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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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5 Ways to Connect Your Old Storage Devices to a New PC
When your computer breaks down, or when you need to upgrade to a new faster machine, you may think t...
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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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How USB Works: From 'Plug and Pray' to Being Everywhere
For a quarter of a century, the USB port has been a faithful old friend. Connecting and powering our...
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Ryzen 5 2600X vs. 2600: Which should you buy?
If you've got some $200 to spend on a new CPU and you want something that can handle any and all tas...
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How to Move PC Games to a New Drive: Steam, Origin, Windows Store, Epic Games, Battle.net & GOG
A common reason to move your game install files is that you've added a new faster or larger drive to...
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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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Blockchain Explained: How It Works, Who Cares and What Its Future May Hold
Best known as the immutable database that runs underneath cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum...
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How 3D Game Rendering Works: Texturing
In this third part of our deeper look at 3D game rendering, we'll be focusing what can happen to the...
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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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How CPU Cores & Cache Impact Gaming Performance
At some point you may have heard someone say that for gaming you need X amount of cores. Typical exa...
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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...