A rite of passage for a digital designer is to build a CPU. That may seem a formidable task and if you are thinking of building a modern CPU like the one in your PC, it is. However, a simple CPU is ...

Best CPU and GPU pairing guide for 2026 PC builds covering bottlenecks, resolution scaling, and balanced performance for ...

In one of last month’s blog posts, I detailed the constituent hardware and software building blocks for a workstation computer I was planning on building…with one key omission. As I mentioned last ...

20 years ago, I was a pretty prolific PC-builder, if I do say so myself. Various EDN hands-on projects were the primary motivation; my late-1999 article, for example, showcased Intel’s SE440BX and ...

While the 8-core-equipped Ryzen 7 series trades blows with Intel’s $1,000 Core i7-6900K for as little as a third of the price, it lags significantly behind the quad-core Core i7-7700K in many pure ...

AMD’s aging FX chips have long been a go-to for PC gamers on a budget, but Intel was the only real option for enthusiasts craving no-compromises performance. That changes today. The hotly anticipated ...

Component prices will continue to soar with the AI boom and that makes building a budget PC that much more difficult. The ...

Modern mobile computer processors offer low power consumption, a small footprint and relatively high performance for their size. Netbook and mini-laptop manufacturers use this type of processor to ...