…ASUS, Lenovo, MSI, and countless boutique builders already sell gaming PCs with nearly identical hardware configurations. Windows isn't going anywhere, though — its software ecosystem remains unmatched, and plenty of gamers will…
…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…
Jasmine Mannan Jul 10, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
…buy a Pi after the price hike. That’s the easiest way to start a self-hosting journey because it already includes everything you need. They rarely get a mention on hardware…
…for AI compute that has made PC hardware unaffordable for the masses. That said, there's a silver lining if you're comfortable buying a pre-owned GPU . In a market with…
…Sign in to your XDA account The hesitation that most might initially have around buying used hardware is definitely understandable, especially in the enterprise space. It's easy to assume that these…
…The value proposition at play is harder to sell to the average laptop buyer. Then, there's the economics of repairing your laptop vs. buying a new one. In the budget and…
…Of course, as Tom's Hardware notes, buying a RTX 3060 isn't ideal, as you'll miss out on DLSS 4.5 and Frame Generation; however, if you need a mighty…
…It was also too weak for mainstream Linux distributions like Ubuntu, which also ran poorly on the old hardware. However, I decided to give it another chance, not as a primary computer…
…The corporations don't really jump through hoops to preserve old hardware like this. If your software begins chugging on your hardware, the solution is usually to bin it and buy a…
