Key components like CPU, GPU, and RAM are mostly safe to buy used, and they can lead to significant savings. Do some research to figure out what parts you should buy and how much they should cost ...

Hardware; How-Tos; How to Build a Computer Test Bench. Features. By Dave James Contributions from Maximum PC Staff published 7 March 2014 When you purchase through links on our site, ...

UserBenchmark is a free service that lets you benchmark your Windows computer. It runs benchmarking tests on most of the hardware components including CPU, GPU, SSD, HDD, RAM and USB Devices.

If you're not stress testing your new (or newly overclocked) PC hardware, danger may be lurking in its depths. Here's how to push your PC to its limits to ensure its stability.

Los Angeles-based Nominal, founded by aerospace and defense engineers, raised a $75 million Series B round led by Sequoia ...

Macs are no different, which is why Apple has an easy-to-use diagnostic utility built into each computer called Apple Hardware Test (AHT) manufactured before June, 2013.

Until now, computer designers have tried to deal with hardware flaws by adding to special circuits in chips that correct errors. The circuits automatically detect and correct bad data. It was once ...

Columbia’s Computer Science Department uses Dell PowerEdge R410, but was not affected by the issue, said Daisy Nguyen, IT director for the computer science department at Columbia University.