There are many ways to increase the performance of a computer, such as installing more random-access memory (RAM), faster RAM, or a faster processor. In order to achieve the best performance, all of ...

If you spend enough time around hardware enthusiasts or lurking in PC building forums, you start to hear the same rituals when it comes to RAM: set your XMP or EXPO profile, tighten your timings if ...

This was my thought process until a few weeks ago, when I was messing around in my BIOS and had to clear the CMOS. After ...

If you use a Gateway laptop for your business and want to run larger and more complex applications, you can perform a memory upgrade by adding more RAM. However, after you add the memory to your ...

Gigabyte's latest boards clumps these entries together in a handy submenu, but depending on your make and model, you may find these settings spread out in different sections of your BIOS. CPU Clock ...

If you want to enable dual-channel RAM in the BIOS of any motherboard, here is how. This step-by-step guide helps you enable dual-channel RAM or Memory so that you can enhance the performance of your ...

I built a high-end gaming PC utilizing an ASUS Z170 Pro board (black and white), Corsair DDR4 DIMMS rated at 3200 and a GTX 1080. Setting it up I let ASUS BIOS hold my hand and try to figure our an ...

Traditionally, CPUs can access only about 128MB to 256 MB of the GPU's VRAM in a single call. But if you enable Smart Access Memory or Re-BAR, the CPU can access and use the entire VRAM in a go. So, ...

A program used to edit hardware settings in the BIOS of a PC. On earlier PCs, users had to change a setting when a new drive was added, but auto-detect features were later added. Although some ...

I find that when it comes to people building their own PCs (or tweaking their existing rig) then the mysteries that lay within the BIOS settings are scarier to most people than anything hardware ...