Central processing units, or CPUs, are not the only factor within your PC that determines speed. Speed comes down to how quickly your computer, and its programs, responds to your input. When it feels ...

A CPU relies on various kinds of storage to optimally run programs and power a computer. These include components like hard disks and SSDs for long-term storage, RAM and GPU memory for fast, temporary ...

Insufficient RAM on your computer not only slows down your own productivity, it can cause undue wear on your computer's hard drive. While adding more RAM is often the solution to a sluggish computer, ...

When you're comparing two of the best CPUs, the first spec that comes to mind is clock speed. It quite literally represents how fast the CPU can churn through clock cycles, and naturally, you'd assume ...

The development of caches and caching is one of the most significant events in the history of computing. Virtually every modern CPU core from ultra-low power chips like the ARM Cortex-A5 to the ...

If you've ever been computer shopping, you'll undoubtedly have heard the term RAM thrown around willy-nilly. You might know a few things about RAM, such as that it's one of the most important parts in ...

When I first built my current PC with the Ryzen 9 5900X, I picked up 64GB of DDR4 memory rated to run at 3600MT/s. At the time, this was the sweet spot for Zen 3 processors, and since I wanted enough ...

Running DDR 4 3600 RAM on a new i5 12400 box w a 660 MB. I tried to run ram at 3600 only to find 3200 is the limit for DDR4. Tried 3200 things work fine. Set MB to default RAM speed and it now sits at ...

Why it matters: A RAM drive is traditionally conceived as a block of volatile memory "formatted" to be used as a secondary storage disk drive. RAM disks are extremely fast compared to HDDs or even ...