The mini PC spec I care about most isn't the CPU
…Related Your should choose your next mini PC by its ports, not its benchmarks Those extra ports are really handy for members of the home lab faction Storage expansion is a lane…
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These PC building "best practices" are costing you money and doing nothing for your rig
…Should they stretch their budget a bit and get more powerful models for future-proofing? After all, every PC building guide recommends allocating the bulk of the budget to the CPU and…
My budget motherboard has hit its ceiling, so I'm spending more next time
…One of the biggest mistakes I made as a PC enthusiast was assuming that my future needs would look exactly like my current ones. When you're building a system, it's…
I was buying motherboards all wrong — until I checked these specs
…no USB-C, slower ports for external SSDs, and fewer high-speed connections than I expected. That started affecting how I used my PC every day. That is when I realized the…
Your motherboard has more upgrade room left than your CPU does, but most people never use it
…Sign in to your XDA account When people talk about future-proofing their PCs, the motherboard is usually the first part they justify spending extra on. I can see why, though. You…
I stopped ignoring these underrated smart TV features, and you should too
…Not all HDMI ports on your TV will support eARC, so it's also imperative that you connect your audio system to the port that does. Your HDMI ports will be labeled…
If I could rebuild my PC from scratch, I'd do these 7 things differently
…I would usually check that it supported my components, but I didn't take future-proofing into account. From the lack of an RGB header to support my PC case's RGB…
We normalized terrible gaming performance — and it's impossible to go back
…We started seeing the signs back in the late 2000s and early 2010s, when bad PC ports and post-launch patches became widespread. Lazy console-to-PC ports led to underwhelming performance…
Your network switch is probably the wrong one, and here's how to tell before you buy
…I'd assumed that with a 60W max per port, all eight PoE-enabled ports would be usable at that wattage. I was mistaken, and it meant I couldn't run some…
When AAA game developers block entire GPU brands, PC gaming loses its biggest advantage
…Rather than following the usual optimization path, they chose a different approach that left a small, but significant portion of PC gamers locked out of an AAA experience — at least until the…