My experience with trying to upgrade CPUs in HP laptops in the past is that, while a model may support a number of CPUs, the BIOS for each one is severely limited. Often, only a single model CPU will ...

Full disclosure: I have never built my own PC, though I have considered it many times. A general unfamiliarity with how the computational sausage gets made and the high price of staying up to date on ...

Well, I opened up some of the areas on the bottom of my toshiba satellite A15 the other night, just to see what was there. Laptops are suprisingly upgradable these days compared to my old P90 thinkpad ...

The CPU (Central Processing Unit, or simply “processor”) is arguably the most important component in a computer, perhaps only second to the GPU if you’re a gamer. However, upgrading to the best ...

If you’re thinking about bolstering your processing power then you’ll need to know how to upgrade CPU, including the removement and replacement of the chipset. Below, we’ve outlined the steps to take ...

The Framework Laptop had quite an ambitious premise upon release — a “modular” laptop that was made to be tinkered with and upgraded. After using the device myself, I walked away convinced that ...

If you feel your laptop is slowing down, you might consider upgrading its components yourself. A new CPU can breathe new life into a PC, even if you don't swap out anything else, and is a lot cheaper ...

Elvis Shida is a Tech/Hardware Writer from Kenya. He has been building PCs for a decade and is keenly interested in motherboards, monitors, and gaming TVs. When not building PCs or writing about ...

Lately, I've noticed a lot of gamers rushing to upgrade their CPUs the moment they start experiencing poor 1% lows, low GPU usage, and inconsistent frame pacing. A few bad benchmarks are all it takes ...

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