Take a tour inside of your desktop PC to learn how all the hardware in a traditional desktop PC connects to create a complete computer system like the one you may be using right now. Here are some ...

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AIDA64 is a system monitoring and benchmarking tool that offers detailed information, diagnostics, and stress tests to measure the performance of your computer. While you may be able to manage without ...

In this episode of The Full Nerd, the gang crowns their favorite PC hardware, innovations, and trends of 2025.

Consider this hypothetical scenario: You’re upgrading your gaming rig and you’re second-guessing the hardware you’ve chosen. In fact, you’re so fed up with the performance of your old hardware you ...

A computer that refuses to start is one of the most frustrating technical problems, whether it's a desktop PC or a laptop. This issue can arise from simple power interruptions, loose connections, or ...

Software bugs can be fixed with a simple update, but hardware flaws are physically built into the devices themselves. The chips inside our devices harbor 98 different ways they can be hacked. And ...

How do you benchmark your PC? In this guide, we show you how to measure your gaming frame rates and gauge your PC performance in apps. Knowing how to run a PC benchmark test will enable you to see ...

Running AI workloads with sensitive data in the public cloud has its disadvantages, but a new generation of laptops can now perform many of the same tasks locally, in smaller form, and at a much lower ...

None of us like higher prices, but that’s exactly what we could be in for next year. I’m going to be analyzing the impact of Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on the price of PC hardware in the future, ...