Building your own desktop computer is all about performance. Actually, that’s a lie; for a substantial portion of the community, the look and aesthetic quality of a PC and its components is at least ...

If you've ever wanted to show off your GPU vertically or convert a spare PCIe slot into M.2 slots, you probably know about PCIe riser cables. These PCIe extenders bring added flexibility to your PC, ...

If you would like to increase the graphics processing power of your Raspberry Pi 5 you might be interested in an experiment carried out by Jeff Geerling. Who attached a second-hand graphics card in ...

Gigabyte has two new PCIe device products for users looking to house multiple M.2 SSD cards at the same time. The CMT 4034 and CMT 4032 PCIe Add-in cards are able to fit up to four M.2 SSDs ...

PCI and PCI-X are not directly compatible, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that means you’re out of luck if you need to use a PCI-X card in a machine that only has basic PCI slots. And yet, that ...

Reverse engineering is a methodical process that involves deconstructing complex systems into simpler parts to gain a comprehensive understanding of how they work. YouTuber “George Smart, M1GEO” has ...

If you see the error message Please power down and connect the PCIe Power Cables for this Graphics Card on your Windows 11/10 PC, read this post to learn how to ...

How do you install a graphics card? Whether you're planning to build a whole new PC from scratch, or simply swap out your creaky old GPU for a shiny new model, there are several factors to consider.

When installed in a motherboard's PCIe x16 slot, a graphics card such as the GeForce RTX 5080 can draw up to 75 watts of power directly from the slot. This power comes from the motherboard's +3.3V and ...

Vertically mounting your graphics card rarely has a performance benefit, but who cares about that when it looks so much cooler facing out through your side panel? While flipping your GPU vertically ...

A motherboard's main job is to act as a conduit between the various hardware elements that make up a PC. It needs to be able to link the desired CPU(s), system memory, graphics card, hard drive(s), ...