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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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Blockchain Explained: How It Works, Who Cares and What Its Future May Hold
Best known as the immutable database that runs underneath cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum...
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5 Ways to Connect Your Old Storage Devices to a New PC
When your computer breaks down, or when you need to upgrade to a new faster machine, you may think t...
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DisplayPort vs HDMI: What's Best for High Refresh Rate Gaming?
Modern graphics cards and monitors usually offer two port options for connecting them together: Disp...
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The Last Time Intel Tried to Make a Graphics Card
Will history repeat itself? Intel's setting out to make a name for itself in the discrete GPU space...
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Anatomy of a Mouse
We've all seen and used them at home, school, and work. Computer mice are often inexpensive and basi...
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Weird Keyboard Layouts: A Showcase
There’s no place like home row, am I right? “ASDF" and "JKL:” aren’t just the keys our fingers rest...
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Test Driving the 2023 BMW iX M60: The most powerful electric vehicle from BMW
We are somewhere between ankle and knee-deep into the electric car revolution, but still witnessing...
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Not Intel, Not AMD: Alternative CPU Architectures from Around the World
It's easy to think of the desktop CPU space as a duopoly: on the one hand you have Intel finally tra...
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Intellivision: Gone But Not Forgotten
One day in 1979, during Christmas break, I sneaked into my parents' bedroom while they were away, ho...
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What is a Checksum, and What Can You Do With It?
You're about to click on a download button and notice a weird looking code next to it. It doesn't se...
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CPU and GPU Availability and Pricing Update: May 2021
Here's our monthly update looking into the current state of the CPU and graphics card markets. The g...