Those who tinker with sophisticated cooling technology can often overclock processors to extraordinary speeds, but the guys at TechSpot took a more practical approach. Using a rock-bottom-priced ($180 ...

For this next batch of tests, we ran Kribibench v1.1, a 3D rendering benchmark produced by the folks at Adept Development. Kribibench is an SSE aware software renderer where a 3D model is rendered and ...

And now the stock values of the most popular Core 2 Duo CPUs: In the above table, we've left out the Xtreme models since, as we've said, this guide is aimed at ordinary folk not hard-core enthusiasts.

I have the following system configuration:<BR><BR>Ultra aluminus midtower case <BR>Ultra X-Pro 600watt APFC psu (80 PLUS certified)<BR>Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L Motherboard with F4 BIOS<BR>Intel Core 2 ...

Download Core Temp for true CPU temperatures, or get Intel Temperature Analysis Tool. That'll warm it up real good. <BR>The maximum temp for the Core 2 Duo is 85c.

We're revisiting Intel's locked Alder Lake CPUs with a special sneak peak of an upcoming MSI motherboard that's capable of making some of our favourite current generation processors much faster. For ...

In this part we will be looking at tweaking voltages and tightening memory timings and generally optimising your PC now it is overclocked. At this point, as we are going a little bit more advanced, we ...