When you're comparing two of the best CPUs, the first spec that comes to mind is clock speed. It quite literally represents how fast the CPU can churn through clock cycles, and naturally, you'd assume ...

In business, sometimes the smallest tweak in performance will give you just the edge you need. While video gamers may be experts in a computer's CPU or processor speed, this isn't something that gets ...

In a perfect world, you could simply purchase all top-of-the-line parts for your computer. If you have approximately $6,000 to spare for that expense, then that is the best path. Most of us, however, ...

When we reviewed Google and LG’s new Nexus 5 earlier this month, we noticed that while it outscored other phones with the same chip in our standard benchmark tests, its behavior wasn’t always ...

Hack #26 from PC Hacks by Jim Aspinwall (O’Reilly Media). Adjusting the power supply voltage to your CPU can make all the difference between an erratically performing speed-hack and a stable screaming ...

Netbooks run basically the same OS as your desktop PC, but their portability and low cost mean that they're made to run a bit slower. By overclocking you can push it just over the speed bump to where ...