I'm Sayan Ghosh and I'm a contributor from Canada. I'd describe myself as an amateur photographer who loves storytelling and trying different street food. When not working, I'm on my custom-built PC, ...

A computer becomes slow if it has insufficient hardware resources. A hardware upgrade is a permanent solution to increase a computer’s performance. You can upgrade ...

This article is the third in a series of how-to stories on building a computer. For a video version of part three, click here. After seating the motherboard it’s time to install the CPU, or the brains ...

I just got a new Dell 1300 Poweredge server to use as a dedicated DL server and Folding machine. The thing is that the machine only came with 1 cpu and I want ot add a second one. So, I have some ...

Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 11, is now available to download on compatible hardware. Hardware that needs to concord strictly with the company’s ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When it comes to the arguments about the benefits of owning a Mac vs. a PC — whether it's running Windows or a flavor of Linux — the biggest ...

For some, installing a CPU is one of the easiest parts of building a new PC. For others, it can be nerve-wracking, especially if they're doing it for the first time. While the basics of securing a CPU ...

Computers get hot, and they must be cooled. Your average store-bought PC uses a system of fans to pull heat off major components such as the CPU (central processing unit), graphics processor and hard ...

Few things in life are as satisfying as building your own PC. Cobbling together a softly purring, fully functional computer out of disparate parts offers a true sense of creation. Even better, rolling ...

I just put together a cheap computer for a friend (Sempron 2600+, Gigabyte K8VM800M) and I'm consistently getting errors installing software. By software install errors, I mean that the intallation ...