…Resurrecting older CPUs highlights soaring DDR5/AM5 costs and stalled upgrade cycles. Modern games and big GPUs flatten CPU gains - good chips like the 5800X3D stay relevant. Ever since memory prices across…
…A shiny new GPU can seem like the golden goose, but what if I told you that there's a potential upgrade to your entire setup that costs half as much while…
…Most flight search tools show you what prices look like right now. They might even tell you when prices might fluctuate a bit, but very rarely will you see how much they…
…The consensus, way before hardware prices exploded, was that the Steam Machine would cost well above $700. For an entry-level PC that runs SteamOS and comes with a controller, $700–$900…
…A basic Ethernet cable tester costs around $20 and takes less than a minute to use, and I'm so glad I keep one in my networking toolbox. Related 3 myths about…
…The market doesn't exactly have too many affordable GPUs right now, but I'd recommend 16GB VRAM even if it costs you more at the outset. It won't take long…
…Pi’s affordable cost was its biggest draw, modern RPi systems (besides the Zero) have seen massive price hikes. Worse still, the RAM apocalypse has caused their price tags to shoot well…
…For starters, it was 30% faster than the 1080, while costing just $100 more. It also offered 11GB of VRAM, which was pretty generous at the time, and it's one of…
…That pricing shift is unsustainable, and I've started running a local LLM as a hybrid model to offset the costs. It's not as fast, or as capable, but it's…
…It's time to upgrade While it's usually priced at $499, it can now be had for a touch less, costing $429 for a limited time. While the CPU and RAM…
