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Samsung's new 5K gaming monitor makes me feel so old

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The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Samsung's new 5K gaming monitor makes me feel so old This 5K2K monitor has more pixels than I can see. It can half the resolution to double the speed. Now it has more frames than I can see.


I'm unreasonably excited about Googlebooks getting custom ROMs

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The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. I'm unreasonably excited about Googlebooks getting custom ROMs Googlebooks will arrive with an unlockable bootloader, according to support info. That means Android-style custom ROMs are possible...if not very likely. When I went to Google's presentation on its new Googlebooks, it was an act of convenience.


PC upgrades are brutally expensive. These 8 Prime Day accessories aren't

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The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. PC upgrades are brutally expensive. Upgrading your actual gaming desktop or laptop is probably not happening for most people. So it's time to upgrade everything else.


Google's new Googlebooks aren't AI-first. They're phone-first

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When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Google's newest take on the laptop form factor makes sense for some users, but only if they use an Android phone for most of their digital life. How much time do you spend on your phone? Depending on a series of factors, there's a pretty decent chance that you use it more often than your laptop or desktop PC, especially if you take work out of the equation. If so, you're the kind of person for whom a Googlebook laptop makes sense. At least if that phone is Android.


5 years later, I can finally use Windows 11 the way I want

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When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. It took entirely too long to get the taskbar back on top without mods. But at least I found a cool new program with community-supplied tweaks. This morning I woke up to a freshly rebooted desktop. A bit annoying, but that's just something that happens with Windows 11 -- it reboots to install an update after a while, sometimes even when you don't ask it to.


5 cool things I screwed to the bottom of my PC desk

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When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. My standing desk has a lot of room on the bottom that's not being used, so I put a bunch of little doodads under it to make my work and play more comfy. As someone who works from home, talks about computers professionally, and plays a lot of computer games, I spend a lot of time at my desk. I've spent literally years improving it and making it more comfortable and efficient. In this week's Boost Mode, I'll show you five easy and cheap tools I screwed to the bottom for this purpose.


Witcher 3 on a phone is cool. What it means for PCs is not

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When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Witcher 3 on a phone is cool. A cool phone modding project has me seeing visions of doom and gloom for the future of the PC market. Somebody built a desktop "PC" out of a gaming phone. The modder basically disassembled a powerful Android phone, strapped on an enclosure and cooler setup, and connected it to an external monitor.


HyperX's new Cloud Alpha Air makes a big bet on open-back audio

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HyperX's new Cloud Alpha Air makes a big bet on open-back audio Gamers love HyperX's uncomplicated, long-lasting headset designs, but the Cloud Alpha Air wants to be more focused on both audio quality and streaming performance. When it comes to PC headphones, there's a pretty clear distinction between audiophile cans and gamer-focused performance headsets. But that line has gotten fuzzy in the last year or two, as evidenced by designs like the Asus ROG Kithara (and its sky-high price tag). HyperX is expanding its line of extremely popular headsets with a new open-back model, the Cloud Alpha Air. This design is definitely focused on audio quality more than some other HyperX options.


10 gadgets to enhance your gaming PC (since we can't afford RAM)

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PCWorld explores 10 external gaming accessories as affordable alternatives to expensive internal PC upgrades amid rising hardware costs driven by AI demand. Key recommendations include the Logitech G512 X keyboard with adjustable actuation and hot-swappable switches, plus Alienware's budget $350 OLED monitor featuring 240Hz refresh rates. These external upgrades offer cost-effective ways to enhance gaming setups when traditional component upgrades become financially challenging for enthusiasts. Any sports fan can tell you about the concept of a "rebuilding year," when your team doesn't have a realistic shot at the title, so they give the foundations of their franchise some much-needed TLC.


I found a 30 PC controller that beats Microsoft's 70 Xbox gamepad

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When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. I found a $30 PC controller that beats Microsoft's $70 Xbox gamepad At $30 with a dongle included in the box and drift-proof analog sticks, this controller is better than the official Xbox pad at less than half the price. Amazon Prime Day is Today! In the '90s and 2000s, there were plenty of third-party controller options available for gamers from companies like Mad Catz and Nyko. And pretty much all of them were terrible .