A computer's central processing unit, also known as its CPU, can be overclocked or underclocked. Overclocking involves the CPU's clock rate above its manufacturer-specified default rate, and ...

When I mention the word "underclock," I am greeted by big frowns from my PC enthusiast friends. How dare I suggest that they lower their CPU or system speed! When I mention the word "overclock" to my ...

I'm a second year engineer, and the noise of my computer starts to annoy me, day in and day out in my little dorm room. I researched some sound deadening technologies, but they're all damned expensive ...

Computer CPUs that are running too fast or too hot can have their speed turned down through a technique called "underclocking." Depending on the motherboard and CPU, the system BIOS can feature ...

Conventional wisdom says that the faster your CPU clock speed the better, at least when it comes to gaming, but the developers of Outpost: Infinity Siege have advised owners of top-end Intel CPUs that ...

I have an Athlon 955BE 3.2ghz CPU that's giving me a bit of problems lately. I'm noticing some periodic choppiness and slowdown while gaming and if I keep frequency monitoring software (CPUz, AMD ...

Any teenager with too many post-midnight hours to kill can hone their gaming skills to the point that the most righteous level of difficulty becomes a candyland and the only challenge lies in ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. AMD's big Crimson Edition driver launched a few weeks ago with many major changes and feature additions. As is often the case with significant releases ...