Even the most seasoned PC builders can fall into the trap of believing that their CPU's BIOS defaults are safe, sensible, and tuned for stability. After all, out-of-the-box settings provided by ...

When you’re looking to upgrade your computer’s hardware, one of the most difficult things to understand is whether or not an individual component is compatible with the rest of your PC. And of all the ...

Most computer motherboards have between two and four slots for RAM, and if one of these slots fails, your computer won't see the RAM stick installed in it. Testing your motherboard's RAM slots ...

After many, many years buying pre-configured machines I decided to try assembling one (although that is just part of the story.. I just didn't find a store with all the parts I wanted with the prices ...