personal computer – Kaylriene

Sidenote: My Long, Sometimes Frustrating Weekend of Building My New Desk and Watercooled PC

You may have (possibly!) noticed I have been rather quiet the last few days. That is simple enough to explain – as I mentioned in a post… Read more “Sidenote: My Long, Sometimes Frustrating Weekend of Building My New Desk and Watercooled PC”

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

I can say that in September I didn’t quite think they’d pull it off, but here we are now, with the next Radeon announcement done, and I… Read more “Sidenote: How The Radeon RX 6900 XT is Nice and Competition is Good”

Today is AMD’s second big news event of the month (third if you count their record earnings call this week), and one that is actually in many… Read more “Sidenote: The Radeon RX 6000 Lineup Pre-Announcement Rumor/Predictions Post”

It is the sharp escalation of tension in a build I am seeking, I guess. For most of my adult life, I’ve been a tech enthusiast and… Read more “Sidenote: Making the Decision to Build A Custom Watercooling Loop For My Next System”

Earlier today, AMD announced the fourth generation Ryzen lineup, called Ryzen 5000 (they did it to themselves and it is easier than trying to explain the differences… Read more “Sidenote: Analyzing The Ryzen 5000 Series Price Increase and Performance Claims”

Today, AMD finally announced the Ryzen desktop CPUs based on the new Zen 3 core design, and it was a hell of an announcement. Firstly, the basics.… Read more “Sidenote: The AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Announcement”

I thought about putting this out closer to Thursday, the actual event day, but ideas I wanted to share kept popping up, and the WoW posts I… Read more “Sidenote: This Week’s AMD Ryzen Fourth Generation Unveiling and The CPU Landscape”

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… Read more “Sidenote: My Upcoming New PC Build and How I Think About My System Builds”

Last week, Blizzard published the system requirements listed on the box for Shadowlands. For long-time PC gamers, the system requirements labeling on a game is equally an… Read more “Sidenote (Sort Of): The System Requirements Of Shadowlands”