Your motherboard's smallest PCIe slot can do much more than you think
…The smallest PCIe ports on your motherboard are one of the most useful ways to build on your PC's capabilities. Of course, you should have a genuine reason to do so…
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I built a portable tools folder instead of cluttering my system with random installs
14h agoThe USB-C port on your phone supports much more than controllers, and these are the best uses for it
1w agoYour fastest USB port might not be your best, and I found that out the hard way
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1w agoI use HDMI for my gaming PC, and it works just fine with how I play games
…The other HDMI 2.1 port runs directly into my gaming PC's powerful Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090. So why am I not using that DisplayPort in my monitor? Good question. In…
Your PC’s Wi-Fi isn't terrible — you're just making these rookie mistakes
…If you've been facing poor Wi-Fi performance on your PC, the reasons probably have less to do with the hardware than your antenna positioning, adapter settings, and I/O port…
Your motherboard's fancy specs don't matter nearly as much as you think
…placing their PCs far from routers, onboard Wi-Fi absolutely makes sense, but for my own desktop habits, Ethernet remains the connection I trust most. Too many USB ports I only use…
Snapdragon X2 Elite is finally coming to a mini PC
…is the first Snapdragon X2 Elite mini PC revealed at Computex, but several details still remain unknown. Its tiny chassis features seven USB ports: 3x USB4, 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2…
Docker bypasses your firewall silently, and most home labs don't realize it
Ty Sherback May 12, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
Your weirdest Ethernet issues may have nothing to do with your router, cable, or Windows
…Related 6 PC troubleshooting steps I always take before blaming broken hardware Believe it or not, you might not need to replace your RAM. A faulty port on the router or motherboard…
Docker Manager finally gave me a container management UI I can use on smartphones
…Creating new containers is just as simple, as I can select the ports, environment variables, and bind mounts for my FOSS images. Likewise, I can pull OCI-compliant images directly from Docker…
3 simple Plex settings that instantly fixed my buffering issues
…for some port forwarding If you're still experiencing buffering issues with remote streaming, another fix to try is port forwarding. This allows you to connect to Plex directly instead of a…
I made Jellyfin remote streaming reliable without opening everything to the internet
…I did consider the obvious fix — forwarding Jellyfin's port 8096 on the router. But I held back to avoid permanently cataloging my home server into a publicly searchable directory. Without proper…