Let’s say you had a SNES with a busted CPU. What would you do? Your SNES would be through! That is, unless, you had a replacement based on an FPGA. [leonllr] has been developing just such a thing. The ...
The main processor (CPU, “Central Processing Unit”), the main memory (RAM, “Random-Access Memory”), and the dedicated graphics card with its graphics processor (GPU, “Graphics Processing Unit”) are ...
If it's just graphics, storage, or RAM that's holding your PC back, you may be able to save money by upgrading individual components. Keep in mind that GPU upgrades can sometimes force you to upgrade ...
Basically, what I do with my computer as is is consume media, photo-processing using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, and play the occasional game. Given that I'm on an i7-860, what Intel processors ...