Going as far back as I can recall, CPUs came in packages with pins on the bottom and laid flat on the motherboard. Then for a while, they had contacts along the edge and stood perpendicular to the ...

Okay, it might sound crazy, but can you convert a Slot A processor to Socket A? Is it a Socket A on an adapter for Slot A? You know, kinda like a Socket 370 on an adapter for Slot 1? I can't find this ...

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 ...

Computex 2016 - During our first day at Computex, we've spotted some seriously cool hardware, but one of our world exclusives is that Intel will be releasing their next-gen Skylake-E processors onto a ...

Motherboards are the backbone of a computer, holding different vital parts such as the processor, RAM and also providing connections to other peripherals. Upgrading internal computer parts is always ...

Checking out the ASRock X670E Taichi Motherboard. Check out our full review of the motherboard. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:47 ...

Motherboards don't get the same level of media attention as the best CPUs and graphics cards do, but they're just as important. Where processors are the brains of a computer, a motherboard is the ...

Which legacy socket(s) accepted both Intel and AMD CPUs? Released in March 1994, Socket 5 was designed for second-gen P5 Pentium processors among other Intel parts, but could also accept AMD K5 chips, ...

Only six weeks ago, we compared 21 motherboards which all make use of VIA’s Apollo Pro 133A chipset. They may be the last representatives of a motherboard generation, which is meant to die out. Yes, I ...