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:
There’s no better feeling than finally upgrading your PC to the latest tech, but what happens when you put a PCIE4 drive into a PCIE3 slot? How does this impact speeds? Will the newer PCIE4 devices even work in older PCIE slots? PCIE4 M.2 SSD devices are backwards compatible with PCIE3 slots. Likewise, PCIE3 M.2 … Read more
When upgrading my current PC, I knew that I was going for the AMD Ryzen 5900X. This beast of a CPU has 12 cores and 24 threads. But I didn’t know how I wanted to cool it. So I went hunting online, and firstly looked at AIO liquid coolers. However I soon went off the … Read more
When I first built an AMD Ryzen system, I went with a budget Asus B350M motherboard. It sucked. It often failed to POST or boot properly, and I could never get my ‘supported’ RAM to run at the advertised speed. But I digress – the fact it was a bad motherboard isn’t relevant here. What … Read more
The M.2 form factor is just a few years old but it’s already started to change how we build PCs and laptops. This connector type has opened up the potential streamlined designed motherboards for everyone from general users do people who need hardcore, performance-optimized machines. This also creates a bunch of new questions about how … Read more
Are you thinking about building your own computer? Do you want to customize your existing computer to meet your needs? If so, you are probably thinking about the performance of the computer. You may want to handle gaming, or you may be looking for a powerful computer that you can use to quickly trade stocks … Read more
