Air vs AIO Cooling For CPU

Air vs AIO Cooling For CPU

One of the key factors that determines your PC’s overall performance is the CPU temperature. The CPU is arguably the most critical component of your PC, but it needs the right temperature to work efficiently. Anything higher than that will cause thermal throttling and will result in performance degradation or CPU bottlenecking. All you need … Read more

Monitor Specifications Explained

Monitor Specifications Explained

When building or upgrading their PCs, most people pay attention to only hardware components like processor, graphics card, and RAM. While each of them is important in its own right, you shouldn’t skip on peripherals such as mouse, keyboard, and monitor. Monitor, in particular, is important because this is where the graphics rendered by your … Read more

What Is FreeSync?

What Is FreeSync

When looking at a gaming monitor’s specs-sheet, I’m sure you would’ve noticed the term ‘FreeSync’. To understand what this term means, we’ll have to discuss another issue first: screen tearing. In PC gaming, graphics card and monitor are responsible for in-game graphics. While GPU renders those graphics in the form of images/frames, monitor is the … Read more

CPU Coolers: Everything You Need to Know

cpu coolers

The CPU Cooler is a PC component responsible for dissipating away the heat produced by your processor. Being the most powerful component of any computer, the CPU generates a lot of heat as a byproduct. This heat will make your computer shutdown or even permanently damage the CPU itself, if left unaccounted for. This is … Read more

GPU Fans loud when gaming or on startup

GPU Fans loud when gaming or on startup

One of the main issues you can face in your PCMR journey are the loud GPU fans. If you’re even a little active on PC subreddits and forums, you’ll came across many people who’re concerned about their GPU’s fan(s) being louder during gaming or boot time. These fans can get loud due to dust, weared … Read more

What is PCIe 4.0: All You Need To Know

What is PCIe 4.0 All You Need To Know

PCIe or Peripheral Component Interconnect Express is the established standard of interface for computer motherboards and additional components. These can include storage, graphics cards, capture cards, network cards, and more. Since 2003, the PCIe standard has been used in motherboards and there have been incremental revisions to the standard that allow for more speed and … Read more