All these insights can be handy if you’re going into a small form factor build without any experience. But whether you’re a newcomer or an old hand, it couldn’t hurt to brush up with PCWorld’s step-by-step system building guide before you break out the screwdrivers. And be sure ...
Switching to a whole new build also gives you the benefits of future-proofing, longevity, and warranty. While your old PC has probably been opened up and upgraded a couple of times by now, a new build will be just that — brand new. This means all the components will be covered by a...
Compact boards for small form factor builds: Benefits: Compact size Space efficiency Lower power consumption Specialized designs Limitations: Limited expansion Premium pricing Specialized cooling needs Reduced feature set Critical Features Expansion Slots ...
In small cases or when mounting a CPU radiator in the front, the length of the graphics card can be a problem. Therefore, check the specifications of your case and those of the graphics card carefully. The width of the graphics card is also important, especially with vertical GPU moun...
Once you’ve picked the form factor of your motherboard, you’ll know the kind of PC case you can buy. Remember that it doesn’t just need to fit your motherboard, but your GPU might be a concern as well. Although I’ve seen small form factor builds with anRTX 4090or an RTX 4080...
now. The rigorous use is evident on our gear, which has taken more than a few bumps and bruises. So we’re taking this opportunity to bang out a brand new small form factor VR Gaming PC, built from the ground up for both rugged portability and peak performance in our favorite VR ...
Today, organizations can use different types of data warehouses – from small-size information banks (data marts and repositories of unstructured data or data lakes) to classical big-volume relational databases, where information is in the form of easy-to-access tables. Yet, whatever model of im...
devices that appear very different on the outside are pretty similar on the inside. If we could ensure all USB chipsets worked, then it’s highly likely the devices that contained them would work as well. A relatively small number of chipset makers are embedded in devices, so we chose to...
This isn't a big deal for a small company whose naming convention can follow the Marx Brothers, but ensuring uniqueness can be a big headache for a large corporation. Some pointers in choosing workstation and server naming conventions include these: Choose a unique identifier by which each...
Small, dark-colored inclusions are visible (Fig. 4a) – they are probably a result of extrusion of an overheated plastic which sticks and degrades itself during manufacturing, and then its tiny parts detach and penetrate the film structure. It can be confirmed by the fact that, on the image...