My old phones replaced three smart devices in my Home Assistant setup
Ayush Pande Apr 18, 2026, 11:00 AM 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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Liquid metal works great as thermal paste, but the hidden costs aren't worth it
…A lifelong tech enthusiast who has built three gaming and productivity powerhouse PCs since 2018, his passion for technology keeps him closely following the semiconductor industry, from NVIDIA and AMD to ARM…
I connected my local LLM to my browser and it changed how I automated tasks
…Related 6 ways anyone can use LM Studio and a local LLM on their PC Most people can find a use for a local LLM on their PC, and here's how…
5 features on modern motherboards I regret not using sooner
…Sign in to your XDA account The motherboard doesn't contribute directly to your PC's performance, except by providing the necessary slots and ports and decent power delivery. Spending more on…
Wi-Fi 7 is ready, but your devices aren't — and that's costing you hundreds
…ways including interviewing the CEO of Razer, AMD's Director of Product Marketing and the VP of Lenovo. Passionate about gaming and PC technology, she has built countless computers, keyboards and other…
I set up a home server for the first time and these 5 apps changed everything
Ty Sherback Apr 4, 2026, 6:00 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…
Your Raspberry Pi will outlast your PC if you stop treating it like one
…Related 4 Raspberry Pi projects I abandoned after realizing sub-$150 mini PCs run them all better After all, cheap mini-PCs crush Raspberry Pi SBCs on the performance and OS compatibility…
Your PCIe expansion card might be running at half speed, and your motherboard probably didn't warn you
…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…
My homelab monitoring broke silently until I switched from SMS to ntfy in an afternoon
…I deployed it as a stack on Portainer using Docker Compose. The configuration only needed the persistent volume paths and a port to live on. The service was up and running in…
I tested dual-boot, WSL2, and VMs to run Linux apps on Windows, and only one was worth keeping
Ayush Pande May 2, 2026, 12:30 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…