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5 Little-Known Facts About The PC Industry I enjoy learning lots of random (I mean, totally useful) facts. So in this video I cover five of my favorite facts about the PC industry, ranging from Microsoft’s “illegal” Embrace Extend Exterminate strategy from the 1990s, Lisa Su’s cousin who also works in tech, one of the earliest (and most successful) tech start-up founders and more. This videoalso takes a look at some quotes and emails from Bill Gates and Steve Jobs who sometimes skirted the lines of what was allowed/acceptable....

Beware Of Fake Steam Games – How To Avoid Getting Scammed A load of scam games appeared on the Steam PC game platform overnight between 29th Feb and 1st March 2024, with fake versions of popular games including Helldiver 2 being available at a heavily discounted price. Unfortunately these isn’t a one-off issue: fake versions of popular games have been listed on Steam for many years, with Valve (at least partially) aware of the problem....

Help! Windows Is Not Booting When I Disable CSM In The BIOS? A computer’s BIOS is filled with loads of weird and scary sounding options, and you might have come across a settings like “Launch CSM” and “Secure Boot”. Sometimes you might come across an article online suggesting that you disable CSM, either to speed up boot times or resolve certain hardware bugs. Unfortunately disabling CSM has left some users unable to boot into Windows....

DDR5: How Hot Is “Too Hot”? (Does DDR5 Need Special Cooling Or Heatsinks?) DDR5 is here and – thankfully – cheaper than ever. This has led to lots of PC builders wondering if they should finally upgrade to DDR5 RAM. However some early adopters of DDR5 memory complained that their RAM was “overheating” or running “too hot”. Is this still true? And do you need special cooling for your RAM?...

10 Awesome (Non-Storage) Uses For A NAS A NAS (network attached storage) isn’t JUST for saving and accessing files. A good NAS can actually support a lot more – from hosting websites to being a digital document management system. I personally use my NAS as a CCTV surveillance station, controlling and capturing footage from my four Power over Ethernet cameras. This videocovers ten awesome uses for a NAS, beyond it being a simple ‘files on, files off’ box:...

Does Steam Download In Sleep Mode? How To Properly Download Games Overnight So many PC games nowadays are 100 GB or more, includingBalder’s Gate 3 that is a 122 GB download. This means that if your internet connection only offers a 20 Mbit/second download rate, the game will take a whopping 13 hours and 30 minutes to download. As a result, many gamers are leaving their PCs on overnight to download PC games....

Should We All Give In & Upgrade To Windows 11? Why I Prefer It To Windows 10 With the ‘end of support’ period for Windows 10 approaching rapidly (Microsoft have said this will happen in October 2025), an increasing number of people are asking whether they should upgrade to Windows 11. I actually upgraded to Windows 11 just over a year ago, and I’ve been really happy with it. Yes there ARE some annoyances (like the start menu, task bar and right click menu) but in general I actually quite like Windows 11....