Looking for some help here if anyone has any ideas. I have a manual work around, but I am hoping for an actual "fix". So I am running an AMD Athlon 300GE pro processor in an Asrock B450 mITX board for ...

It can be incredibly frustrating to see lags, stutters, and those dreaded 100% usage spikes after you've spent a ton on your CPU. Most people resort to optimizing their OSes to fix the problem. While ...

If you see a warning message, The speed of processor x in group y is being limited by system firmware in Windows Event Viewer, read this post to learn how to address the warning. The message ...

With AMD's launch of Barcelona comes a new metric: Average CPU Power. While the Average CPU Power (ACP) metric reflects a need--everyone wants to know how much power servers are gobbling up--it won't ...

We’ve talked about overclocking your CPU, now we’re going through how to undervolt your CPU. The performance of your CPU is integral to the running of your PC or laptop, any electronic device really, ...

I want to poll that rational minds here at Ars rather than one of the hardware enthusiast forums for fear the only answer I would get there is, "MOOAR GHZ!!1!" I plan to replace my i7-4770S with ...

When it comes to choosing a new processor, many of us weigh the options between Intel and AMD, two powerhouses in the industry. It’s tempting to focus solely on the speed of these CPUs, but it’s ...

If the Event ID 55 or 35 (Kernel-Processor-Power) error is being logged in Event Viewer on your Windows 11/10 PC after exhibiting unusual behavior like the hard disk ...

The move to USB chargers is great but its power limitations also limit the supported applications. USB 3.0 increases the power requirements but Greenplug has better ideas for a more feature rich power ...