There won’t be anything earth shattering here, but maybe something entertaining. This will be the home of my tech related blog. The non-tech will be moving from Buy me a coffee to an internal page on this site, here. It still might not be anything super exciting, but the separation of duties will be much easier to follow.
- Choosing the Best Budget MotherboardHow Did We Get Here? The price and availability of new PC products often force us to seek budget options. This can turn out well if someone is parting with older hardware for a fair price, but it can lead to problems. The most obvious issue is matching a processor with a motherboard, or compatible …
- When a PC Hardware Repair Goes Better than ExpectedHow Did We Get Here Lately, I find myself making attempts to find broken or untested hardware on the cheap. I don’t go randomly selecting things that have no hope for repair; I search listings looking for clues that may indicate what the issue is before I start looking at prices. When I find something …
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- Is buying untested parts an exciting opportunity or a complete disaster?How Did We Get Here? That part was easy. I bought a Z97 motherboard based on suggestions from my YouTube channel. Then it got complicated. The board failed almost immediately. I tried a number of things to save it, but to no avail. It wasn’t the seller’s fault, and in their defense, it worked when …
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- Liquid or Air cooling a PC, what makes You happy?How did we get here? Noise. Honestly, that’s it. It came down to how much noise my rig was making while I was trying to stream. End of Blog, right? Maybe not, I may actually need to explain a bit. The original configuration in a Montech King 95 case was two 140mm fins blowing in …
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- It’s not failure if you learn something. The important Z97 lesson.How Did We Get Here? That part’s easy. Computer component prices are ridiculous and people are looking anywhere they can to save money. This includes PCs and systems with older parts. In some cases, much older, as in ten years old. One such case is trying to revive PCs that use DDR3 memory instead of …
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