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An image of an ASUS Z790 motherboard bios running a Core i5 13600K

My motherboard was feeding my CPU too much voltage, and one BIOS tweak fixed it

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I'd rather buy a refurbished workstation instead of building a budget PC from scratch

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Installing an SSD in the wrong M.2 slot can cut your GPU's PCIe bandwidth in half

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I filled all four RAM slots on my motherboard, and it caused months of GPU crashes

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An AMD CPU box on a desk next to a keyboard and deskmat.
AMD's Ryzen 7 5700X hits $159, and it's a great option for budget PC builders
Deals

Down to $189, this Zen 3 chip hits an all-time low for budget builders

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By  XDA Deals Desk
An RTX 5080 with its power adapter disconnected
You can now run a modified RTX VBIOS without flashing it, but not everyone should
GPU

Modding an RTX VBIOS without flashing is possible now, and it's still risky for your card

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By  Ty Sherback
Top-down angled view of the StarTech Dual-Monitor USB-C Smart Dock with some ports in use
StarTech's first smart dock has remote management and plenty of ports, but I can't recommend it
Other Hardware

$250 is a lot for what you get

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By  João Carrasqueira
Samsung 9100 pro SSD box being held up
Stop paying extra for a PCIe 5.0 SSD when your games load just as fast on Gen4
PCIe 5.0

Those benchmark numbers aren't worth bragging about.

Posts
By  Hamlin Rozario
Two memory cards held in front of a monitor screen
Fake memory cards are everywhere, and here's how to spot them
SD Card

Counterfeit memory cards promise the world, but don't take them on their word

Posts
By  Tanveer Singh
WOLFBOX MF60 blowing dust out of a keyboard
This WOLFBOX air duster beats canned air and cleans your PC for $32
Deals

A powerful, reusable alternative that pays for itself and costs less than a few refills.

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By  XDA Deals Desk
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AMD's Ryzen 7 is the budget X3D chip to get at just $300
Other Hardware

Budget X3D power for less

Posts
By  Timi Cantisano
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Replace your noisy case fans with these Thermalright ones for under $10
Deals

Quiet cooling and vibrant lighting for just $9.50

Posts
By  XDA Deals Desk
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Your USB flash drives don't have to collect dust — here are 6 ways I use mine beyond file storage
USB

That $5-10 flash drive you kept ignoring for years can be put to better use in no time.

Posts 1
By  Kazim Alvi
A black SATA SSD on a purple deskmat next to a keyboard and a figurine
My PC's unused SATA ports turned a drawer of old SSDs into a fast scratch drive
SSD

I realized I was ignoring a precious resource

Posts 1
By  Tanveer Singh
ryzen 7 box inside cable sleeving supplies
Undervolting my Ryzen 7 5800X3D taught me that lower voltage doesn't have to mean lower performance
AMD

Turns out, it isn't just about lowering temperatures.

Posts
By  Hamlin Rozario
RTX 4070 Ti Super.
6 GPUs that are officially too old in 2026
GPU

These GPUs can no longer bring it in modern titles

Posts 4
By  Tanveer Singh
Documenting projects with local LLM
A used RTX 3090 is still the best GPU for local AI, and it beats most new cards on value
GPU

This old GPU is still worth considering for local AI.

Posts 3
By  Rich Edmonds
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Keynote at COMPUTEX 2025
Nvidia's board launches investigation into alleged spying on CEO Jensen Huang
Nvidia

Huang had admitted to having an affair with the alleged spy.

Posts 1
By  Simon Batt
A portable SSD enclosure with an M.2 2230 SSD inside of it
My external SSD was running at a fraction of its speed, and the USB hub between it and my PC was the reason
SSD

Under-specced USB hub can hold accessories back.

Posts 1
By  Abid Ahsan Shanto
Close-up of an NVMe SSD installed on a motherboard
4 software utilities that quietly ruin your SSD lifespan
Storage

Watch out for these if you want your SSD to have a long life

Posts
By  Abhinav Raj
GeForce RTX 4090 GPU inside a case with green lighting
4 graphics settings I stopped maxing out, even with an RTX 4090
Nvidia

I'm targeting 100FPS, not 60FPS.

Posts 7
By  Hamlin Rozario
Closeup of GTX 1080 Ti text
My GTX 1080 Ti still runs everything I play, and these are the settings that keep it going in 2026
Nvidia

I think I can squeeze a couple more years out of it.

Posts 1
By  Hamlin Rozario
A person holding an Intel Arc A750.
Ollama was holding back my "weak" Intel GPU, and one swap turned it into a solid local AI setup
GPU

My Intel Arc GPU finally became a useful local AI machine

Posts 1
By  Ayush Pande
nvidia rtx pro 6000 on a counter
Nvidia has a new way to reduce shader stutters after driver updates, but it's disabled by default
Nvidia

It doesn't work all the time, but it's still progress.

Posts 5
By  Hamlin Rozario
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