4GB GPUs can still game even if developers will have you believe otherwise
I recently picked up two GPUs: an Nvidia GTX 1650 Super and an AMD RX 5500 XT. Both of these…
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Your laptop may be one cheap card away from built-in 5G cellular
Most laptops don’t have built-in cellular internet. While there is a $95 card you can buy for compatible laptops to…
HDMI 2.1 cables don’t work with HDMI 2.0 TVs and nobody warned you
You’ve got a shiny new HDMI 2.1 cable. It’s rated for 48Gbps, boasting 4K at 120Hz and all the buzzwords…
AMD’s overclocking tool has a feature worth using even if you never overclock
For an average user, I wouldn’t recommend manually overclocking your PC’s components, since tweaking voltage and frequency settings can sometimes…
Hard drive prices make no sense right now, and buying the wrong NAS drive can cost you twice as much
I walked around a Best Buy a few days ago and looked at hard drive prices, specifically internal ones. Although…
I changed how I buy SSDs after learning why most drives hit a wall during heavy workloads
As a PC builder for over a decade, I’ve learned one thing: never trust advertised specs. Sure, PC components can…
7 tiny icons next to your USB-C port, and what they actually mean
If you’ve ever noticed the symbols next to your USB-C port and wondered what these hieroglyphs mean, you’re not alone.…
The operating system Microsoft actually wanted wasn’t Windows
Windows feels so welded to Microsoft today that the company’s operating system strategy in the late 1980s can seem almost…
Some SSDs borrow your PC’s RAM to stay fast, and I tested the tradeoff
I always considered “no DRAM” a deal-breaker when buying an SSD. I thought a cheap drive without that chip made…
One programmer left his initials inside every ZIP file you open
I’ve probably opened thousands of ZIP files without thinking much about the format itself. Double-click, extract, move on. Then I…