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Sidenote: My Long, Sometimes Frustrating Weekend of Building My New Desk and Watercooled PC

You may have (possibly!) noticed I have been rather quiet the last few days. That is simple enough to explain – as I mentioned in a post… Read more “Sidenote: My Long, Sometimes Frustrating Weekend of Building My New Desk and Watercooled PC”

WoW fans – I have a post in the works about the game for later this week. It dives into the concluding lore of the Kyrian covenant… Read more “Sidenote: Intel Rocket Lake, Core 11th Gen Benchmarks, and a Better Intel”

Last time I discussed ray-tracing, it was largely to discuss if RTX, as implemented by Nvidia, had been a bust. That post and its conclusions all focused… Read more “Sidenote: Discussing Ray-Tracing Implementations and Why RT Faces an Uphill Battle”

CES is the first major milestone for the year in tech, and while 2021 is going to be a virtual event, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t… Read more “Sidenote: CES Week Rumors and GPU Hell Gets Worse”

MMO controllers seemed like they could be the next big growth market in PC peripherals. Those hopes were high in 2009 when Logitech released the first G13s… Read more “MMO Controllers and You – My Summary of Two Weeks Using The Azeron Classic Gamepad After 11 Years of the Logitech G13”

It was a Friday like any other in the COVID-19 world. At 12:32 PM PST, one of the technology inventory tracking Discords I follow went off. An… Read more “Sidenote: The Hilariously Simple and Dumbfounding Way In Which I Now Have a Geforce RTX 3080”

This last Tuesday, I had a mission. On Monday night, I took a sleep aid, passed out at 7 PM, and waited to awaken early on Tuesday… Read more “Sidenote: My Hilarious, Awful, But Amusing Experience Trying and Failing to Get a Radeon RX 6900 XT”

Upgrade fever has hit, and with black November/cyber week deals, I’ve managed to snag pretty much all of my system upgrade with 3 key exceptions – the… Read more “Sidenote: My New Gaming PC For Late (Hopefully) 2020 – The Parts, The Current Build, The Wait For An In-Stock CPU/GPU”

AMD made a big promise at their October 28th Radeon RX 6000 series unveiling – roughly equal performance to the Nvidia Geforce RTX 3000 lineup at better… Read more “Sidenote: The Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 Review Roundup Part 1: The Current State of Play”

Let me start this post off with a simple question. Are you happy with your current PC gaming experience? I ask because before I dive into what… Read more “Sidenote: Is Now The Perfect Time for Upgrading or Building a New PC?”