I moved my home lab to a new house after years of 24/7 use, and here’s what broke
Ty Sherback May 29, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
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Your old laptop is too weak for Windows 11, but it's strong enough for home lab VMs and containers
…when troubleshooting your portable workstation or tweaking its BIOS options. Most laptops also have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and the latter is extremely handy when you’re planning to host Home…
I moved my Raspberry Pi projects to $5 ESP32 boards, and nothing broke
…But over time, the performance issues persisted, and I migrated Home Assistant's duties to my mini PC. As I got familiar with the ESP32 microcontrollers , building devices became fun. Yet I…
I built a 4K Jellyfin server with Intel Quick Sync for under $200, and it's enough to replace my old GPU setup
Ayush Pande May 20, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
I don't need the Switch 2's Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake — I already made my own
…Majora's Mask and Star Fox PC port called Starship . There are also recompilation projects like Banjo: Recompiled, a native port of Banjo-Kazooie . Make the experience your own I landed on…
I ran this bulky LLM on an SBC cluster, and it's the most unhinged setup I've ever built
Ayush Pande May 14, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
Moving cheap IoT gear to a guest network solved more problems than I expected
Ty Sherback May 29, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
A $65 handheld emulator beats anything Nintendo currently sells for retro gaming
…At the time, rumors pointed to Nintendo following up the pint-sized consoles with a portable Game Boy Classic, but that never happened. This was a big mistake on Nintendo's part…
Your retro gaming setup is only as good as your CRT, and most people get this wrong
…and two white cables) and the red, green, and blue component ports. Again, it boils down to the console you plan to use. Pre-sixth-generation consoles usually work better with composite…
I built a gesture-controlled desk buddy with an $8 ESP32 and Grove sensors
…The piezo vibration sensor is next on my list, connecting to the analog port, and I'm planning to use it as a way to turn on my PC with Wake-on…