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Overclocking the system processor is one of the easiest tweaks you can do to get more performance out of your PC. Motherboard manufacturers have steadily opened up more voltage and clock-speed options ...

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Back in the good old days of slots rather than sockets, CPUs were unfettered and there was no such thing as a locked multiplier. However, since the first Athlon, both Intel and AMD have tended to ...

I've been playing with my new A7V133, and I gots to say, I love this board. I paired it with a 1GHz Thunderbird (10x100), and one of the new Vantec FCE coolers (man that sucker is loud!).<P>Anyways, I ...

AMD Athlon processors using Slot-A motherboards were the company's first multiplier-locked parts. The processors had their L1 bridges lasered off to prevent users from changing the chip's clock ...

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Despite rumors to the contrary, Intel's Extreme Edition product line (and branding) isn't going anywhere. We look back at how the brand got started in the first place. Share on Facebook (opens in a ...