You’re just not going to get a top of the line video card in a laptop unless you plan to drop a few thousand dollars on a machine. There might not seem like there’s a good way around that; however, you can actually cheap out on a laptop and still get some good graphical performance…
Virtual reality is a fairly new technology, and it’s one that not everyone can take advantage of — that’s because the hardware requirements — depending on the VR application you’re using — can be pretty high-end. You could easily spend a couple thousand on building a PC that can efficiently handle virtual reality, whether that…
Computer chairs deserve a lot more attention than they get. While most computer users are willing to spend hundreds of dollars on a new graphics card or CPU, they’re much less enthusiastic to open their wallets when it comes to buying a new computer chair for long hours However, a computer chair is one of…
A square is a rectangle, but not all rectangles are squares. Anyone remember this from basic geometry? Sometimes something that initially looks very different is technically in the same category as something else, but as a very specific subset. This is what we have going on with LCD and LED monitors. LCD stands for Liquid…
Video cards are more important than ever in 2026 — they’re used for just about everything. Gaming, 3D modeling, video editing, and so much more. They can make or break the latest gaming titles, and can be the deciding factor on how quickly or slowly a video renders. If you don’t have a video card…
Video cards are so important for gaming. They can often make or break the latest titles. If you don’t have a video card new or powerful enough, visuals can look choppy and pixelated, whereas top performing video cards can give games realistic details that you would never see in a low-end video card. Unfortunately, there…
Offering up to 12 simultaneous threads and clock speeds nearing 5 GHz, the new Intel Core i9 processors provide a significant performance boost over the Kaby Lake HQ. So far, there’s only one mobile Intel Core i9 processor, the Core i9-8950HK, but you can already choose from multiple gaming laptops that are equipped with it…
Congratulations on building your own computer. Perhaps you are looking at getting into the wide world of mining cryptocurrency and you are looking for the best GPUs available to help you earn that (bit)coin as fast as possible. Maybe you are a professional gamer looking to continue to fine tune your machine to ascend the…
If you are like so many of our readers, chances are you are looking to build or upgrade your PC here in 2018. Building has become the current trend as informed, skilled builders can end up with a lot more PC per dollar than picking one up at Best Buy and one of the biggest…
So you want to outfit your system with 4K-capable graphics. You can do that with many of the current video cards out on the market right now, but if you want to save a good chunk of cash, you can still get away with older, but capable technology like the NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti. Even…
The GTX 1070 certainly isn’t a bad video card by any means — in fact, it’s one of the better ones out there that will be able to keep up with many of today’s games. Sure, it might be a couple years old, but the GTX 1070 is still a stout performer. Putting your graphical…
Don’t want to spend too much cash on a video card? The classic saying that “you get what you pay for” always rings true. However, the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is a fairly cheap video card that still provides you with excellent Full HD gaming; however, you still need to make sure that you…
Liquid cooling is an amazing innovation, allowing you to use water to cool your components instead of the traditional plastic fan method. Not only can this be more energy efficient, but it allows for better control over fan performance, potentially giving you an almost noiseless system. That said, liquid cooling systems are definitely more expensive,…
So you picked yourself up a new AMD Ryzen 2700 processor, and now you need a way to keep it cool. Traditionally, people use fans that hook up to the motherboard to dissipate heat; however, another excellent way to get rid of heat is through a liquid cooling system. Attach a liquid cooling system to…
So you’re trying to build a PC on a budget. You’ve picked up yourself a Ryzen 3 2300X processor as entry level hardware to get things started; however, you also need to keep in mind that you’re going to need a motherboard to go with that, at least as long as you don’t already have…
The convertible laptop concept has become very popular among people who seek versatility and don’t want to spend money on two devices when one would do just fine. Today, we are comparing two 13-inch convertible laptops that are guaranteed to make it on many holiday wishlists this year: the Dell XPS 13 and the HP…