Sidenote: Hot Boosts, ARC, and RTX 40 Cache

I have 3 small tech stories I wanted to talk about, but none of them felt like a post of their own (although I did start a…

September 30, 2022 by Kaylriene

Sidenote: The Steam Deck Unveiled

This last week, something of a surprise emerged and had what was perhaps the quickest hate-to-love news cycle ever. Valve unveiled the Steam Deck, a portable custom…

July 18, 2021 by Kaylriene

Sidenote: The Abysmal Supply of PC DIY Components in Late 2020

As I noted in my last Sidenote post about my own system build, I am at the point a lot of builders are currently – waiting for…

December 6, 2020 by Kaylriene

Sidenote: My New Gaming PC For Late (Hopefully) 2020 – The Parts, The Current Build, The Wait For An In-Stock CPU/GPU

Upgrade fever has hit, and with black November/cyber week deals, I’ve managed to snag pretty much all of my system upgrade with 3 key exceptions – the…

December 4, 2020 by Kaylriene

Sidenote: My Upcoming New PC Build and How I Think About My System Builds

Since I can’t currently sleep and I’m also about 90% sure my plans for a new PC will get to proceed, I figured why not share the…

October 2, 2020 by Kaylriene

Sidenote: The Geforce RTX 3090, 8K Gaming, and The Coming GPU Wars

Topic the First: The Disappointing/Interesting Launch of the RTX 3090 and 8K Gaming Viability Nvidia’s RTX 3090 launches today, at a staggering $1,500 cost. It is a…

September 24, 2020 by Kaylriene

Sidenote: Why I Use Nvidia Products But Dislike The Company

All week, I’ve been talking a lot about Nvidia. They announced new GPUs that offer a lot of additional performance and bring their pricing back into a…

September 6, 2020 by Kaylriene

Sidenote: PS4, Xbox One, and AMD – The Dark Decade of Gaming Hardware

This is a post I’ve been thinking about for a while! Through the Sidenote series, something that comes up as a recurring theme of sorts is how…

June 11, 2020 by Kaylriene