What exactly is a FSB, and when you see speeds reported of 533mhz or 1066mhz, what is really the speed of memory? The Front Side Bus (FSB) connects the CPU to both the memory bus (where the RAM is ...

The Front Side Bus on an ASUS motherboard enables the central processing unit and the northbridge, also known as the memory controller hub, to communicate with one another. The speed of the FSB, in ...

I have an Athlon XP 2000+ on an ABit KG7 motherboard. It ran perfectly stable for about a year and then I started having problems with lockups, mainly during intense 3D games. This problem progressed ...

Processors continue to get faster and faster, but the frontside bus (FSB) remains one of the biggest bottlenecks on system performance. Most major manufacturers, including Intel, Motorola and AMD, are ...

Intel's Core architecture has really made a huge impression on the CPU war between AMD and Chipzilla. Not long ago Intel was in hot water over its Peltier-element temp running Prescott based CPUs, ...

And now the stock values of the most popular Core 2 Duo CPUs: In the above table, we've left out the Xtreme models since, as we've said, this guide is aimed at ordinary folk not hard-core enthusiasts.

Central processing units, or CPUs, are not the only factor within your PC that determines speed. Speed comes down to how quickly your computer, and its programs, responds to your input. When it feels ...

The higher-speed version will help set the stage for the forthcoming dual-core Montecito Itanium processors, which also will use a 667-MHz FSB. The improved front-side bus bandwidth permits data ...

Why overclock an Intel PC? The hard-core tech addict answers with the classic “because it's there.” While poetic, this doesn’t do much for the IT professional who needs more justification to risk ...

Intel’s Pentium III is now available for about one year and has already been improved: Last fall Intel introduced the Coppermine core, which comes with 256 KBytes on-die and full-speed second level ...