Tyler Morgan

Your Raspberry Pi 5 deserves better than a microSD card. The Pi 5 finally exposes a real PCIe 2.0 x1 lane, and the best NVMe HATs for Raspberry Pi 5 turn that single lane into genuine NVMe SSD storage with sequential reads over 800 MB/s. After weeks of testing eight different M.2 HATs across boot … Read more

Dual monitor setups used to require a chunky tower. Not anymore. After spending three months rotating eight compact mini PCs through my home office, I found that the best mini PCs for dual monitor setups now deliver serious performance, full 4K output, and quiet operation in a box that fits in your palm. This guide … Read more

I’ve spent the last three months putting eight NUC-style mini PCs through their paces on my standing desk, my media center, and even a small home game server rack. The “for the money” part of this roundup matters more than ever in , because prices for compact desktops have finally caught up to tower PCs … Read more

When I built my first triple-screen sim rig, I quickly learned that running SimHub dashboards on the same PC as the racing sim is a recipe for stutters. The solution is a dedicated best mini PC for sim racing dashboards, a compact computer that handles telemetry displays, button boxes, and shift lights while your main … Read more

I’ve been running a home network for competitive play across PC, PS5, and Xbox for years, and the single upgrade that moved my ping more than any other was the router. Not the gaming PC, not the fiber plan – the router. After swapping four routers in the past 18 months and measuring real gameplay … Read more

Three thousand square feet of home used to mean three routers and a lot of frustration. After spending six weeks running speed tests across a 4,200 sq ft two-story house with eight connected devices streaming, gaming, and video conferencing at the same time, I can say with confidence: the best Wi-Fi 6E routers for large … Read more

I remember the first time a lag spike cost me a ranked match because my router couldn’t push a stable signal to my PC two rooms away. That’s the moment I realized single-router setups fail gamers in large or multi-floor homes. After testing eight different systems over three months, I found the best mesh Wi-Fi … Read more

Nothing kills a clutch moment faster than lag. We have all watched a headshot vanish into packet loss or lost a ranked match because of a 200ms ping spike. After spending six weeks testing 8 of the most popular budget gaming routers on the market, I am confident that you do not need to spend … Read more

I have been running private game servers out of my home for the better part of a decade, and nothing punishes a bad router faster than a packed Discord call with twelve people rubber-banding around the map. When Wi-Fi 7 mesh systems started hitting shelves in late 2024, I waited for the dust to settle, … Read more

Finding the best long-range routers for big houses in is harder than it should be. Most consumer routers fade out past 1,500 square feet, leaving dead zones in basements, upstairs bedrooms, and detached garages. After testing 8 routers across a 4,200 sq ft two-story home with concrete interior walls, I narrowed the list to systems … Read more