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The 10 Worst Things About Building a New Gaming PC
Building a gaming PC can be difficult and stressful. There are a thousand things that could go wrong...
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Then and Now: 5 Generations of GeForce Graphics Compared
It may not seem like it, but we've been gaming on DirectX 11 graphics hardware for half a decade. Th...
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Estimating CPU Performance Using Amdahl's Law
If you are in the market for a new computer, or thinking of upgrading your current system, choosing...
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When SSD Performance Goes Awry
An unfortunate tale about Samsung's SSD 840 read performance degradationAn avalanche of reports emer...
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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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FreeSync on Nvidia GPUs Workaround: Impractical, But It Works
Recently two separate Reddit threads brought an interesting topic to discussion: if you hook up your...
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The People Who Only Play One Video Game
Video games are changing. Increasingly, we're seeing a subset of players focus their attention on on...
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Budget Overclocking Guide: Ryzen 3 2200G
Today we'll be overclocking AMD's Ryzen 3 2200G to the max with a $20 air cooler from DeepCool calle...
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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 Deus Ex Predicted the Future
Warning:If you haven't played Deus Ex, but have maybe bought it in a Steam Sale as something you're...
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AMD Radeon RX 550 + Intel Pentium G4560
As many of you are no doubt aware, AMD's recently launched Radeon RX 500 series is essentially a reb...
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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...