We’ll mostly be focused on building a gaming PC here, but this guide should cover the basics for everything from a high-end work rig for professional applications to a simple media computer. And if you’d rather buy a pre-built, rather than building your own, we havea gui...
Remember, building a fast desktop computer is about balancing your performance needs with your budget. Whether you choose to build your own or opt for a pre-built system like the HP OMEN 45L or Z8 Fury G5, the key is selecting components that work well together to deliver the speed and...
Continuous integration is a good approach to product integration that will work for many project risk profiles. For more information, seeSet up a CI build. If this strategy is not appropriate for your project, you should convene a meeting of technical stakeholders to discuss an appropriate plan ...
Load balancing and distribution of work across server resources is best suited to Network Load Balancing (NLB) or, better yet, hardware load-balancing devices. Still, a WCF router can be useful for load balancing if services are hosted in environments without these luxuries, when services are in...
Run your own Business The career mode in PC Building Simulator puts you in charge of your very own PC building and repair business. From your own cozy workshop, you must use all your technical skills to complete the various jobs that come your way. Learn to Build a PC Does building your...
What do you do after building your computer and successfullybooting up your PC for the first time? The finish line is in sight, but there's still a few key steps left to finish off your new custom gaming or work computer. It's time to enter the motherboard BIOS software, set RAM spe...
Why Doesn’t It Work? The Problem with CORS Show 2 more February 2013 Volume 28 Number 02 ByDerrick Lau Comet is a technique for pushing content from a Web server to a browser without an explicit request, using long-lived AJAX connections. It allows for a more interactive UX and uses le...
PC Building Simulator is one of the better entries in the genre, with nice touches of authenticity and attention to detail. It's too limited and simplistic to replicate the experience of putting a rig together yourself, but it does a good enough job to get you started in the right directio...
Performance tuning can improve system responsiveness as well as power savings. Minimizing background work, such as employing synthetic I/O and timer ticks for VMs, reduces interrupt traffic and ensures that Processor Power management PPM effects are maximized. You should follow the performance tuning ...
To create headroom for new digital services for its fast-growing business, DIRUI replaced an aging three-tier IT environment with a hyperconverged infrastructure solution from Lenovo and Nutanix—boosting application performance by 50% and enabling seaml