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How CPUs are Designed, Part 3: Building the Chip
This is the third installment in our CPU design series. In Part 1, we covered computer architecture...
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10 Games to Chill Out and Lower Your Stress Levels
Like movies, video games can evoke a variety of emotions. Games like Resident Evil or Silent Hill ca...
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The History of Lightsabers in Video Games
The lightsaber is the main weapon of the Jedi and Sith and is seen often in the main Star Warsfilms...
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Ryzen 5 3600 vs. 3600X: Which should you buy?
We were among the first publications to review the Ryzen 5 3600 and at $200 we found the 6-core, 12-...
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Explainer: What are MMX, SSE, and AVX?
Computer technology is no strange to acronyms: CPU, GPU, RAM, SSD, BIOS, CD-ROM, to name but a few....
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Can You Build a Gaming PC for $500?
In a world where a decent graphics card can cost the same as a new cutting-edge console, you'd be fo...
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What's Your Old Graphics Card Now Worth?
Today we're exploring the used graphics card market, something we don't often cover, but with the la...
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Anatomy of a Storage Drive: Hard Disk Drives
It's magnetic. It's electric. It's photonic. No, this isn't going to be about a new superhero trio i...
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AMD B450 or B550 Motherboard for Ryzen 5000 CPUs?
With the announcement of AMD's Ryzen 5000 desktop CPU series, we noticed a lot of chatter about B450...
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The Future of Tech: Gaming Consoles, the Xbox and PlayStation of Tomorrow
Consoles have come a very long way since the arrival of first-generation machines from Atari and Col...
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Desktop vs. Laptop Gaming with the RTX 2070
Since the launch of Nvidia's RTX GPUs we've been intrigued about the performance difference between...
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Is Virtual Reality Missing Its Moment?
When Facebook announced they were acquiring VR pioneer Oculus in early 2014 for $2 billion, I was a...