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Why Building a Gaming PC Right Now is a Bad Idea, Part 3: Bad Timing
In the first part of this series we looked at DDR4 memory, discussed pricing and availability, and s...
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Anatomy of a Storage Drive: Optical 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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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 Electronic Devices That Are Nearly Impossible to Repair
It's becoming tradition that with every new high-profile gadget release, we showcase whatever findin...
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How CPUs are Designed and Built
We all think of the CPU as the "brains" of a computer, but what does that actually mean? What is goi...
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The Science of Keeping It Cool
Almost every single piece of modern electronics generates heat whether we notice it or not. Without...
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The Story Behind the Home of Forgotten Video Games
Before the emergence of online stores, if you wanted to play old video games and they weren't availa...
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Stop Preordering Video Games
It seems like everywhere you look, a new video game is broken. Your time and your money deserve bett...
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Resident Evil 3 Benchmarked
Resident Evil 3 is a remake of the PlayStation original released back in 1999. The game follows Jill...
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Don't Bother with A320 Motherboards, Go for AMD's B350 Instead for Raven Ridge
We've learned most of what there is to know about AMD's new Vega-infused CPUs, but those of you thin...
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Quality Assured: What It's Really Like To Test Games For A Living
There's an old commercial for Westwood College that's become something of a running joke in the vide...
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And Action! An Examination of Physics in Video Games
Video game physics are something that we often take for granted. If you make your avatar jump, you e...