Below is the Intel block diagram for the Z690 with 12th gen. CPUs [source]. Consider the PCIe lanes coming off the top left of the chipset in the diagram. The ones I've noted with the green arrows. Do ...

With the Intel Kaby Lake i7 7700K and i5 7600K CPU reviews out, we’ve been able to see the performance improvements it offers over Skylake isn’t all that great. However, the new chips will likely best ...

A look at the i945-series with the help of the ubiquitous chipset block diagram. Taking it from the top, there's two i945-based chipsets. The first is the one you see in the block diagram above, the ...

We are exactly one week away from the start of Computex 2019, and barring a surprise change of plans, AMD will announce its new generation Ryzen 3000 series of desktop processors based on its Zen 2 ...

It has been quite a while since AMD launched a new high-end desktop chipset. The 790FX has been riding high at the top of AMD's line-up for over two years now. It has been paired to newer Southbridge ...

What marks this motherboard out from any that we have reviewed in the past? The answer is a new chipset from Intel, the P965. Intel is planning on releasing three variants. The P965 differs from the ...

A new chip demands a new motherboard chipset, and on October 8, Intel and its partners revealed a wide array of Z390 motherboards to accompany the new 9th-gen Core processors. Z390 builds atop the ...