刘佳芳
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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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The Inner Workings of PCI Express
PCI Express is a technology that consistently makes headlines, with new specifications boasting ever...
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How to Change Your Monitor's Refresh Rate in Windows
Have you upgraded your monitor to one with a higher refresh rate? Not feeling the difference? How ab...
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Patched Laptops: Testing Meltdown & Spectre Patches on Ultraportable
You've probably seen our coverage and tests over the past few weeks on the Meltdown and Spectre vuln...
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Anatomy of a Power Supply Unit (PSU)
Every single desktop PC, console, or laptop has one of these. It doesn't boost your frame rate or ch...
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Things AMD Needs to Fix
This is the second part of our "Needs to Fix" series. Last week we talked about a number of issues w...
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Why Building a Gaming PC Right Now is a Good Idea: Good Timing, Great Hardware, Right Prices
What a difference a year makes. It was about this time last year that we discussed why building a ga...
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Revisiting 8
Game systems from the 8-bit and 16-bit era weren't exactly the graphical powerhouses that modern con...
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Windows 10 vs. Windows 11 Performance Test
Today we're talking our first real look at Windows 11 performance with some Intel Core processors. T...
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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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How to Get Your Significant Other Into Gaming
You play games, but your significant other does not. It's a common scenario that can be a point of c...
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Best Android Smartphone Battery Life
Battery life is one of the key features that most consumers want to see upgraded in their new phone,...