Turn back the clock to November 2012. Outlook in the PC DIY community was grim, everyone was waiting in anticipation as rumors started to surface that the end of the socketed desktop CPU was growing ...

Even if the Core i5-5675C and Core i7-5775C aren’t particularly practical right now, we still have to commend Intel for listening. Two years ago, we asked for a socketed CPU sporting the company’s ...

Computers have used socketed processors for most of the PC’s lifespan, with a few notable exceptions like Intel’s cartridge-based Pentium II and III aside. These sockets change every few processor ...

Now that Intel's newest LGA 1150 motherboard chipset is out in full force, numerous enthusiast-class boards abound. We've already taken a look at five Z97 motherboards from Gigabyte, EVGA, and MSI, ...

We test out two SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 290X Tri-X GPUs in CrossFire on three competing CPU sockets at 4K. It wasn't long ago that we tested our two Intel systems at 4K, comparing the LGA 2011 and LGA 1150 ...