Please stop putting heatsinks on NVMe drives that never throttle
Jasmine Mannan Mar 25, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
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Pi may be a powerful AI coding agent, but I refuse to run it without this extension
…Pi is one such agent harness, and it’s hands-down my favorite AI app for DevOps, coding, and regular tinkering tasks – provided I use a certain pre-configured extension to get…
Your PC setup desperately needs these upgrades instead of overpriced components
…Thanks to the massive demand for memory, storage, and GPUs, it's basically impossible for the average consumer to buy a RAM kit, SSD, or graphics card. It's best to make…
I switched from ChatGPT Plus to Claude Pro, and I haven’t regretted my decision
…These apps all have their own version of an "AI overview" that does a similar thing, but instead of going and looking at each thing individually, I can click one button and…
I ignored Claude Code's subagents until I realized what I was missing
Mahnoor Faisal May 4, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…
FSR 4.1 will be the best thing to happen to handheld PCs this year, and the timing couldn't be more perfect
…The ongoing DRAM crisis has pushed memory pricing to multi-year highs, and the downstream effect on handheld manufacturers is substantial. Not only have generational hardware refreshes been delayed indefinitely, the release…
No one wants GPUs with 8GB of VRAM, but here's why they're not going anywhere
…It started as a half-baked technology that boosted framerates at the cost of visual accuracy. With time, however, upscaling has evolved into a highly refined AI-powered algorithm that provides native…
You can build a Steam Machine right now, but Valve's optimization is the part worth waiting for
…AMD's own RX 9070 series is what you'll need if going for a Team Red build, which alone costs around $600. Add the case, CPU, memory, storage, ITX premiums, and…
Better audio and a decent chair do more for gaming than 100 extra FPS
Jasmine Mannan Apr 30, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
I started my home lab with a full-size PC, and now I can't imagine using anything else
…All of those things are small, quiet, sip power, and are relatively low cost as an entry into self-hosting , but in my opinion, they're not the best place to start…