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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 CPUs are Designed, Part 4: Where is Computer Architecture and Design Headed?
Despite continuous improvements and incremental upgrades taking place with each new generation, proc...
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Assembling a DIY PC Speaker System
I was bitten by the audiophile bug at a relatively young age. When I was in my early teens, my paren...
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The Science of Keeping It Cool
Almost every single piece of modern electronics generates heat whether we notice it or not. Without...
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17 Years of Far Cry
The video game landscape is filled with long-running first-person shooter franchises, from the incre...
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Is Virtual Reality Missing Its Moment?
When Facebook announced they were acquiring VR pioneer Oculus in early 2014 for $2 billion, I was a...
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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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Anatomy of a Graphics Card
Almost every desktop PC has one. They have billions of transistors, can use hundreds of watts of pow...
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Quality Assured: What It's Really Like To Test Games For A Living
There's an old commercial for Westwood College that's become something of a running joke in the vide...
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Anatomy of RAM
Every single computer has RAM, whether it's embedded into a processor or sitting on a dedicated circ...
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How to Squeeze the Most Out of Your iPhone's Battery
Scientists have made plenty of battery breakthroughs in the lab in recent years yet we're still wait...
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Can You Build a Gaming PC for $500?
In a world where a decent graphics card can cost the same as a new cutting-edge console, you'd be fo...