Upgrading CPUs in office computers makes a great deal of sense given that while CPU technology has advanced greatly, other components live longer lives before they become obsolete. Upgrading poses a ...

A socket is a place that houses the computer processor. Not many would give this piece of hardware the importance it actually deserves. Well, the reason could be the less obvious functional impact of ...

Upgrading your processor often feels like upgrading your smartphone—it's exciting to unlock new performance capabilities, but it comes with a frustrating reality: you will probably need a new ...

I have looked at Intel & AMD's sites, but I am looking for a single source that tells what processor type & speeds came in what socket configuration. I am looking for practical information so I know ...

Intel's next gen CPUs are coming to gaming PCs soon, and we've just been given our first glimpse of the socket that will be used by the chips and their supporting motherboards. The new lineup of Intel ...

All our computing devices rely on technology that allows them to connect to other devices and networks. Some of these work using electromagnetic systems, but a good number of them must use a physical ...

TE Connectivity (TE), formerly Tyco Electronics, has developed a surface-mount LGA 2011 socket specifically for Intel Corp's Core i7 and Xeon 5 CPU processors. The contacts of TE's new LGA 2011 socket ...