3 reasons your monitor upgrade matters a lot more than your next GPU upgrade
…High-end GPUs like the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 are retailing at record prices, and even mid-range cards haven't been spared. AMD's relatively value cards like the RX…
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AM4 refuses to die, and AMD's $349 anniversary chip might be the best gaming value in 2026
…It drops into 400 and 500 series motherboards with nothing more than a BIOS update, which means the $349 sticker price is virtually the entire cost of the upgrade for many. Not…
I wouldn't build another smart home without Zigbee, even with Matter everywhere
…This can inflate the retail price of a simple contact door or motion sensor to over $20 and sometimes even $40 each. While this isn't a bank-breaking price point, when…
I stopped looking for the perfect Stream Deck alternative and built one instead
…The Stream Deck has dominated the market while being essentially a proprietary plastic box with limited keys and a high price tag. Building one is about having unlimited customization, the mechanical feel…
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I replaced my entire browser extension stack with one local LLM, and I'm not going back
…pages, extracted pricing information, stored historical data, and sent notifications when certain conditions were met, such as a product dropping below a target price, being sold by a specific retailer, or reaching…
PCIe 5.0 SSDs are overkill, and manufacturers finally realized most people don't need them
…budget,” doesn’t mean pricing is sane. 1TB will cost you $270, while the 2TB capacity has a $530 MSRP, although I’ve noticed that most retailers have it on a deep…
I swapped Claude Code, Codex, and Antigravity for an open-source local alternative, and the difference is massive
…For example, I wrote one that reads a wishlist file for old DVDs, checks a few local retailers for prices and stock, and then writes a dated report. Now, if I want…
Your monitor probably has the wrong pixel layout — here's why Alienware's new one is different
…You can only get it from Dell right now, but eventually it'll be available from the usual crowd of big box stores and retailers. The pricing on the AW3426DW is excellent…
I asked Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini to build a $1,500 PC in these dark times, and each of them fumbled it differently
…Refer the latest prices available on US-based online retailers like Amazon, BestBuy, Newegg, and more, and optimize the build for gaming performance. The build should also not compromise on aesthetics, and…
Hoarding 4K remuxes is what having a 70TB Plex server is all about
…Adding redundancy is on my roadmap, but I'll wait for hard drive prices to drop further first. I use direct play on my local network, so there's no transcoding between…