How to keep your PC cool for best performance

The desktop PC has two major nemeses: dust and heat. Heat can be tough to diagnose since you can’t see it the way you can with dust. The key to avoiding any heat-related issues (besides regularly cleaning your PC) is sticking with some tried and true principles of cooling. If you follow the basics, then adapt them to your local environment and the demands of your PC, you should be just fine.How to measure temperatures The best way to easily measure if your PC is getting too hot is to monitor

Gaming laptop CPU showdown: Intel 11th-gen vs 10th-gen vs AMD Ryzen 5000

It’s been a long road, but we may finally have an answer to the question of “which CPU is the best gaming laptop chip?”  The short answer: Tiger Lake H.The long answer is more nuanced, of course, so keep reading. You can also use our handy table of contents below to jump ahead: The Intel CPUs we tested What's in a TGP 11th gen Core i9-11980HK vs Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU performance 11th gen Core i9-11980HK rendering performance Core i9-11980HK gaming performance PCIe performance CPU thread performa

Yeedi Vac Station review: An affordable self-emptying robot vac that also mops

Yeedi's latest offering is an impressive and affordable option for those who want to jump on the self-emptying robot vacuum trend. https://www.techhive.com/article/3630410/yeedi-vac-station-review.html#tk.rss_all

The Full Nerd ep. 188: Intel's 12th-gen Alder Lake and Arc GPU

In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Alaina Yee, Mark Hachman and Adam Patrick Murray discuss Intel's big news on Alder Lake and its Arc GPU.It's all-Intel this week, but that's to be expected with the company unwrapping its Alder Lake hybrid CPU, which combines a redesigned performance core the company calls its biggest change in a decade, and its efficiency cores. You can read more about Alder Lake in Mark Hachman's story.To read this article in full, please click here https://www.

Razer Blade 14 review: For gamers who want to lighten up

When we received the Razer Blade 14 for review, we were curious to see what Ryzen 5000 and Nvidia RTX 30 series hardware could do in such a thin and light laptop. To Razer’s credit, the Blade 14 is surprisingly capable—with a few compromises. But you’ll need to reach deep for this top-tier system, which costs $2,800 at Amazon. This review is part of our ongoing roundup of the best laptops. Go there for information on competing products and how we tested them. Razer Blade 14 Specifications Raz

GameSir GK300 review: Wireless keyboard goodness, just not for gaming

Say you want a keyboard that ticks every box: You want a full-sized beast, eye-catching backlit keys, an included wrist rest, multiple wireless options, and trendy mechanical keys. From big-name suppliers like Logitech, you’re looking at spending $150 to $200. Budget manufacturer GameSir will give you all of that for an impressively frugal 80 bucks. Is the GK300 as good as keyboards twice its price? No. Franky, it’s not even particularly impressive for gaming, thanks to its use of clicky imit

PDF Candy review: A feature-packed free PDF editor

While free PDF editors are easy to find, free PDF editors with advanced features are virtually unheard of. PDF Candy is a rarity, offering top-shelf scanning, multiple file-conversion options, OCR capability, and other features you’d otherwise expect to pay for.The web-based editor isn’t presented as a unified interface but rather as a slate of individual app icons accessible from a single landing page. Altogether there are 44 tools for creating, editing, and converting PDFs. You just choose

Intel Alder Lake explained: How it enables a new generation of PCs

Intel’s next PC microprocessor, Alder Lake, marks a radical change for Intel. Its first mainstream Core hybrid processor mixes “performance” and “efficiency” engines to deliver either performance or longer battery life when your PC needs it most.According to Intel, Alder Lake is due “later this fall,” most likely as a 12th-gen Core chip. Intel will manufacture three versions of Alder Lake—one for the desktop, and two more for laptops—with up to 16 cores and 24 threads. Alder Lake will also ma


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