Those who tinker with sophisticated cooling technology can often overclock processors to extraordinary speeds, but the guys at TechSpot took a more practical approach. Using a rock-bottom-priced ($180 ...

For this next batch of tests, we ran Kribibench v1.1, a 3D rendering benchmark produced by the folks at Adept Development. Kribibench is an SSE aware software renderer where a 3D model is rendered and ...

I have the following system configuration:<BR><BR>Ultra aluminus midtower case <BR>Ultra X-Pro 600watt APFC psu (80 PLUS certified)<BR>Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L Motherboard with F4 BIOS<BR>Intel Core 2 ...

From time to time, you may get to a point where the PC won't post after you have done a "bad" overclock. The PC may appear to be dead or, at least, you're getting a black screen. But don’t panic yet - ...

Alongside minimal gains, it's worth noting that manual overclocking now also results in a significantly hotter CPU as you're ...

While they didn’t quite fry an egg over their CPU, the brainy folks over at Toms Hardware did manage to overclock a lowly Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 up to 3.1GHz (from its base 2.13GHz) using only the ...

Thank you in advance for your help. I apologize for yet another aging computer upgrade question. I'm wanting to do as cost effective an upgrade as possible. You're better off going straight for the i5 ...

And now the stock values of the most popular Core 2 Duo CPUs: In the above table, we've left out the Xtreme models since, as we've said, this guide is aimed at ordinary folk not hard-core enthusiasts.