Your next SSD might be SATA again — here's why that's not a problem
…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…
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Google’s native app for Windows beats Microsoft at its own game
…It was partly a strategic response to the rise of Chromebooks and iPads, with Microsoft wanting to show OEM partners and consumers what Windows hardware could truly look like at its best…
AMD finally nailed the dual-CCD X3D CPU, but the 9950X3D2 proves nobody needed it
…But despite all the discussion surrounding scheduling and core parking at the time, neither was ever a true dealbreaker for most people buying these CPUs. The 7950X3D was still considered to be…
My smart home was a mess until I gave it a brain
…After dealing with a fragmented setup for a long time, the problem became clear: I lacked a single control layer. Each brand wanted me to stay inside its own app, which meant…
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The Steam Deck didn't make Linux gaming viable — it made Windows gaming look bloated
…There's a ton of background activity at any given moment, consuming system resources that could otherwise be used by games or other programs. The broad hardware compatibility and legacy support of…
Claude is still the best agentic coding tool, but Anthropic's tightening grip is the best argument yet for going local
…variant running on consumer hardware with genuinely impressive speeds. Alibaba's Qwen 3.6-27B arrived the same month as a dense workhorse that fits on a single consumer 24 GB GPU…
Your network switch is probably the wrong one, and here's how to tell before you buy
…It's only fairly recently that the average household has had access to gigabit-or-above speeds from their ISPs, and consumer hardware is still mostly on gigabit Ethernet. Most PC motherboards…
This $30 app is the best purchase I've made for my Steam Deck
…The hardware itself is great, sure, but the bedrock of Steam makes it easy to transfer your progress from Windows to Linux without any fuss. Once you start going beyond the Game…
Home labbers say to ditch your ISP router, but the Fritz Box 7530 has WireGuard, dynamic DNS, and even a media server
…The hardware is modest, but the value is exceptional Especially when it's free Being honest about the hardware, it's not up to much. You either get the Qualcomm SoC or…
I replaced ChatGPT with a local model on my gaming PC, and it's beating the cloud where I didn't expect
…Its hardware picks were the right ones for a first-time user, namely an ESP32 DevKit V1, which is the most documented board with no PSRAM flags or quirks to deal with…