Undervolting your CPU can be a great way to improve its operating temperatures and reduce its power draw, but if your chip is running too hot and heavy most of the time, undervolting can actually ...

Laptops can get hot, especially when performing demanding tasks like 3D rendering, gaming, and video editing. That's because the hardware underneath — like the CPU and GPU — generates a lot of heat ...

When we think of increasing performance with existing components, we often think about strategies like overclocking, increasing power limits, and replacing an existing cooling solution. While ...

We’ve talked about overclocking your CPU, now we’re going through how to undervolt your CPU. The performance of your CPU is integral to the running of your PC or laptop, any electronic device really, ...

Overclocking has, for decades, been something of a rite of passage for computer geeks everywhere. Overclocking your gaming PC can push the CPU and GPU to a new level of performance beyond what the ...

I want to poll that rational minds here at Ars rather than one of the hardware enthusiast forums for fear the only answer I would get there is, "MOOAR GHZ!!1!" I plan to replace my i7-4770S with ...

Everyone's heard of overclocking a CPU to wring the last few drops of performance out it, right? Well, a notebook jockey's equivalent is called "undervolting" and it's designed to increase battery ...

Hey guys, this is my first time posting here, please be gentle, i posted my problem on reddit and i got no good responses, let me tell you my story, i purchased a laptop, Lenovo Ideapad 720s 15, It ...

A new attack on Intel’s CPUs, called Plundervolt, may have an unforeseen consequence. The mitigation that fixes it appears to lock the CPU voltage to default settings, possibly preventing users from ...