I built my own Googlebook with a Raspberry Pi, local LLMs, and old hardware
Ayush Pande May 17, 2026, 7:01 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…
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I hacked my PS vita into a retro gaming console and Sony has no idea what it gave up
1d agoI ditched my gaming PC for cloud gaming when hardware prices spiraled out of control
2d agoWindows 11's new driver allow-list could break your old hardware, and Microsoft won't tell you what's on it
1w agoThe Steam Deck didn't make Linux gaming viable — it made Windows gaming look bloated
1w ago6 unsaid rules all PC gamers must obey (but don't)
…It became the backbone of PC game development for decades, with each new version bringing features like hardware acceleration, shader support, and eventually real-time ray tracing. Not quite. The answer is…
XPEnology gave me Synology's operating system on my own hardware, and now I can't justify the official price
Ayush Pande May 18, 2026, 10:00 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…
I built my own smart TV setup with a monitor and a cheap device, and it turned out better than I expected
Abid Ahsan Shanto May 29, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT Abid covers consumer hardware, gaming, and platform updates with an emphasis on accuracy, clarity, and reader-first context. He holds a BSc…
Windows is still the best OS for gaming, and these 4 things prove it
…Peripheral support you can rely on But it's mostly plug-and-play anyway The symptoms of Windows' dominance in the desktop gaming scene are also echoed throughout the hardware market, too…
AMD GPUs are finally getting the one feature that has become Nvidia's new USP
…Dynamic MFG, when supported by the game, adjusts the frame gen multiplier on the fly, based on a target framerate determined by the display's capability. Any kind of frame generation has…
4 reasons I am still using Windows 10 on my old laptop
…Years ago, when I realized that my laptop's processor was not supported for Windows 11, I was frustrated. But now, I am just relieved. Had it been supported, I would have…
Your motherboard's fancy specs don't matter nearly as much as you think
…PCIe Gen 5 support everywhere Most of my hardware still cannot fully use it One of the biggest motherboard trends over the last few years has been PCIe Gen 5 support. Many…
AMD is giving older Radeon cards an unexpected upgrade, but it's a bigger deal than it appears
…This means that if you're from the lucky bunch holding on to older Radeon hardware, this decision will directly change your gaming experience. FSR 4.1 is a huge deal for…
Google Home and Alexa can't do what I built in Home Assistant, and that's the whole point
Ayush Pande May 7, 2026, 1:30 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…