If you’re looking for smoother gameplay but don’t want to spend an absorbent amount of money on a graphics card, you can get a pretty good value out of upgrading your monitor. Walmart is currently selling a Samsung 34-inch, 3440-by-1440 gaming monitor for $249. That’s $30 off of the original sale price. However, the retailer […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/551156/graphics-card-prices-getting-you-down-this-ultra-wide-gaming-monitor-is-a-much-better-value.html
If you’re looking to get into mesh networking at home, you should check out this sweet deal on Amazon today. The online retailer is selling the TP-Link Deco S4 AC1200 mesh system three-pack for $110. That’s $40 off of the list price. The great thing about mesh systems is that they blanket a home in […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/551168/get-into-mesh-networking-on-the-cheap-with-this-tp-link-three-pack-for-110.html
The battle of high-end graphics cards is one poised with high frame rates, high resolutions, and increasingly high prices. Want to know which muscle-car-level GPU deserves your hard-earned dollars? Welcome to contest between Nvidia’s RTX 3080 and AMD’s RX 6800 XT. We’ll go over pricing, availability, and which of these excellent graphics cards offers the […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/544355/geforce-rtx-3080-vs-radeon-rx-6800-xt-which-gpu-should-you-buy.html
Your computer monitor is a major factor in deciding how good Windows will look on your PC. Indeed, even if your PC stays exactly the same, adding a higher-resolution monitor or a larger display can make a world of difference. To get the most out of your display, it’s important to acquaint yourself with your […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548915/windows-10-display-settings-superguide-how-to-adjust-every-feature.html
Man, was the Corsair MP600 Pro XT‘s reign as top dog short. Only a couple of weeks after taking the performance crown (sort of), it loses it to the Kingston KC3000, the new best SSD in the land. True, Corsair didn’t lose the title by much, and it wasn’t a total shock given that both […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/548247/kingston-kc3000-nvme-ssd-fast-and-then-some.html
Whether you’re buying a new laptop for school or trying to find a gaming laptop, Black Friday can be the best time of the year to find deals. This year, more than others, you should act fast! The ongoing supply chain shortages mean that there may be fewer PCs this holiday season, and they might […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/550968/black-friday-laptop-deals-2021-where-to-find-the-best-early-sales.html
On Tuesday, Mozilla Firefox became the first major browser to be added to the Microsoft Store, an important addition for those hoping for more browser choice within Windows 10 and 11. According to Mozilla, the change came as a result of Microsoft changing its policies on allowing third-party browser support. “Until recently, Microsoft’s store policies […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/550946/mozilla-joins-the-microsoft-store.html
Account security is always a concern when you put any kind of personal information out on the web. But a new generation of scammers is emerging, using a particularly devious combination of social engineering, cryptocurrency, and old-fashioned blackmail. The scam is becoming more common on Instagram, where popular account holders are targeted and forced to […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/550922/crypto-criminals-are-blackmailing-instagram-influencers.html
The words “inexpensive” and “Surface” typically never go hand in hand. But at $249, the new Microsoft Surface Laptop SE is Microsoft’s most affordable Surface ever and the flagship of its new Windows 11 SE initiative to develop low-cost laptops for schools. Microsoft didn’t say when the Surface Laptop SE would ship. But it’s one […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/550773/microsofts-new-surface-laptop-se-is-shockingly-cheap-at-249.html
On Tuesday, Microsoft unexpectedly announced a “simpler” version of Windows, Windows 11 SE, in its latest effort to push aside Chromebooks and make Windows the operating system of elementary- and middle-school classrooms. For years, that operating system was Windows 10 (and now Windows 11) Home in S Mode, aka Windows 10 S or Windows 11 […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/550658/windows-11-se-is-microsofts-latest-chromeos-killer.html