Articles about computer hardware
That upgrade itch never really goes away, no matter how many times I tell myself, that’s it for now. In another trip to the UK this March (the second in twelve months!) I’d decided that my five-year-old Corsair H100i All-In-One (AIO) water cooling system needed replacing […]
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I remember the days when I would turn on my computer and go make a pot of coffee. When the coffee was done, I would take a cup back to my desk and maybe it was ready for me to sign in. Then computers got
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I have been insistent for years about safe removal of USB drives. I remember a student or two when I was teaching college that pulled their flash drive out too quickly. It was the only device where all their college work was stored. They lost
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Installing An SSD Into A Desktop In Part 3 of this series, we will cover how to install an SSD into a Desktop computer. We will also cover how to create the ISO file you will need to install a new copy of Windows on
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Installing Your New SSD In Your Laptop Welcome to Part 2 of this 3-part series. This part covers laptops and includes Step-by-Step Processes, Preparing for the Process, Cloning to Your New SSD, and Additional Information. Read the entire article before beginning the process. The goal is
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Upgrade To An SSD With the price of many premium brands of Solid State Drives (SSDs) nosediving, perhaps it is time to investigate what an SSD can do for you. Upgrading to an SSD can feel like adding an additional 600 HP to your car.
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Setting Up A New Computer It’s a new year and Santa brought you a new laptop. All your “stuff” is still on the old computer, so how do you get your files and programs moved to the new one? This is not a difficult task,
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Having read fellow author Richard Pedersen‘s excellent article, laying bare the details of his system, my interest was piqued and I couldn’t resist the chance to show off my systems. What I Use I run two main computers which are predominantly gaming machines and I also
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Make This Christmas An Electronic Christmas While that statement might read like an ad slogan for several PC manufacturers, companies that assemble electronics in the USA, like TV manufacturers or even smartphone companies gearing up new products to comply with the much anticipated 5G networks,
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Transferring your VHS tapes to digital media today can be a head-scratcher for a number of reasons. The first and most important is whether you have access to a VCR that actually works, and the second is your choice of capturing those beloved memories, be
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My major gaming rig upgrade cycle comes around every four or five years, but would probably be more frequent if I had pots of money, which I don’t. And by major upgrade, I mean the motherboard and CPU which, without exception always means a new Windows
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Earlier in the year a new expat customer phoned and asked me to look at her PC as her Skype and Facebook calls were dropping off. I was only too delighted to help particularly since I had been recommended to her by word of mouth
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Everything On Demand We finally took the plunge and bought a Smart TV, but it’s been a long road to get this far. How we acquired it though is also worth noting and this has much to do with where we live — yes, Argentina
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Yesterday I noticed that YouTube videos and photos I’d taken were showing up with the black colours appearing washed out and blotchy, giving me concern that maybe my RX580 graphics card was playing up. This didn’t appear to be the case with games however
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