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How to Check CPU Temperature

One of the pillars of good PC custodianship is ensuring all your gear isn't running out of spec, which can cause slowdowns, ...
To update the drivers, start by accessing the Device Manager in the Control Panel. Locate the section for the cooling fan, right-click on the device, and select “update driver” from the drop-down menu ...
Montech makes tons of solid thermal performance with pricing from the 2010s a thing again with its new NX600 series of CPU ...
The Thermalright Contact Frame is an accessory that helps Intel processors sit more evenly on the motherboard, reducing bending and improving cooling.
NZXT's new compact SFF case, the H2 Flow, is easy to build in and performs well. You may need to tweak GPU setup for best temps, but it's not daunting.
The silent killers!
The company’s 12th- and 13th-generation Core chips offered big boosts to CPU performance over the 11th-generation CPUs, for example, but they also usually came with a significant hit to battery life, ...
Discover the best Nano Banana 2 prompts to test Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, from 4K mockups to multilingual text and character consistency.
With the ROG Azoth, Asus delivers a sophisticated premium keyboard with excellent typing feel, OLED display and ...
Liquid-cooled, big-time overclocked, and shining with a side-panel display, the GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z is MSI's latest ...
Samsung flagship phones have extremely fast hardware, so they benchmark well. However, they also tend to heat up and throttle quickly during sustained use. Perhaps that won’t be as much of a problem ...