I built my own Googlebook with a Raspberry Pi, local LLMs, and old hardware
Ayush Pande May 17, 2026, 7:01 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
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My Raspberry Pi NAS taught me that cheap storage isn't worth the compromise
…It always felt like it was one new task away from reminding me what class of hardware I was actually using. That makes everyday use less pleasant than the spec sheet suggests…
Your motherboard's fancy specs don't matter nearly as much as you think
…Related The only 8 features to care about on a new motherboard Everything else will probably be there on a new motherboard
I blocked my Bambu printer from the internet, and it became the printer I actually wanted
…The printer became a machine on my network again, not a cloud accessory with a hotend. The printer started behaving more like lab hardware Ownership feels different when the machine stays on…
Please stop putting heatsinks on NVMe drives that never throttle
…PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. Whether it's breaking news about…
Home Assistant freed me from the smart home brand wars, and now I buy whatever works
…Home Assistant gives me the freedom to buy outside one brand’s ecosystem, but it doesn’t magically turn bad hardware into good hardware. Now I treat cheap devices as experiments first…
The Steam Deck didn't make Linux gaming viable — it made Windows gaming look bloated
…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…
The Steam Machine is coming for consoles, whether Valve admits it or not
…Valve has already shown its hardware chops with the Steam Deck and the new Steam Controller. There's no reason to expect anything different from the Steam Machine, or, for that matter…
Vertical GPU mounts are a thermal suicide pact and no one can change my mind
…PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. Whether it's breaking news about…
Budget mini-PCs peaked with the N100, and nothing else comes close for the price – not even the Raspberry Pi
Ayush Pande Apr 1, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…