AMD Ryzen Explained: 5000 vs 6000, 7000 vs 8000 & The 9000 Series

Me holding my Ryzen 7600 CPU box with the installed CPU in the motherboard in the background

AMD have been quite busy releasing new CPUs in recent years, with FOUR new microarchitecture launches in the last four years alone. But what’s the real difference between CPUs like the Ryzen 7000 and 8000 series? And should you buy the new 9000 series Zen5 line-up, or wait for the “enhanced” 10000 series? I answer … Read more

Do You NEED TO Change Thermal Paste After Removing CPU Cooler?

YouTube thumbnail showing me staring at my CPU and Noctua cooler on fire with the text Just A Myth

The thermal paste (also called TIM – thermal interface material) can seem scary. After all, the internet is FILLED with scary stories of computers crashing due to insufficient thermal paste, or CPUs being destroyed due to overly high CPU temperatures. As a result, when you come to remove and reapply your CPU cooler or heatsink … Read more

CPU Usage Super High (Or At 100) Even When Barely Anything Is Running? 16 Proven Fixes

YouTube thumbnail showing CPU high usage with the text Dont Do This pointing at the msconfig boot options

A slow computer is one of the most annoying IT issues you can have, especially because they can be so difficult to debug. Finding the issue and resolving can be difficult. This video covers 16 different things you should check and change to speed up your computer and hopefully start getting lower CPU usage. I … Read more

Should CPU Virtualization Be ON or OFF? Is It A Security Risk? (And Just What Is Hyper-V?!)

Me pointing at my PC with the text About To Get Hit By VM Viruses

“CPU Virtualization” is one of those cool-sounding technologies that you just have to enable. Y’know, not because it sounds cool – but because, uhm, you’re about to run an application that really needs it. That’s totally why. But is it potentially a bad thing to enable CPU Virtualization? After all, some people warn that it … Read more

AMD Precision Boost: How To Disable It & What Else To Check

Setting manual CPU clock frequency in the Asus BIOS by changing the Ai Overclock value from Auto to Manual

Setting your own clock speed has gotten easier than ever thanks to performance tools like AMD Radeon, but what happens when you want to disable some of these built-in performance boosting presets? You can disable AMD Precision Boost by entering into your BIOS menu and disabling this feature in the Advanced menu. You can also … Read more