If you run a homelab, manage multiple NAS drives, or host game servers from home, you already know the cable chaos that comes with stacking equipment on a desk. A small server rack for home office use solves that problem by giving every piece of gear a proper home, while improving cooling and protecting your … Read more
When I set up my first home lab, I shoved three mini PCs and a switch behind my monitor and called it a day. Cables tangled, dust collected, and every reboot meant pulling a brick out of the pile. The day I mounted everything into a 10-inch mini rack, my home lab went from a … Read more
I built my first homelab in a closet, with three switches stacked on a shelf and a tangle of patch cables that looked like a bowl of spaghetti. Within six months, I had two more servers, a UPS, a patch panel, and a router that was literally sitting on a pizza box. That mess is … Read more
Finding the best handheld gaming PCs for the money in is tougher than it looks. I spent six weeks rotating between eight different handhelds, running the same games on each: Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur’s Gate 3, Hades II, and Forza Horizon 5. Some surprised me, others disappointed me, and a few earned permanent spots … Read more
Valve’s Steam Deck set the standard for handheld PC gaming, but in , the math has shifted. Steam Deck prices have climbed nearly 50% since launch, putting the Steam Deck OLED 512GB at around $849, and the 1TB model is no longer a sub-$700 impulse buy. That price jump is exactly why I spent the … Read more
I remember the first time I tried to run Cyberpunk 2077 on a handheld. It was rough, choppy, and the battery died in 90 minutes. That was years ago. In , Windows gaming handhelds for AAA games have gotten seriously good, and I’ve spent the past three months testing eight of them to see which … Read more
When I unboxed my first Steam Deck back in 2022, I thought the device itself was the whole package. Three years and hundreds of gaming sessions later, I know the truth: the best accessories for the Steam Deck are what transform a great handheld into a complete gaming system. Storage fills up fast, battery life … Read more
Cloud gaming has moved from novelty to default. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, GeForce NOW, PlayStation Remote Play, and Amazon Luna now stream AAA titles to phones, tablets, smart TVs, and budget laptops. After testing 10 controllers and grips across 80 hours of streaming, I can tell you the gap between a great and a mediocre … Read more
I pulled out eight microSD cards, slotted each one into a Steam Deck, and spent three weekends moving 600GB of game files between them. The reason: the Steam Deck’s internal SSD fills up fast, and not every card plays nicely with SteamOS. I wanted to know which of the best microSD cards for Steam Deck … Read more
I pulled out my Steam Deck last summer during a three-hour RPG session and nearly burned my palms off. The fan screamed like a jet engine, frame rates tanked, and my hands were drenched in sweat. That moment sent me down a rabbit hole testing every cooling fan for gaming handhelds I could get my … Read more