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Should You Buy a Sound Card? An Enthusiast's Perspective
I've been on the fence about buying a discrete sound card since building my first PC in 2002. The eq...
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Overclocking Intel Non
We're revisiting Intel's locked Alder Lake CPUs with a special sneak peak of an upcoming MSI motherb...
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Using a U2F Key to Secure Your Google, Dropbox, and GitHub Accounts
Last week we discussed the basics of two-factor authentication (2FA) and why it's a good idea to tak...
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Are Gray Market Game Key Sites Legit?
So you're going to buy a game from one of those no-good-gray-market key sites like G2A, are you? Wel...
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Windows 8.1: Six Things Microsoft Got Right and Others That Are Still Missing
Not unlike previous releases of Microsoft's ubiquitous desktop OS, Windows 8 has faced a lot of scru...
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Five Things I Didn't Get About Making Video Games (Until I Did It)
Before I joined Gearbox Software, I worked at Destructoidas a features editor. I worked there from 2...
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Impact of Temperature on Intel CPU Performance
If you're looking for authoritative information on how much cooling is enough for your CPU, you'll b...
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Virtual Reality: The True Cost of Admission (and Why It Doesn't Matter)
Oculus VR, the company that is single-handedly responsible for the modern virtual reality movement,...
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CPU and GPU Availability and Pricing Update: April 2021
As stock shortages of CPUs and graphics cards continues, it's time for an update on the market to se...
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Hot PC Games for the 2013 Holiday Season
Although the remainder of 2013's PC gaming lineup isn't as strong as it could have been with Thief,...
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Inside the Murky Process of Getting Games on Steam
These days, it seems like Valve will let just about anything on Steam. Programs like Greenlight and...
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How to: Taking Pictures of PCBs
I've been taking pictures of circuits as part of the (now defunct) Omzlo One Kickstarter and the new...