We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Desktop computer users may have noticed their chips running hotter during more intensive tasks, such as when playing on the PC. But those who ...

Ever since the release of Intel’s Alder Lake-S processors late last year, there has been a low but fairly consistent level of concern over a key part of the new CPU design. The issue is a little ...

I hadn't ever heard of them being needed for AM5 but they were useful for higher end Intel parts. Yeah. I heard they keep the more rectangular Intel parts from flexing when clamped down so you get ...

Recap: When Intel introduced Alder Lake last year, some users quickly noticed a fault: the new socket's integrated loading mechanism (ILM) pushes down on the CPU from only two small tabs, causing it ...