The only PC components I never regret spending extra on
…be cooled with a budget air cooler. be quiet! Dark Rock 5 8 /10 The be quiet! Dark Rock 5 is the more affordable of the three new CPU coolers from the…
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Claude and ChatGPT are helping me plan my wedding, but only one gets the job done
…Related I asked Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT to design a website wireframe, and only one looked like it came from a real designer Which model is the best UX designer? Claude was…
My old phone became a $200 webcam upgrade, and the setup took 10 minutes
…Lest I forget, the mount designs were typically clumsy and designed for compatibility over secure fitting. To this day, the same old dozen or so budget webcams champion the market. Turns out…
I built a gesture-controlled desk buddy with an $8 ESP32 and Grove sensors
…Sign in to your XDA account The XIAO range of ESP32 chips recently got a new addition, with the ESP32-C5 entering the fray. It's the first to support dual-band…
I'd rather buy an older high-end GPU than a newer low-end one, and VRAM is only part of why
…When you're trying to ball on a budget, used hardware is always in the conversation. Used flagships can go for what new lower-end models are seen for in storefronts right…
Qualcomm's Snapdragon C is a new chip for just awful laptops
…It's designed exclusively for laptops that cost as little as $300; in other words, it's made for the type of laptop that I'd never, ever recommend on XDA. The…
Claude Code's leaked source code revealed some features Anthropic wasn't ready to share yet
…This includes in-depth coverage of AI tools like NotebookLM to breaking news across the AI space. Her passion for technology started when she received her first iPod Touch (4th generation) on…
MacBook Neo review: Apple nails the basics at a low price
Patrick O'Rourke Mar 27, 2026, 11:01 AM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
I use n8n every day to manage my finances, and it has massively improved my life
…I wasn't sure when my payment deadlines were, I often lost sight of my budget when buying new gadgets, and I spent hours piecing together where my money went. It was…
The best $22 I’ve ever spent on my gaming PC
…The cheapest addition that I ever made to my desk setup, however, was a budget soundbar from Redragon that cost me only $22. I switched from PC speakers to a soundbar around…