You don't need an expensive GPU to run a local LLM that actually works
…The issue there is that RAM is actually really slow, at least compared to VRAM on a GPU or CPU cache. The former is the best choice for running LLMs with Nvidia…
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SteamOS couldn’t revive my old GPU, so I went with this non-Bazzite distro instead
…Better yet, there’s even a legacy Bazzite image for outdated Pascal GPUs such as mine. But I’d already dealt with compatibility issues on an immutable distribution and wanted some level…
AMD's handheld driver support is so bad that Linux is starting to look like the better choice
…And you might have recently noticed the fuss around an issue with Lenovo Korea saying one thing about the Legion Go , which prompted a detailed statement pledging driver support through 2029 . But…
Sunshine and Moonlight let me build my own game streaming service for the cost of one GPU
…Getting Ubuntu running on Proxmox is painless, and passing the GPU through is a non-issue with AMD and Nvidia cards. It's possible to do this with a lighter distro, but…
I didn't expect delaying Windows and Nvidia updates to be the best strategy for 2026, but here we are
…So far, multiple 2026 Patch Tuesday updates have gone downhill. January 2026's security update caused major failures, with most Windows machines unable to complete a normal shutdown among other issues with…
I used my spare PCIe slot for something boring, and it became my favorite PC upgrade
…Sign in to your XDA account Before I got into the home server ecosystem, I’d only use PCIe slots to pair graphics cards to my gaming rigs and then forget about…
I almost bought a used Nvidia Tesla GPU for my home lab, then I read what owners actually deal with
…If these GPUs were truly a home lab cheat code, everyone would be using them, but the driver situation and physical compatibility issues are just too much to bear for most enthusiasts…
A $15 fan controller did more for my PC than a new case ever could
…Upgrading your case is an absolute physical nightmare that rarely solves the underlying issue of bad fan management. A simple, dead-cheap hardware controller removes the system noise, unifies your fan channels…
Stop upgrading your CPU for media server transcoding; a used GPU does it better
…With a GPU, the upgrade is far simpler; I am mostly paying for the GPU and maybe a PSU upgrade if I were running something underpowered for the GPU. The GTX 1050…
I fixed each of my PC's biggest bottlenecks without spending a single dollar
…My system felt fine without firmware updates, until I started seeing issues with Sleep mode. My PC, on occasion, refused to sleep completely, leaving either the case fans, GPU fans, or RAM…