motherboards

Amazon Prime Day (July 11-12) is prime time for getting new parts for your gaming PC. Whether you're upgrading components or looking to build a new rig, you'll want to check out all the current sales for parts like CPUs,…

According to Eclypsium, the flaw affects more than 257 Gigabyte-made motherboards that the company sold to consumers over the past several years — concerned consumers can check to see whether their hardware is on the list…

Component supplier Gigabyte has some pressing questions to answer. The first and most pressing is, “Why did you put an updater backdoor into your own motherboard firmware without telling anyone?” The second is, “Why didn’t you lock it…

Hiding malicious programs in a computer’s UEFI firmware, the deep-seated code that tells a PC how to load its operating system, has become an insidious trick in the toolkit of stealthy hackers. But when a motherboard manufacturer installs…

Intel and AMD’s next-generation platforms are both here, with advanced technology like DDR5 and PCIe Gen 5. That means a plethora of motherboard choices, from frugal options, to the most princely. It also means more options for small…

AMD Ryzen 7 CPUs have proven to be a big hit with PC gamers recently, but it looks like they may have a major issue that users need to watch out for. There have been several reports of AMD Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs burning…

If you’re lucky enough to have one of AMD’s screaming new X3D CPUs designed from the ground up to boost gaming performance, you might want to check your motherboard’s manufacturer for a new BIOS update. After a few isolated reports of…

When AMD’s initial lineup of Ryzen 7000 processors launched last September, the chips themselves looked great on paper—the flagship Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 5 7600X both kicked all kinds of butt—but awful in a budget spreadsheet. With…

Intel and AMD have launched their new generation of CPUs into the wild. With these releases, come a slew of new motherboard choices. There are many familiar faces from past generations, loaded up with the latest tech like DDR5 and PCIe…

If you’ve bought a motherboard with an Intel LGA 1700 socket lately, take a look at the socket cover. (Assuming you’re completely disassembling your PC, of course.) You might be surprised to find that it says it’s compatible with “LGA…