After one of his PCs came close to overheating, Brien is more vigilant than ever about monitoring its CPU temperature. Here's the setup he's using to do it. Bonus: no annoying app notifications ...

"Normal" temperatures, though, can vary wildly depending on the CPU type of computer. A thin and light ultraportable laptop that crams a powerful CPU into a small space with little airflow, for ...

About a year ago, my computer started acting funny. It would freeze up, applications would randomly crash, and I even got a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) or two. After a few hours of suffering through ...

A cooler CPU isn't going to magically fix all your issues ...