The cheapest upgrade I made this year fixed a problem I'd blamed on Windows for months
…My main NVMe was cramped, and busy enough as it was The fix was a $60 240GB SATA SSD At this point, I had more than enough information to understand the root…
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Cloud AI is becoming cable TV: too many subscriptions, confusing limits, and bundles nobody asked for
…This gets worse because the names don’t always explain the practical difference. Plus, Pro, Max, Ultra, Team, Business, and Enterprise all sound like they should map cleanly to greater power, access…
These PC building "best practices" are costing you money and doing nothing for your rig
…An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building…
Your motherboard's second M.2 slot might be crippling your SSD performance
…An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building…
I didn't expect delaying Windows and Nvidia updates to be the best strategy for 2026, but here we are
…But the growing perception is that Nvidia's software quality has started slipping alongside the company's increasing dependence on AI-assisted development practices. It isn't particularly confidence-inspiring among enthusiasts…
Windows 11's new driver allow-list could break your old hardware, and Microsoft won't tell you what's on it
…For anything mainstream, this is practically invisible, and won't affect day-to-day usage. For uncommon hardware, though, this may introduce a new host of issues. Related Microsoft is changing how…
5 reasons why an M.2 2230 SSD has replaced all my flash drives
…Chandraveer's downtime is an eclectic mix of reading fiction, practicing calligraphy, conceptualizing new products, and enjoying an expansive FLAC audio library. Sign in to your XDA account For close to a…
Network-wide ad blocking with a Raspberry Pi Zero is easier than you think, but the Wi-Fi problem is real
…In practice, one of the easiest ways to get there is still a tiny Raspberry Pi Zero running Pi-hole or a similar DNS filtering setup. It’s cheap, quiet, low-power…
Your SSD health may be "Good," but disk write errors mean you should start worrying sooner
…An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building…
AMD bringing back the Ryzen 7 5800X3D isn't worth celebrating — it's a warning sign for us all
…It is just a practical response to an upgrade ecosystem that has become far more expensive than anyone expected. Things are so bad that AMD has had to re-engineer the Ryzen…