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How Much RAM Do Gamers Need? 8GB vs. 16GB vs. 32GB
Today we're looking into how much RAM you need to play the latest and greatest gaming titles release...
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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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Are More RAM Modules Better for Gaming? 4 x 4GB vs. 2 x 8GB
It's not unusual to have this kind of question debated in tech forums, so today we're having a look...
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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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How Screwed is Intel without Hyper
As we've come to learn recently, there are four new hardware vulnerabilities that affect Intel proce...
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Display Panel Technology: TN vs. VA vs. IPS
Update: This is our original explainer about display technologies. While most of the information bel...
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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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The History of the Microprocessor and the Personal Computer
The personal computing business as we know it owes itself to an environment of enthusiasts, entrepre...
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Is the Ryzen 3 3300X Better Value than the Ryzen 5 3600?
Today we're revisiting AMD's budget-oriented Ryzen 3 3300X. This Ryzen 3 CPU thoroughly impressed us...
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AMD Ryzen 5000 IPC Performance Tested
Today we'll be taking a look at Zen 3's IPC performance. IPC stands for "instructions per cycle" and...
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How CPUs are Designed, Part 4: Where is Computer Architecture and Design Headed?
Despite continuous improvements and incremental upgrades taking place with each new generation, proc...
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Can It Run Crysis? An Analysis of Why a 13
Every year hundreds of new games are released to the market. Some do very well and sell in the milli...