Restarting isn’t enough — you should always shut your PC down
…Restarting your PC is great, but it's not always enough. You should always perform a full shutdown of your PC with Fast Startup disabled for hardware longevity and power hygiene — and…
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Most BIOS options are noise, and the few that matter are easy to miss
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Don't waste your PC upgrade budget until you've fixed these 3 things first
…More often than not, the performance issues you face aren't a direct result of aging hardware, but how well your PC is balanced and set up. For instance, there's no…
Your motherboard's M.2 heatsink is probably making your SSD temps worse
…An overheating SSD will limit its performance at the first sign of real trouble, but that slowdown won't be apparent in regular PC usage. Whether you're playing games, working on…
I stopped enabling BIOS 'gaming mode' when I found out what it actually does
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No, Resizable BAR isn’t the universal performance booster you think it is
…Related 7 things you might still be doing wrong on your gaming PC You might be unknowingly hurting your PC's performance Nvidia blocks ReBAR from being globally enabled Driver updates ensure…
Your PC's unused PCIe slot beats M.2 for expansion — and it's not even close
…An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building…
The SATA mode mistake that nearly cost me my entire system
I changed one BIOS setting to boost SSD performance — and my PC refused to boot. Here’s what went wrong.
5 reasons I am done with PC building
…Minimum and recommended requirements have never been higher, and for what? The performance of PC games has never been worse — titles that look worse than previous-gen games now demand much more…
I fixed each of my PC's biggest bottlenecks without spending a single dollar
…The SSD firmware is an oft-ignored aspect on most PCs , but it's critical for your drive's performance, stability, and security. Related Your GPU, RAM, and SSD all have firmware…