I wiped my entire Obsidian vault, and I regret not doing it sooner
…I had created too many folders, and the folder names were too generic, like "Windows?" What about Windows? I felt like I was playing a guessing game because I would click on…
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My motherboard's debug LED saved me hours of troubleshooting once I learned how to use it
…A lifelong tech enthusiast who has built three gaming and productivity powerhouse PCs since 2018, his passion for technology keeps him closely following the semiconductor industry, from NVIDIA and AMD to ARM…
Most people misread PC component specs, and it's costing them money
…Someone building a gaming PC can end up paying extra for a processor designed to shine in heavily threaded productivity workloads, only to get little benefit from that decision in the games…
SteamOS runs so much better on the ROG Ally X that I stopped using my Steam Deck
…Valve wanted to thread the needle between usability and affordability, and it did just that, but every PC gaming handheld since has come with much more power and battery capacity. Sure, the…
Powerline Ethernet is ugly, imperfect, and sometimes exactly what your house needs
Jasmine Mannan May 27, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
These 4 Windows features are rarely used on PCs, but they make my work easier every day
…A lifelong tech enthusiast who has built three gaming and productivity powerhouse PCs since 2018, his passion for technology keeps him closely following the semiconductor industry, from NVIDIA and AMD to ARM…
I ignored this $30 upgrade for years, and it changed my entire gaming setup
…Sign in to your XDA account In my early years as a PC gamer, I looked at monitor arms as one of those optional accessories that made builds look better for a…
I added one tool to my local LLM setup, and it finally stopped making things up
…Outside of work, you'll often find Nolen diving into a good book, writing their own stories, or playing video games. Sign in to your XDA account Local LLMs have been gaining…
The Flipper One is finally official, but Flipper isn't selling it yet — they're asking for help to build it
…way SteamOS swaps between gaming and desktop modes. A separate menu-driven framework called FlipCTL wraps standard CLI tools like ping, nmap, and traceroute into something usable on the small built-in…
Windows continues to lose gamers to Linux, but they might be jumping ship at a bad time
…Related Here's why no one can shut up about Linux gaming A gaming revolution is on the horizon, but one major hurdle remains. Microsoft has started saying the right things There…