I thought a Wi-Fi Extender would help my network — it did, just not the way I expected
…Related 5 signs your Wi-Fi router is officially too old Unsure if your router is due an upgrade? Look out for these signs that it might be time to make a…
Search
I'm staying on Windows 10 a little longer, and I'm far from alone
…Despite this decisive shift, almost every third Windows user is still on the "older" version, refusing to "upgrade." Of course, things will change as time goes on, especially as Microsoft's Extended…
Your PC's front USB ports might be worse than useless if your case was designed around old standards
…The naming scheme is a shambles, but the point is, the standard that governed front panel USB ports when many older cases were manufactured is now several generations behind what modern motherboards…
The best new Home Assistant feature in 2026 isn't AI, it's a 433MHz transmitter
…Fire up the 2026.5 dashboard and liberate your old-school ceiling fans and garage doors from their legacy plastic remotes. Instead of being stuck in an upgrade cycle of new tech…
Don't let your old NVMe gather dust: It's the fastest USB stick you own
…Sign in to your XDA account When I upgraded to Gen 5 SSDs, I let my old PCIe 3.0 NVMe drives sit around for quite a while because I didn't…
I upgraded to AM5 expecting a massive jump, but the real upgrade surprised me
…And now that I've upgraded to AM5, I can focus on the things that matter most to me, like peripherals, storage, monitors, and graphics cards. I have no plans to upgrade…
Don't waste your PC upgrade budget until you've fixed these 3 things first
…So if you don't address these issues first, even the most expensive upgrades will end up feeling underwhelming. Related 5 times I upgraded my PC, and it didn’t live up…
I thought I needed a mesh Wi-Fi setup, but a single router solved all my problems
…Sometimes you just have a bad router , and you can get a better experience with a single-router upgrade. That's what I ended up doing, and with some extra perks in…
I rebuilt my home server after 3 years, and these mistakes nearly cost me everything
…In fact, I still remember some of the fatal mistakes I made when I switched to my current Xeon workstation after using my old Ryzen build for almost three years. While I…
AMD's FSR is helping my 7-year-old Nvidia GPU crush Forza Horizon 6
…Upscaling keeps older GPUs relevant; you don't need a $1,000 upgrade to enjoy modern AAA games. When the first gameplay trailer for Forza Horizon 6 came out, it got the…