AUTHOR

Ethan Cole

Hardware Editor GPUs, CPUs and PC hardware 8 published stories

Covers graphics cards, processors, platform launches and the hardware decisions that matter to PC builders.

Ethan Cole is a disclosed PC Current editorial pen name used for this subject area. Articles under this byline follow PC Current's editorial standards.

LATEST WORK

Stories by Ethan Cole

CPUs

Stories by Ethan Cole

CPU Power Limits Explained: Why Clock Speed Can Drop Without Overheating

CPU Cores vs Threads vs Clock Speed: What Actually Matters for Gaming?

VRAM Is Not Just a Number: Why Games Can Stutter Before the Counter Looks Full

Why GPU Usage Drops in Games — and When It’s Actually a Problem

Why Your CPU Doesn’t Stay at Its Maximum Boost Clock

Why Your RAM Is Not Running at the Advertised Speed: XMP and EXPO Explained

CPU Thermal Throttling: Why Clock Speeds Fall Under Load

Resizable BAR: When It Helps Gaming Performance — and When It Doesn’t