With my main PC now "at risk" (it still runs XP), I'm starting down the path of a "big shuffle" upgrade. It's a long story that ultimately comes down to a few key things: limited budget at the moment, ...

We're back with another of our featured build videos, this time around it's sponsored by be quiet! and the Light Base 900 fx case. I reviewed the smaller Light Base 600 lx recently but now we're ...

Dive into our detailed comparison of the AMD FX-6300 and Intel i5-4690k processors as we test their performance in Project ...

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AMD lovers, we hear ya. After building a killer Intel-based Windows 8.1 PC for $1000, we’re starting with a cheaper, more powerful AMD CPU this time around. And we won’t just walk you through the ...

Earlier this month, Crave revealed AMD's brand-new flagship processor, the Athlon 64 FX-60. At the time, we speculated it would easily become the fastest desktop CPU money could buy, and we've since ...

Recently we took an interesting look at how much progress Intel CPUs have made over the past six years, testing 5th-gen Core against 10th-gen Core processors' gaming performance. We covered two angles ...

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