AMD's FSR is helping my 7-year-old Nvidia GPU crush Forza Horizon 6
…Sitting away from all that noise, however, was my partner's humble GTX 1660 Ti PC, powered by a Ryzen 5 3600X and 32GB DDR4 RAM. On paper, this PC sounds dangerously…
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Intel's Arrow Lake refresh should have arrived months ago
…Intel Binary Optimization Technology (iBOT) is one part that offers runtime modification of a game's machine code to streamline instructions for Intel's silicon, even if the programs were optimized for…
I 3D printed 8 desk accessories, but these are the ones I actually kept
…On the off chance that you have a spare 120mm PC case fan sitting around, Noctua's Airflow Amplifier can turn it into a focused yet silent breeze on your desk. While…
I stopped organizing my NAS like a PC, and everything got easier to back up and maintain
…PC systems are optimized for daily usage. A NAS is good for long-term storage and should be configured as such. Not all folders will share the same weight of importance. Some…
You don't need to wait for SteamOS to have a great couch PC - here's what to use instead
Ty Sherback Mar 31, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
Microsoft's Xbox Mode finally turned my gaming PC into a console, and I'm not going back to the desktop launcher
…experience that the PC ecosystem, or more accurately, the Windows ecosystem has historically lacked. Booting into a game without first dealing with the OS, the launchers, the background optimization has always been…
Modern Standby is draining your Windows 11 laptop battery, and Microsoft won't fix it
João Carrasqueira Apr 24, 2026, 12:30 PM EDT João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also…
This GPU driver setting cut my frametime variance in half, and competitive FPS games feel completely different now
Ty Sherback May 16, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
I'm using Claude Cowork to fix these 3 Windows 11 blunders Microsoft forgot about, and my PC finally feels like my own
…That being said, Opus 4.7 and the new flagship Opus 4.8 have proven particularly useful for running custom scripts to optimize my Windows PC, and since I'm the one…
I change these 5 storage settings on every new PC build, and they prevent headaches later
Ty Sherback Apr 22, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…