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Why You Should NEVER (Usually) Use The Same Split (Pigtail) PCIe PSU Cable A bit of a PSA (public service announcement): if you are installing a high end graphics card that has peak power usage of MORE THAN 250w (watts), you should runmultiple, separate cables to itfrom your PSU. Otherwise you could be underpowering – and harming – your expensive graphics card. Video Transcript If you’ve got a high-end graphics card that has multiple power ports instead of just one (you need to actually run two power cables) then what in general you shouldn’t do is get a single power cable which… witha pig-tail connection, and then you should NOT in general use both of those to plug in....

Can You Insert Your M.2 Drive Into the PCIe Slot? (Does It Fit?!) Figuring out storage solutions seems like it’s only getting harder. File sizes, including video games, are only getting bigger and this means that we need to expand our storage options more frequently. This has got a lot of people asking can you insert an M.2 drive into a PCIe slot? You can insert an M.2 drive into a PCIe slot only if you use an adapter....

Why M.2 NVMe Drives Might DISABLE Your SATA Ports There’s nothing more frustrating than installing your new M.2 NVMe drive only to find out that it disabled your old SATA SSD. This can be tiring, but the fix for this issue is actually pretty easy. M.2 NVMe drives use two physical PCIe lanes, while M.2 SATA drives and SATA SSDs use one PCIe lane. Your motherboard only has so much physical bandwidth and this means it is going to disable the physical SATA ports that overlap with some of its M....

Do NVMe M.2 Drives Last Longer Than ‘Normal’ SSDs? Buying storage for your PC is a delicate balancing act between performance, capacity, and price. While NVMe M.2 drives are clearly more powerful, SATA SSDs provide a budget conscious option. However, which drive will outlast the other? A NVMe M.2 drive and a SATA SSD actually have very similar lifespans. NVMe M.2 drives use nearly identical storage technology as SATA SSDs, but with a faster way of connecting to your motherboard....

Dell XPS 13 vs. XPS 13 2-in-1 (9315) Dell’s new XPS 13 (9315) comes in a standard notebook and a new 2-in-1 form factor. Here’s how they compare. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The XPS 13 (9315) is a more affordable alternative to the XPS 13 Plus. It follows a similar design to the XPS 13 (9310) and has Intel’s 12th Gen CPUs, LPDDR5 RAM, and PCIe 4....

Is M.2 SSD Backwards & Forwards Compatible (For PCIE3 & PCIE4)? There’s no better feeling than finally upgrading your PC to the latest tech, but what happens when you put a PCIE4 drive into a PCIE3 slot? How does this impact speeds? Will the newer PCIE4 devices even work in older PCIE slots? PCIE4 M.2 SSD devices are backwards compatible with PCIE3 slots. Likewise, PCIE3 M.2 SSD devices are forwards compatible with PCIE4 slots....

Why I Chose A Noctua Air Cooler For My Ryzen 5900X (No Liquid Cooling For Me!) When upgrading my current PC, I knew that I was going for the AMD Ryzen 5900X. This beast of a CPU has 12 cores and 24 threads. But I didn’t know how I wanted to cool it. So I went hunting online, and firstly looked at AIO liquid coolers. However I soon went off the idea, so I started browsing Noctua’s website instead....