Hardware is the physical part of a computer system, while software is all data-based Computer hardware refers to the physical components that make up a computer system. Many different kinds of ...

The motherboard is perhaps the least glamorous part of the personal computer. Video cards and CPUs all have their die-hard partisans and their benchmark bakeoffs, but a motherboard purchase is less ...

In 1998, Ask Ars was an early feature of the newly launched Ars Technica. Now, as then, it’s all about your questions and our community’s answers. Each week, we’ll dig into our question bag, provide ...

Memory Explainer: This is why memory and storage is so expensive (of course it's AI) and why PC gaming hardware prices are only going to keep rising, even probably for GPUs Windows The father of the ...

If you own a modern computer, it is probably several times faster than the one that landed the first lunar module on the moon. Modern personal computers consist of many components that work together ...

After more than 15 years in the computer hardware industry, Boost Hardware recognized a recurring problem: customers searching for specific server parts, especially hard drives, SSDs, and memory, ...

I read your guide to what to do with my old computer parts, but I'm interested in your last suggestion: selling them and making some money! How can I offload these old parts—some of which are last gen ...