Your old gaming PC is overkill for a home server, and that's exactly why it's perfect
…Source? Yours truly, who built a PVE server with a Ryzen 5 1600 years ago that’s somehow still good enough to run over a dozen LXCs, a GUI-laden Debian VM…
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Hardware support is still one of Linux's biggest problems, and it may never change
…Not much later, I tried a similar experiment with Bazzite , and while it worked with my AMD Ryzen AI machine, it still didn't work with an Intel Arrow Lake processor. And…
Your budget motherboard is throttling your expensive CPU, and you won't notice until it's too late
…If you're buying an AMD Ryzen 9, Intel Core Ultra 9 , or another flagship chip with serious multi-core ambitions , the motherboard stops being little more than an I/O hub…
You can still build a 4K gaming PC for under $1000 — here's how I'd do it in 2026
…Ryzen 5600-class AM4 combos with 16 GB of DDR4 currently sell for around $300 on eBay, and Intel equivalents in the 10th-through-12th-gen Core i5 range land in the…
I wanted a Synology home server until I realized it was designed to stop me from building one
…It is still a popular entry point, but it uses an Intel Celeron J4125, ships with 2GB of RAM (maxing out at 6GB), and has dual 1GbE ports. Even the newer DS925…
Amazon's Big Spring Sale is now on: Here are all the best deals you can't miss out on
…Geekom GT1 Mega $807 $950 Save $143 7.5 /10 CPU Up to Intel Cure Ultra 9 185H Graphics Intel Arc graphics (integrated) Memory 32GB DDR5-5600 A solid mini PC for…
USB4 is quietly replacing Thunderbolt, and your next motherboard will prove it
…Modern processor architectures, such as AMD Ryzen and Intel Core chips, integrate USB4 controllers directly into the CPU die. Motherboard manufacturers no longer need extra chips or expensive licensing. They just need…
Intel's Panther Lake looks great, but it's not the upgrade desktop owners were hoping for
…Related I compared AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D to Intel's fastest CPU, and it's embarrassing The numbers are looking bad for Team Blue. The Panther Lake hype is real I…
These PC building "best practices" are costing you money and doing nothing for your rig
…As far as gaming PCs are concerned, even budget air coolers like Thermalright's Peerless Assassin and Phantom Spirit will suffice for Core i5, Ryzen 5, and Ryzen 7 processors. Spending more…
Framework says its new modular Laptop 13 Pro is a "ground up redesign"
…Patrick has a BA in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Sign in to your XDA account Summary The Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a complete redesign with Intel Core Ultra CPU options…