I stopped chasing Ultra and my mid-range GPU became a powerhouse
…Between unoptimized PC ports, VRAM anxieties, and the sheer cost of flagship cards as well as other PC components, users are begging for someone to tell them it's okay to slide…
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Your fastest USB port might not be your best, and I found that out the hard way
1w agoNative PC ports are quietly replacing emulation as the best way to preserve old games
1w agoI stopped paying for Obsidian after discovering VS Code can handle my notes just as well with the right extensions
1w agoI stopped using motion sensors after my smart home learned to read my PC's state
1w agoI ran Cyberpunk 2077 inside a Proxmox VM on a mini PC, and it actually worked
…It was that a Proxmox host on a mini PC got close enough to a legitimate gaming PC experience that I stopped treating it like a gimmick. Cyberpunk 2077, averaging 24.82…
Your NAS is wasted if it is just a dumb storage box — you can do a lot more with it
…See at Home Assistant Related I stopped treating my NAS like a file box, and it became the most useful PC in my house Stop treating your NAS like an overpriced external…
The Steam Deck taught PC handheld makers the wrong lesson
…The Steam Deck proved that a portable PC market existed, and hardware makers opted to copy the form factor but ignored the philosophy. They chased raw performance metrics, turning what should be…
DisplayPort is everywhere except TVs, and it's quietly limiting PC gamers
…You'll find a slow 100Mbps connection with optical audio, RCA ports, HDMI, expansion, and a few USB ports for good measure. Notice something missing? If you're a PC gamer or…
Cloudflare Mesh gave me everything Tailscale did, minus another company in my network
…There was no public exposure of my services, no port forwarding, and no Tailscale dependency. At that point, the setup stopped feeling experimental. A week later, I stopped thinking about it That…
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 motherboard has a 1GbE port, and adding a $15 2.5GbE PCIe card changes everything about your network
…Your wireless devices will soon be faster than your wired PC unless you upgrade the port. However, it's worth managing your expectations. A 2.5GbE card in your PC won't…
I used an old router as a dedicated smart home network, and it solved two problems at once
…Since my mini PC had a second NIC available , I plugged it into the LAN port of the AC66U router. In Proxmox, I created a new Linux bridge (vmbr1) for that NIC…
Your PC probably has an unused M.2 slot, and it's the cheapest upgrade available
…The M.2 slot is one of the most powerful and affordable ways to enhance your PC's capabilities. Whether it's advanced connectivity or extra USB and SATA ports you're…