I stopped reaching for Raspberry Pi when the $60 board hit $95
…So this is not me retreating to a lesser class of hardware. It is me choosing the class that fits the job without dragging a price anchor behind it. My workbench looks…
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Who wants a handheld that's priced like a laptop?
Cost is a major consideration when it comes to handhelds, and to pretend otherwise would be folly. In the aspect of pricing, Steam Deck OLED continues to decisively pull ahead of the competitors, and there's a special reason for this, which I have talked extensively about in the past. Valve has an ability to sell its handhelds at cost because of a structural advantage that no other handheld manufacturer does. Unlike ASUS or Lenovo, Valve isn't primarily in the hardware business. As a storefront operator collecting a commission on every purchase made through Steam, Valve can afford to price har
3 reasons I still prefer the Steam Deck OLED over Windows 11 gaming handheldsIs there a silver lining?
Right now, we are in a structural shortage that probably won't see relief for a good couple of years. As a result, so much consumer hardware feels like it's vanishing. With budget gaming PCs disappearing, Nvidia's Super Series potentially in jeopardy, and the Steam Machine currently in limbo too. The silver lining of all of this is that this crisis might force a software revolution where developers have to finally stop being lazy with RAM optimization. For now, the hardware we want is sitting on a shelf in a designer's drawer, waiting for the prices to drop to make it accessible for the averag
DRAM prices have tripled, and three products are paying the priceYour desktop might already support one of the best storage upgrades nobody thinks to try
…P4500, Intel P4600, Samsung PM983, and Micron 9200 series appear for really competitive prices. Data centers refresh their hardware on cycles that have nothing to do with drive health; A U.2…
Nvidia might add more VRAM to the RTX 5060 — but that still won't save it
…Sign in to your XDA account Amidst all the AI hype and obscenely-priced PC hardware , Nvidia might be working on what it thinks will be a boon for gamers. Rumor has…
Owning the latest GPUs from both Nvidia and AMD made me realize that software matters more than hardware in 2026
…most hardware, that difference makes the usability gap massive. Related I tested the RX 9070 XT against the RTX 4080 Super, and it's closer than you think Half the price, but…
GPU prices shelved my upgrade plans, so I pushed my 5-year-old GPU to its limits
…After the September-October window, however, GPU prices breached the stratosphere, and all my upgrade dreams were shattered. With another two years (at least) of this hardware crisis on the cards, I…
The Alienware 15 cuts the fluff and doubles down on what actually matters — performance and price
…Such is the case with the Alienware 15, which aims to bring powerful gaming hardware to a wider audience of gamers. However, just because it's aimed at a lower price point…
The Steam Deck taught PC handheld makers the wrong lesson
…Valve launched the Steam Deck at a disruptive baseline price that other hardware competitors just couldn't match. Even the premium OLED models sat comfortably in console purchasing territory. They subsidized the…
The RAM demand won't resolve in 2026, and 2027 doesn't look great either, claims report
…Things look pretty dire in the world of PC hardware. RAM and storage prices have been skyrocketing, and any real chance of either coming down requires either more manufacturing lines to be…
PC building is expensive in 2026, and these are the used enterprise parts I'm buying instead
…Sign in to your XDA account Early this year, it felt like the PC hardware market hit a frustrating peak. DDR5 prices have skyrocketed, and flagship GPUs like the RTX 5080 are…
5 PC hardware downgrades the industry disguised as "progress"
…They are calling AI-generated frames the future of gaming instead of admitting that hardware-powered gains have hit a wall. They call it democratizing performance at every price point when budget…