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a 3d printed yellow air duct for a gaming pc, from Reddit user 'Esra-Zander'
One Redditor has 3D-printed a big yellow air duct to attach to their GPU, and the results are middling: It 'does nothing but it looks cool'

By James Bentley Published

News Now I kinda want one too.

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Two DDR5 RAM modules lit up in pink inside a gaming PC
PC gaming has a pricing problem, and the memory crisis is compounding it in a way that's utterly heartbreaking for our hobby

By Andy Edser Published

Hard times Money, money, money.

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A photograph of three Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 memory kits on a desk
The memory price crisis has foiled my penny pinching patience and made me regret not upgrading my gaming PC sooner

By Jacob Fox Published

wistful memories Yes, I'm calling it the memory price crisis now, and you can't stop me.

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A still from a YouTube video showing an RTX 4090 having more memory chips installed
Upgrading an RTX 4090 to 48 GB of VRAM is (slightly) easier than I thought, thanks to a custom PCB, some second-hand GDDR6X, and a leaked Nvidia BIOS

By Andy Edser Published

News Yet another episode of: "Andy learns things with you."

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The underside of a Valve Steam Deck that's been repaired by a Redditor with replaced buttons, featuring a translucent back
This Redditor says it wasn't even that difficult to get a sub-$100 broken Steam Deck working again with parts from an old Nintendo DS Lite: 'not that hard at all'

By Jacob Fox Published

News And now it's fit with Nintendo DS Lite shoulder buttons, amongst other Frankenstein fixes.

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An Alienware Area-51 desktop PC lit up in blue and purple with the side of the case removed.
Turns out that Alienware's new upgradeable desktop is only fully upgradeable with an optional $35 conversion kit

By James Bentley Published

News And it won't work on old rigs.

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The Alienware Area 51 desktop PC, with the side of the case removed showing the internals, and with the Alienware logo lit up in purple in the top right.
Alienware's new Area-51 desktop PCs are built for upgrading as it finally ditches the proprietary parts and covers everything in QR codes

By Andy Edser Published

News The era of upgrade hell may be over for Alienware fans.

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Steam deck SSD upgrade in progress.
Steam Deck SSD upgrade: clone your Deck without losing a thing

By Katie Wickens Published

Deck upgrade Swap your Steam Deck SSD hassle free with this simple step-by-step guide

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Steam Deck can stream games for up to 8 hours
Steam Deck can stream games for up to 8 hours

By Jorge Jimenez Published

news Valve wants to take advantage of all the ways you play the Steam Deck, no matter where you are.

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Valve teases more answers about Steam Deck upgradability and replacement parts

By Katie Wickens Published

news Answers coming soon from Valve as to just how upgradable the Steam Deck will be.

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