Powerline Ethernet gave me reliable speeds without running cables through my walls
Ty Sherback Apr 7, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
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Asus solved WOLED's biggest weakness, and the price tag proves they actually did something different
…That's not a knock on the Asus; pretty much every OLED has this issue, but I'm pointing it out for completeness. The latest firmware version fixes most of the quirks…
Native 4K was supposed to be the endgame, but upscaling changed that
…Sure, if a game isn't too demanding, and you're happy with the performance, there's nothing wrong with sticking to native 4K. But more often than not, performance is still…
I swapped my AIO for a cheap air cooler, and my temps barely changed
…On top of that, I used Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme to make up for the weaker cooling performance of an air cooler. All of that combined meant the real-world performance difference…
Fedora Atomic is the desktop OS I keep recommending to people who don't want to think about Linux
…When you next restart your PC, your OS 'changes tracks' from the old files to the new ones. But the old files are still very much there. Different atomic operating systems will…
No, Resizable BAR isn’t the universal performance booster you think it is
…In fact, some are optimized around the old limitations. So, when you force Resizable BAR on a game that isn't built to utilize it, you resultantly get less performance and more…
Don't waste your PC upgrade budget until you've fixed these 3 things first
…He uses a Windows PC for desktop use and a MacBook for traveling, but dislikes some of the quirks of macOS. You're more likely to catch him at the gym or…
Google Home and Alexa can't do what I built in Home Assistant, and that's the whole point
…However, things are vastly different now that HASS supports voice satellite functionality on its Android companion app, which lets me trigger my entire voice assistant pipeline using hot words from an old…
My RTX 4090 proved that chasing 4K gaming was the wrong goal all along
…He uses a Windows PC for desktop use and a MacBook for traveling, but dislikes some of the quirks of macOS. You're more likely to catch him at the gym or…
Forget hunting for working CRTs, this is how I nailed the retro look for my emulation catalog
…It goes absurdly deep in recreating the quirks of old CRT televisions. It somehow makes ancient pixel art feel less like an emulator running on a PC and more like a memory…