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50 Years Later: The Revolutionary 8008 Microprocessor
Guest author Ken Shirriff is a Silicon Valley-based computer enthusiast who enjoys reverse-engineeri...
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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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25 Great Games You Can Play on Laptops and Budget PCs
We often talk about the latest and greatest graphics cards and playing games at the highest settings...
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What Ever Happened to Winamp?
Recently I had a friend over to whom I offered to audition my DIY PC speaker system. The first thing...
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Cloud Storage Basics: Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and More Compared
Thanks to a wide array of cloud storage solutions, you no longer have to travel around with a handfu...
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GPU Shootouts of This Generation and Pricing Update
Because not much has been going on in the gaming GPU market, we decided that for this month's GPU pr...
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What's Thermal Throttling and How to Prevent It
Heat is an inevitable byproduct of work. It's generated when you start a car's engine, go for a bris...
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Cost Per Frame: Best Value Graphics Cards Right Now
For those who missed it, we recently published our GPU pricing update for April 2022, which saw pric...
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What is Crypto Mining?
On January 3, 2009, the first Bitcoin mining operation went underway, and a 50 BTC reward was sent t...
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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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Things Intel Needs to Fix
As the market leader and long time dominant force in the CPU space, Intel's been able to get away wi...
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King's Field Retrospective: Exploring the Roots of Elden Ring and Dark Souls
A little over 10 years ago, Demon's Souls launched on the PS3, an action RPG import from a little-kn...