Intel's Arrow Lake refresh should have arrived months ago
…You want a powerful CPU for productivity tasks You're upgrading from a budget Arrow Lake CPU, so you can reuse components You want to stay with Intel and replace a Raptor…
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Google Opal solves the most serious problem non-coders face, and not even Claude or local AI could solve it better
…a pre-existing knowledge of terminals, VRAM budgets, and quantization formats. That's not the level of proficiency you'd expect from a busy university professor planning their curriculum, a school teacher…
An RTX 30 series GPU is the most sensible buy right now, and the Steam numbers prove it
…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…
Smart home devices are sneaking around your Pi-hole, and your dashboard won't catch them
…No logs, no blocks, and no indication that anything occurred. Although the dashboard may appear busy, it's not telling the entire tale. We're increasingly skeptical of smart home products, especially…
By the time the Steam Machine ships, it will have already lost the market it was supposed to own
…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…
It's not just you — MSI's confession proves it's the worst year ever for PC hardware
…Everyone knew this was coming, since everything from smartphones and televisions to laptops and consoles uses RAM and storage. Laptop makers decided to reduce RAM configurations in budget models and raise prices…
I used a LattePanda Sigma with 32GB of RAM as my ‘too much power’ home lab box, and immediately found work for it
…For someone building a practical lab on a tight budget , the smarter move may be to buy something simpler and spend the savings elsewhere. There’s also the risk that powerful hardware…
Valve already lost me on the Steam Machine, and now I don't even know who it's actually for
…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…
Most gamers should logically buy an AMD GPU — here's why they keep buying Nvidia anyway
…This dominant mindshare has been built over decades of superiority in terms of performance, features, and reliability. Nvidia is a juggernaut, and has access to greater resources, higher marketing budgets, and tighter…
The Sega Master System is still being made and sold in Brazil 37 years later
Benjamin Zeman May 5, 2026, 9:30 AM EDT Benjamin is a business consultant, coach, designer, musician, artist, and writer, living in the remote mountains of Vermont. He has 20+ years experience…