To state the obvious, PC hardware is the most important part of our computers. Without a solid set of components, our software and gaming experiences will be sloooow. This section covers a range of articles I’ve written about PC hardware, with a particular focus (so far) on:
After spotting quite a lot of dust inside my newly built Homelab NAS, I decided to overanalyze the situation a LOT – and then go out and buy a bunch of dust filters. So in this video I show off how I “dust proofed” my two computers (my workstation PC and my Homelab NAS). I … Read more
If you don’t have enough storage space in your PC but you want to rely on super fast NVMe storage (for gaming or content creation), what should you do? Surely if your motherboard has two NVMe slots (for example) and you have maxed both out, you are out of options – right? Well thankfully not: … Read more
Over the years I have collected a BUNCH of different storage drives that I no longer need/use: seven hard drives and one SSD. People always say that mechanical hard drives are fragile, but I’ve always kinda been curious about just HOW fragile they are. Does that make me a bad person? Who knows. What I … Read more
The graphics cards are one of the most powerful – and complicated – bits of a PC build. That’s because while plugging them into the motherboard PCIe slot is easy enough, cable managing the various PCIe cables (that run from your PSU to your GPU) is NOT easy. This is especially true if you have … Read more
Cleaning the inside of your computer can seem scary, especially because some common mistakes can be really BAD for your computer. From knocked components to shorts caused by liquid or static, it’s easy to do something wrong during cleaning. So in this video I cover 11 mistakes that people sometimes make when cleaning their PC, … Read more
I have always been interested in how computer cases vary in size (and price) a LOT. I mean, the Inwin BK623 is a fan favorite of the small-form factor community, measuring just 14cm / 5.5″ wide and 32.3cm / 12.7″ tall. But you then have a ‘desk ATX’ (i.e. full tower ATX) case called the … Read more
A few months ago I launched a new series called the ‘Media Workflow Upgrade Series’ (snappy name I know), because the way that I was producing video content was a bit too cumbersome and laggy. After making a BUNCH of upgrades, I have now ‘finished’ the upgrades (or I’m as close to being ‘finished’ as … Read more
I have always wondered what PC/laptop set-ups the big tech creators use for their own personal gaming and/or video editing, so I emailed ten of my favorite creators and I asked them. The results were really interesting for a few different reasons, as I explore in this video. If you prefer text over video, please … Read more
In a previous video I discuss how it’s unusually not advisable to power your low or mid range GPU with a single PCIe cable, due to inherent limitations that exist in the PCIe cable – especially if it’s a budget (low guage) one. But what about high end graphics cards, like cards from NVIDIA like … Read more
When choosing a new PSU, it’s easy to get decision paralysis – especially when people sometimes say that multi-rail PSUs are “safer”. They’re also more expensive, and some people say that they can lead to more crashes (in certain cases). So… which is best: single-rail or multi-rail PSUs? That’s exactly what I explore in this … Read more
