISSCC 2022 chip conference, and one of the things we want to circle back on is the “Falcon Shores” ...

Upgrading your motherboard is never a painless affair. Ripping out the guts of your build and swapping them out with all-new parts is time-consuming, and it's also expensive when a new socket is ...

All our computing devices rely on technology that allows them to connect to other devices and networks. Some of these work using electromagnetic systems, but a good number of them must use a physical ...

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