The unsung hero (heroine?) of every PC: The motherboard! A good motherboard is the difference between a PC that lasts for 5-7 years, and another that you get rid of after 1-2 years. Please make sure that you pick your motherboard AFTER the CPU, and the not the other way around! This is a list […]
According to scientists, CPUs are considered to be an important part of a fully functional PC. We highly recommend having at least one CPU in your computer for optimum performance. Please note: The best deals are dependent on rebates. Such rebates are reliable, but only if you follow the instructions exactly and submit everything on […]
Black Friday! IT IS BLACK FRIDAY! Yes, it is the best day of the year to get your hardware, as everything (well, most things) get a discount. We have rounded up the best deals that we could find on Newegg, and put them here. We warn you that motherboards dominate our list, but a lot […]
Newegg is having its Black Friday Week deals, and some are very good in the 20-30% off range, while others are in the insanely good 30-40% off range. These are the best deals on PC hardware that we could find. Please note: The best deals are dependent on rebates. Such rebates are reliable, but only if […]
A few weeks ago, NVIDIA released the GTX 1070 Ti for $450. As you might expect, its performance and price fall between the GTX 1070 ($400) and GTX 1080 ($500), though it’s thankfully much closer to the 1080. Long story short: At $450, this graphics card is a logical purchase and we are happy to recommend it. We […]
After months of dealing with graphics card shortages and price spikes due to unsustainable demand from cryptocurrency miners, some very welcome headlines have recently come our way: AMD CEO Sees “Leveling Off” in Cryptocurrency Mining Demand Cryptocurrency Mining Sales Cool in Q3, Says NVIDIA
With the release of the GTX 1070 Ti, NVIDIA is filling the performance gap between the GTX 1070 and 1080, and doing their best to eliminate the RX Vega 56 as a serious contender. What kind of PC should you build with the 1070 Ti? Read on to see our recommendation!
In early October, Intel launched its new Coffee Lake lineup of CPUs. In many ways, it’s a very exciting launch, with the entire range of CPUs receiving a core count upgrade for the first time since 2009. However, the launch has also been plagued with some issues. Namely, availability has been extremely limited, with the […]
Like the other new 8th Generation CPUs from Intel, the i7 CPUs have proven extremely popular, continuously selling out as soon as they come in stock. The i7-8700 and i7-8700K are a jump up to 6 core/12 thread chips, which represents a significant improvement over the previous generation’s 4 cores and 8 threads. That jump […]
Intel’s new Coffee Lake processors have been very competitive with AMD’s Ryzen, as we previously pointed out in our i7-8700K and i5-8600K comparisons against the competition. Finally, we turn our attention to the 4-core 4-thread i3 line. In this article, I’ll be comparing what we know about the i3-8350K against AMD’s price equivalent, the Ryzen […]