4 ways you're shortening your SSD's lifespan without realizing it
…Skipping firmware updates They're not as useless as they seem I know updating things like firmware and BIOS isn't something everyone adheres to. In fact, I recently updated my PC…
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These 4 PC maintenance tasks cost $0, but improve your performance drastically
…A tuned BIOS, clean cooling hardware, updated storage firmware and a reliable benchmarking baseline address the most common sources of degraded performance, and it does so without needing you to spend another…
I blamed my budget CPU for poor performance until I checked these 4 things instead
…Your SSD might be in need of a firmware update And the performance uplift may surprise you Most desktop and laptop owners never bother to update their SSD firmware , and until recently…
I ditched physical monitors for KVM-over-IP, and my server closet actually looks clean now
…They also don't give me insight into what's happening during the boot process, or let me enter the BIOS to update firmware or change settings. That usually meant having a…
My Windows 11 laptop was tanking my Wi-Fi even when closed, and this one hidden setting fixed it almost immediately
…actively patched them out over the course of several updates. If you're lucky, your laptop should have a setting in the BIOS that simply lets you switch Modern Standby's sleep…
Please, for the love of all things holy, update your BIOS
…Related These 2 BIOS features make bricked PCs a thing of the past The old days of worrying during every BIOS update are gone A BIOS update can solve a world of…
I wish I realized my RAM wasn't running at full speed earlier
…itself, but later BIOS updates made me realize how unreliable motherboard settings can be after firmware changes. Until I got the 5800X3D, I'd only updated the BIOS twice: once while building…
5 features on modern motherboards I regret not using sooner
…Prior to that, I was still updating the BIOS using the earlier method of entering the BIOS and using the flashing utility. If I weren't set in my ways, I would…
4 one-click BIOS changes that unlock the PC performance you paid for
…The truth is, a lot of what allows your PC to run to its full performance potential lies in the BIOS , the firmware that sits beneath your OS. The BIOS can seem…
I upgraded to a fast SSD and my system was still slow — here's what I missed
…I didn’t know driver support, firmware updates, or even BIOS settings could impact performance. Something as simple as not having the right NVMe driver installed prevents the SSD from performing at…