I ignored mini PCs for years, until AMD APUs made them a serious value proposition
… While some models support eGPUs, external GPU setups are expensive enough that they rarely make sense for value-focused buyers. …
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Does the Steam Machine make sense for you?
Whether or not you're the right customer for the Steam Machine, you won't be able to ignore it. Valve's upcoming device has enough overlap with consoles as well as PCs that almost everyone will have an opinion about it. The value proposition is there, the loyal fanbase is waiting, and the pricing might not be as big an issue as it seemed. What remains to be seen is how many people believe the Steam Machine makes sense in their living room.
The Steam Machine is coming for consoles, whether Valve admits it or notThe 5800X3D is the 1080 Ti of CPUs, but I wouldn't buy one today
… Its legendary status is well deserved, but if you care about long-term value, I think there are simply better places to spend your hard-earned money. …
The Steam Machine is coming for consoles, whether Valve admits it or not
… The value proposition is there, the loyal fanbase is waiting, and the pricing might not be as big an issue as it seemed. …
The best GPU I ever used wasn't the most expensive one
… VRAM concerns hadn't become a thing yet, as most games didn't consume tons of memory. …
AMD keeps following Nvidia's playbook, and it's setting back Radeon years of progress
… By introducing this new pricing floor to a turbulent market, Arc's impact on the entry-level segment was immediately felt. …
Your next gaming handheld might cost double, or not exist at all
… If prices continue to climb, and handhelds continue to drift into the laptop pricing territory where their value proposition becomes less distinct , a sizable amount of the consumer base may be absorbed by the gaming laptop market altogether. …
AMD finally nailed the dual-CCD X3D CPU, but the 9950X3D2 proves nobody needed it
… And that's completely fine because halo products have never really been about value in the first place. …
The gaming industry's biggest lie is about what your setup needs — here's what actually matters
… However, the list of peripherals that provide real value for their premium is much shorter than the list of those that convince people to overspend while offering surprisingly little real-world value in return. …
My next CPU cooler will be an AIO liquid cooler, and the reason has nothing to do with temperatures
… I'd love to carry over my Noctua forever because it performs beautifully and looks fantastic, but acoustics and practicality have become bigger concerns in recent years, and an AIO solves both of those issues nicely. …
If I could rebuild my PC from scratch, I'd do these 7 things differently
… The recent generations of GPUs from the company, in particular, compare favorably to NVIDIA's offerings when it comes to value for money. …