Recent content by jpishgar

That's a toughie - there was definitely that one that I had to bake, once upon a time. It may have been my 970. But I'd have to say my fave is most recent, my 1070. It's served me well for years now, and it's an absolute workhorse.

For me, it was Computer Shopper. This big behemoth phone book sized magazine you could find at supermarkets. I would pore through it for weeks at a time, and it was almost entirely ads. Even so, it gave one a feel for making wishlists and dream rigs. It had hardware, software, and a few games...

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I so wanted to go with the white, but I know that it would definitely show the dust more. And I'm not going to show you my previous case (out of shame for the dust build-up).

DDR4 3200! A great upgrade.

Hey all! "The cobbler's children have no shoes." as the saying goes. Upgrading my system has been a long time coming, and as it's been a while since doing so, I figured I'd share the experience! My considerations were budget (as let’s be reasonable with it being the holidays), noise level...

Western Digital's got a 4TB SATA 6Gbps Internal Hard Drive which ain't bad for NAS or archival at $85 https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-red-sata-hdd

The more I look, the more I'm thinking it may be a good day for a field trip to Micro Center. In-store only, an MSI 2080 Super Trio X for $719. https://www.microcenter.com/product/610010/msi-gaming-x-trio-geforce-rtx-2080-super-overclocked-triple-fan-8gb-gddr6-pcie-video-card

Micro Center has an in-store only deal on AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 ghz 8 core AM4 CPU with Wraith Prism Cooler for $129.99. https://www.microcenter.com/product/505632/amd-ryzen-7-2700x-37ghz-8-core-am4-boxed-processor-with-wraith-prism-cooler That ain't bad for a mid-level upgrade if you're...

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Recently, Tom's Hardware introduced a new feature called Tutorials that allow users to create recurring solutions for answering frequently occurring questions. Any user can create a tutorial and provide a link to it for speedily answering questions on...

We'll definitely have to do that! Sounds like a lot of fun.

Definitely picked up a Playstation Classic for $20. Been on the fence about that for a while, but $20 is tough to beat.

Another one - "Question: How much further does Raspberry Pi 4 bring us closer to a standalone Virtual Reality headset free of cables tethering the user to a fixed position? Have you seen much demand for a marked boost in graphics processing power?"