Tech & Gear Reviews

I just want to be able to watch TV shows and play games on my PC wherever I’m most comfortable. It’s not an unreasonable request, but despite throwing countless hours of effort and more money than I’d care to think about at this problem, I just couldn’

I’ve been taking apart, tinkering inside of, and building PCs since the Commodore-64 days. In the transition to the x86, I started building them bit by bit, and that meant learning a great deal about motherboards. While you’ll still need to check out the propellerhead sites like Anandtech

As you know from my review for it, I selected an MSI Z170A Gaming M7 motherboard for my most recent upgrade. One of the most attractive options was the bleeding-edge next-generation storage options, courtesy of a new M.2 drive interface. This new connector is, on paper, capable of 32Gbps

If you are like most people, you understand the first few words of a product description like “Kingston Technology HyperX FURY 2666MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL15 DIMM 16 DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) HX426C15FBK2/16”, but everything that follows is an alphabet soup of nonsense. I’m here to demystify this

I’m gonna start this article with a bit of an admission — I’m terrified of electricity. I was electrified and heavily scarred as a kid when a capacitor exploded in my face, shredding the left side and requiring multiple skin graft surgeries to repair. I’m comfortable putting my

For those of you who are longtime readers, you know that I’ve been on a personal quest to fill the bucket list of all the toys my mom never let me have. Helicopters, sharp objects, and especially beanbag chairs. The Sumo Titanium likely gave my delivery guy his workout

As I hold my Day One controller from my launch Xbox One, it occurs to me that it has been two years since I’ve been able to chat with my readers via my console without frustration. My trusty Xbox 360 Chatpad was the key to my sanity entering in

Many people forgot the importance of a good sound system. Hearing footsteps behind you, to just listening to rain falling, a great sound system can change how you view a game.  The Kingston HyperX Cloud ll, is not only a fantastic headset, but may be a game-changer in the world