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Headphones Headsets Latest about Headphones Headsets I’ve been using the same headphones for 3 years, but this lightweight pair from an unexpected brand has replaced their place in my heart (and on my head) — for just $69 for a limited time ByJennifer Youngpublished17 October 24 Better SoundI had low expectations for the Baseus Bowie 30 Max due to their low price, but I’m seriously impressed Corsair’s new Xbox and PC ‘Virtuoso Max’ is a premium headset offering that has just about every feature you can imagine ByAlexander Copepublished15 October 24...

Why Managed Switches Are Better I have seven network switches in my home: six unmanaged switches, and one managed switch. Why did I choose unmanaged in most areas, but a managed switch in my study? I answer this question and morein this video, and I also dive into a hands-on demo of the Ubiquiti management dashboard (the UniFi web UI) because this helps to clearly show the benefits that a managed switch will bring....

Xbox Game Studios Latest about Xbox Game Studios Sea of Thieves will let you live out your Metal Gear Solid pirate fantasies with new stealth systems BySamuel Tolbertpublished9 October 24 📦❗Rare and Xbox Game Studios' Sea of Thieves is getting a deluge of new stealth systems, including crouching and disguises. “It was best-in-class. That’s what Halo was…that’s what Halo needs to be again.” 343 Industries rebrands, confirms franchise is moving to Unreal Engine 5....

A Tempered Glass RGB ATX Case For Just £30/$40?! (CiT Galaxy Review) On paper this case seems to have it all: temperered glass, support for the main motherboards (ATX, mATX and mini ITX), a PSU shroud, various cable routing holes, an RGB strip and fan, USB 3 and more. So HOW is it available to buy for just £30 (approx $40)? I recently purchased this case soin this videoI will give my honest thoughts on exactly what this case’s strengths and weaknesses are, and cover everything you need to know about it....

GPU Blocking The Other PCIe Slots? Here’s 7 Workarounds Some motherboards are badly laid out, or just too small for massive, modern GPUs. This means that your graphics card might be blocking access to one or more other PCIe slots, making it impossible to plug in another PCIe expansion card like a USB card, WiFi PCIe card or a PCIe networking device. I actually had this exact problem recently because my AMD RX6700XT GPU was blocking my other PCIe x16 slot, meaning that I couldn’t fit my 10 Gigabit Intel card into my build....

Will Dual Booting Void Your Warranty Or Slow Down Your PC? I personally love dual booting my computers – both my laptop and my Homelab NAS have dual boots (my laptop is a Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22 dual boot, whereas my NAS is a Windows 11 and Debian 12 dual boot – with Debian being the main OS). Dual booting your operating systems can be a great way of getting extra power and flexibility from your system, while avoiding some of the issues that virtual machines (VMs) introduces....

Why DDR5 And AM5 Is Best For Fast HomeLab NAS Builds (I’m Loving The ASRock B650M Pro RS) When I was planning out my Homelab NAS build, I was originally going to go with a budget AM4 CPU and motherboard – costing around £100-110 in total. But I ended up going for a £120 DDR5 AM5 motherboard and £165 CPU. I explain WHY my reasoningin this video, along with covering when it’s also fine to just go with a 10 year old NAS build....