My 3D printer pays for itself every time I skip buying a PC accessory
…When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with his head stuck inside a PC or tinkering with a server operating system. Besides computing, his interests include…
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Used enterprise workstations are the home lab upgrade everyone overlooks
…Sign in to your XDA account Home lab upgrades come in many different forms, and it's easy to justify buying new hardware. In the case of jumping to a new motherboard…
AMD may not have the best chips, but AM4 shows why I should trust it over Intel
…Intel has introduced a new socket a whopping four times since 2016, and buyers like myself are too apprehensive to invest in a platform that becomes a dead-end in a year…
I 3D printed 8 desk accessories, but these are the ones I actually kept
…There are dozens of overcomplicated models on Thingiverse and Printables, but in a pinch, a base-heavy soda can will also work. I've found a couple of models that take the…
The only PC components I never regret spending extra on
…You may not need the additional cooling performance right now, but when you switch to a new CPU or a new PC entirely, a high-quality cooler won't need replacing. You…
I almost bought a used Nvidia Tesla GPU for my home lab, then I read what owners actually deal with
…Related 24GB VRAM should be the new minimum for most GPUs When they work, they're the best deal around Tesla cards can be the ultimate bargain if you have time for…
The worst gaming GPU in your drawer might be your best home server upgrade
…Local large language models, image generation with Stable Diffusion, and audio transcription with Whisper all benefit enormously from GPU acceleration. Your old card probably doesn't have huge amounts of VRAM to…
Intel's next CPU generation might finally catch up to AMD on something that actually matters
…The good news is that unlike previous generations, your LGA 1954 motherboard might actually last. Reports from insider Jaykihn seem to confirm this development, as they claim that LGA 1954 will not…
CAMM2 is replacing the RAM stick as we know it, and your next laptop will prove it
…technologies, especially DDR6, as anything new will launch with inflated price tags. While companies like Gigabyte, MSI, Asus, and ASRock have shown prototype and commercial motherboards with DDR5 CAMM2 support, these boards…
Updating my SSD's firmware fixed a chronic Windows problem that nothing else did
…The new Windows update made changes to how SSDs handle the Host Memory Buffer (HMB), and before the firmware patch released by WD, some models were failing to update to the new…