Your cheap unmanaged switch might be the bottleneck you forgot existed
Ty Sherback May 5, 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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Steam Machine Verified just made the mini PC the most interesting gaming device of 2026
…Will the game launch? Will it run well? Will you spend the next hour digging through settings menus trying to fix something that should've working in the first place? Related You…
The next generation of laptops will ship with CAMM2 memory, and it's already in the works
…Sign in to your XDA account All signs point to the fact that CAMM2 is poised to be the next dominant memory standard in consumer laptops, but that's hardly news at…
I tried playing PC games on my phone, and the only thing that worked was a community rebuild of the most controversial app in the scene
Adam Conway May 28, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My…
Your home network probably has a hidden bottleneck, and Wi-Fi 7 won't fix it
…If you plug your shiny new Wi-Fi 7 access point into a Cat 5e wall jack, you've just capped your next-gen network at last-gen speeds. You aren't…
I turned my living room into a Raspberry Pi-flavored arcade without storing a single game locally
…Besides computing, his interests include spending hours in long RPGs, yelling at his friends in co-op games, and practicing guitar. Sign in to your XDA account Over the years, I’ve…
Raspberry Pi owners are missing this one free tweak that changes everything
…PCIe Gen 2.0 interface, USB-C, 40-pin GPIO header GPU VideoCore VII Starting Price $60 The Raspberry Pi 5 is the Raspberry Pi Foundation's latest Single-Board Computer. It…
Your smart TV is screenshotting everything you watch, but here's how to block it
…He holds an undergraduate degree in English, a Master's degree in English with a focus on professional writing and editing, and another Master's degree in Computing & Information Systems. After teaching…
I thought I needed a NAS, then I used this device for Plex instead
…After updating the Mac mini and adjusting macOS settings to ensure the pint-sized computer never goes to sleep, I installed Plex's media server app and got things going. There's…
I started my home lab with a mini PC instead of a Raspberry Pi, and the difference was massive
…If you're looking to start your self-hosted journey with a home lab of your own, you've likely seen the recommendations to go with compact hardware and single-board computers…