A $15 fan controller did more for my PC than a new case ever could
…FAN header on your motherboard. Fan Control Fan control is a great open source software which is free and allows you to control your CPU, GPU and case fans more so than…
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Stop upgrading your CPU for media server transcoding; a used GPU does it better
…CPU upgrade; the new CPU has to be compatible with the motherboard, and if I upgrade the motherboard, I’d need to verify RAM compatibility too. With a GPU, the upgrade is…
Your old PC doesn't need a new motherboard, just a $15 adapter and a faster drive
…Before you dump $400 into a new motherboard, CPU, and RAM kit just to get modern storage specs, you could spend $15 on a passive card and unlock the full potential of…
PC building is expensive in 2026, and these are the used enterprise parts I'm buying instead
…and moderate gaming, a used Quadro RTX 5000 offers 16GB of VRAM and verified drivers for roughly $450 less than a new mid-range 8GB consumer card. These are workstation GPUs and…
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I tested the same GPU with JEDEC and EXPO RAM, and the performance gap shocked me more than any GPU upgrade could
3d agoYour budget motherboard is throttling your expensive CPU, and you won't notice until it's too late
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1w agoIf I could rebuild my PC from scratch, I'd do these 7 things differently
…GTX 1060, and it has served me well over the years. But if I were to start a new PC build today, I'd probably switch to an AMD GPU instead of…
I was buying motherboards all wrong — until I checked these specs
…It does not boost FPS the way a GPU does, and even new motherboard launches rarely get the same attention as CPUs or SSDs. Because of that, a lot of people buy…
The best upgrade I made to my home lab had nothing to do with the components inside
…But at some point, I'll need space for more drives, and those drives will require airflow. I'll want to upgrade to a larger motherboard platform, install another GPU , and be…
I bought a PCIe riser for aesthetics, and it created a problem nobody warns you about
…When the PC boots, the BIOS asks the GPU how fast you can go, and the GPU says Gen 4. The motherboard also says Gen 4, and then when they try to…
The Steam Machine can't hit 4K60, but this build does it for the same price
…capped at a 30W TDP and shares its cooling with the GPU. A Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE covers cooling for $35, and an ASRock B650M motherboard brings the AM5 platform with…
No, Resizable BAR isn’t the universal performance booster you think it is
…That's because GPU-Z reads the motherboard's BIOS, while each new Nvidia driver ensures that ReBAR remains disabled globally, and only a few titles that are known to perform better…