I've talked many times about SSD drives. They are incredibly fast (many times faster than a mechanical drive), but cost more than a traditional mechanical hard drive . So the ideal setup is to have your operating system installed on the SSD drive and your software/data on a mechanical drive. This...
Last week I suggested a motherboard and processor that would give you a screaming fast computer. As part of the motherboard description, I mentioned that it could hold as much as 48 GB of RAM. My current machine is a bit over 3 years old and it has 12 GB of RAM. Even when working with a bunch of large...
It has been a while since I've taken a look at the motherboards available on the market. Sure, I could look at a budget board as a starting point, but let's go all out and look for the best motherboard we can find. It isn't the least expensive, but it is a great starting point on a computer...
We all need a good hard drive in our computer. As time goes by, you will increasingly need more and more space on that hard drive. How much space do you need? There is no single answer that fits every user. Those dealing with high-resolution photos and videos on a regular basis will certainly need more...
Sometimes when I go looking for a hardware product to discuss, I end up finding something else that is even more interesting. After a discussion in the office that didn't lead to anything particular interesting, I decided to talk about USB keyboard lights. If you didn't read Keep Your Devices...