Upgrading CPUs in office computers makes a great deal of sense given that while CPU technology has advanced greatly, other components live longer lives before they become obsolete. Upgrading poses a ...

A bit of controversy surrounded Intel's LGA 1700 socket, which it used for Alder Lake and Raptor Lake CPUs. In some builds, the retention mechanism was found to apply uneven pressure to the CPU, ...

'Certainly in the segments that we compete in, it's really, really niche,' one Intel partner says of four- and eight-socket servers, which are the only server types being supported with the new Xeon ...

Leaked plans for Intel’s upcoming LGA1700 socket show a radical departure from the design the company has used for the past several generations. The new V0 socket design isn’t compatible with ...

Upgrading your motherboard is never a painless affair. Ripping out the guts of your build and swapping them out with all-new parts is time-consuming, and it's also expensive when a new socket is ...

As an enthusiast, you have a great many concerns when moving to a new platform. One of those is what you'll need to do about cooling. Some hardcore types have hundreds of dollars invested in thermal ...