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The N100 may be outdated in 2026, but it’s more than enough to power Docker home servers
Outdated or not, the N100 handles Docker home servers better than it should
Your “high performance” power plan might be hurting your CPU's gaming performance
If you own a dual-CCD X3D Ryzen, your high performance power plan may be costing you
The RISC vs CISC debate is dead because both sides stole each other's best ideas
You may have heard that x86 is RISC on the inside, but what does that mean exactly?
Intel's 12th Gen CPUs have become the Windows 10 of PC hardware, and nobody is in a hurry to leave
Alder Lake owners are finding it hard to justify an upgrade
I stopped buying F-series CPUs, because integrated graphics has saved me far more than the $20 discount
Is the compromise worth the dollars?
Your CPU still boots up pretending to be a 1978 Intel chip, and Intel gave up on removing it
Both Intel and AMD CPUs pretend to be an Intel 8086 when they boot up, and Intel gave up on getting rid of it.
I handed a worst-case scenario to Intel's cut-down iGPU, and its gaming performance still surprised me
Panther Lake's iGPU capabilities are quite impressive
Qualcomm once tried to license x86 from Intel when it was trying to enter the PC space
Intel said no, we like losing market share
AMD's Ryzen 5 7600X drops to $142, a rare discount on this budget gaming powerhouse
Be quick or you'll miss it
6 "old" CPUs worth buying in 2026 because they work with the RAM you already own
Don't waste money on inflated DDR5 systems
CPU overclocking isn't dead, most people just aren't touching the one setting that still boosts performance
It's not about bumping clock speeds anymore
Undervolting my CPU was one of the best system "upgrades" I've ever made
A small tweak breathed new life into my CPU
Your CPU has been thermally throttled since day one, and one BIOS setting fixes it
It's the performance trick AMD doesn't advertise, and my Ryzen proved why it matters
Arm is the future of desktop computing, and the writing is on the wall for x86
Arm has been slowly picking up pace in the last two decades, but the momentum is only growing stronger.
The 5800X3D convinced me I didn't need AM5 — the 9800X3D changed my mind
It's still fast, but not fast enough to make the 9800X3D or AM5 irrelevant.
AMD might finally be bringing its most important gaming CPU upgrade to laptops, and it makes me cautiously optimistic
Laptop gaming is about to get really good, if only...
5 reasons you need to be more careful with RAM on Ryzen (and what you should do to make it better)
While BIOS updates have made Ryzen more user-friendly, there are still some things to keep in mind
