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Lenovo Legion 5 Upgrade Guide - Boost Performance!
I’m going to show you how to upgrade the Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop, including battery, RAM, storage and WiFi. I’ll also run benchmark tests before and after the upgrades so we can get...
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 7 3700X - 6 or 8 Cores?
AMD’s new Ryzen 5 5600X is a great 6 core processor, but can it’s fewer yet faster Zen 3 cores beat the 8 in the Ryzen 7 3700X?
CPU spec differences
The key difference between these CPUs is of ...
16 December 2020
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Razer Blade 15 Advanced - Vapor Chamber Cooling Tested!
The Razer Blade 15 advanced model pairs vapor chamber cooling with high-end specs, and although this sounds great, it’s not actually offering the expected levels of performance for the hardware...
08 September 2020
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RTX 3080 vs 2080 Ti - Worth Upgrading?
I’ve compared Nvidia’s new RTX 3080 graphics card against the 2080 Ti from last generation to see what the differences are in games at 4K, 1440p, and 1080p resolutions as well as content c...
05 October 2020
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HP Omen 15 Game Benchmarks (Ryzen 7 4800H + GTX 1660 Ti)
I’ve got another Ryzen based gaming laptop for testing, the highly requested HP Omen 15 - but just how well does it actually perform in games? I’ve tested 20 different titles at all settin...
24 August 2020
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HP Omen 15 - COOLEST Ryzen Gaming Laptop I’ve Tested!
The HP Omen 15 is the coolest Ryzen gaming laptop I’ve tested so far, the results are very impressive, let’s check out thermals and see what performance improvements can be made. I’v...
25 August 2020
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Your PC Is Full of GOLD
When you think of gold, you probably think of jewelry gold bars, even if you're old, like me, gold Slugger but gold is actually extremely common and important in electronics as well.
You've probably...
13 May 2021
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The History of Water Cooling
It's easy to think that water cooling is a fairly new thing on the computer scene. I mean, I'm going to guess that your old mid 1990s Packard Bell didn't have an AIO liquid cooler. But it turns out th...
07 April 2021
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Acer Nitro 5 (Ryzen 5 4600H/1650) 22 Game Test!
Acer has refreshed the popular Nitro 5 gaming laptop with AMD’s Ryzen 4000 processors, so just how well does it perform in games?
I’ve tested out the GTX 1650 config in 22 titles an...
28 September 2020
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i7-10750H + RTX 2070 Gaming Benchmarks - MSI GP75 10SFK Tested In 20 Games!
The MSI GP75 is a powerful gaming laptop that’s not quite as thin as many others I’ve recently tested, so let’s see if that extra cooling space is able to give it an edge in games. I...
24 June 2020
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Lenovo Legion 5 - Best Under $1000 Ryzen Gaming Laptop!
The Lenovo Legion 5 is one of the best Ryzen gaming laptops I’ve tested, and you guys requested it so much that I had to import it from the US, so let’s find out what all the hype is about...
14 October 2020
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MSI GL65 2020 Review - Boosted RTX 2060 Worth It?
The MSI GL65 is the first gaming laptop I’ve tested with Nvidia’s new higher wattage 2060 graphics, let’s check it out in this detailed review and find out if it’s something yo...
21 August 2020
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The Fastest Ryzen + 1660 Ti Laptop In Games!
The Lenovo Legion 5 has some great specs for a mid range gaming laptop, but how well does it actually perform in games? I’ve tested the Ryzen 7 4800H and GTX 1660 Ti conf...
09 October 2020
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MSI Bravo 15 (4600H + 5500M) Tested In 20 Games!
MSI’s Bravo 15 gaming laptop features an all AMD design with AMD Ryzen 5 4600H processor and Radeon RX 5500M graphics, but just how well does it perform in games? I&rsquo...
16 October 2020
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Razer’s 2021 Gaming Laptops - Did They Go AMD Ryzen?
Razer have updated their gaming laptop lineup with some impressive hardware, but have they finally made the jump to AMD? Well, no. But I’ll discuss why, and there are some other changes worth talking...
13 January 2021
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HDMI 2.1 is BROKEN
There's no question. HDMI has been a great convenience for the consumer. Aside from being a high bandwidth connection that enables high resolution video and lossless audio, it's a lot simpler to use t...
11 December 2020
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How To Fix A Bricked Motherboard it your PC lost power during a BIOS
Your PC lost power during a BIOS update because of a freak thunderstorm or a circuit breaker, or you just tripped over the power cord, and you've bricked it, meaning you now have a very expensive pape...
28 November 2021
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Den W.
Laptop vs Desktop - Nvidia RTX 2070 Comparison!
Laptop and Desktop PC graphics perform differently despite having the same names, let’s compare Nvidia RTX 2070 performance between a laptop and desktop to see what the differences are in games...
27 August 2020
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MSI Creator 15 Review - The GS66 For Content Creators!
MSI’s Creator 15 laptop has a lot of similarities to their popular GS66 gaming laptop, but there are some nice changes here for content creators. My model has an 8 core Intel processor with Nvid...
26 October 2020
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What is gate all around CPU?
If you're a PC enthusiast, you probably know that the main way that our PCs, our phones and our consoles have gotten faster over the years, is through shrinking transistor sizes on our processors.
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