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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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Anatomy of a CPU
The CPU is often called the brains of a computer, and just like the human brain, it consists of seve...
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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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Explainer: What is SSD Trimming?
Have you ever noticed when you go into Windows to optimize your storage drives, it says retrim for S...
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider: A Ray Tracing Investigation
Critically-acclaimed game Shadow of the Tomb Raider has been updated to receive support for both Dir...
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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...
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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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A PC Gaming Music Journey: From Doom to Terraria, System Shock, and More Memorable Soundtracks
A few years back, we published a feature highlighting memorable video game music from the 8-bit and...
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Anatomy of a Monitor
You're looking at one right now. It might be sitting on a desk, stuck on a wall, or cradled in your...
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TechSpot's Annual Guide to Buying a Used Graphics Card
If your gaming PC is in desperate need of a GPU upgrade and you want to save as much money as possib...
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4GHz CPU Battle: Ryzen 3900X vs. 3700X vs. Core i9
IPC stands for "instructions per cycle" and it can be a good indicator of a processor's architecture...
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Windows 11 vs. Windows 10 Performance: Gaming and Applications
Windows 11 is coming and some of you have been trying out the leaked ISO as have multiple media outl...