There is a lot of info on the Internet, that RAM speed is crucial for PC performance. So I decided on my own to check this. I already had 2 kits: G.Skill DDR4 16GB 2x8GB 3200MHz Trident Z RGB (F4–3200C16D-16GTZR) and HyperX DDR4 16GB 2x8GB 3333MHz Predator Black (HX433C16PB3K2/16). The…

In the first part of the article, I tried to compare popular keyboard formats and pick up the best suited in my opinion for programming. I checked full size, 75%, 65%, and 60% formats. 75% format was the best for me. …

I haven’t made any changes to my compact PC for a long time. So during recent Holidays, it was finally time to do something with it. Basically, I have found only three options: Shrink down SFF case from 3.3L to 2.1L. It was my main goal but it appeared, that…

It is a hard task to pick up the best thing nowadays because the market provides us multiple options. The same statement fits well for the best form factor for the programming keyboards. …

Nowadays, the popularity of sixty percent form factor mechanical keyboards is growing fast. The main driving force of it is the gaming industry. And the reason for it is a compact footprint, which releases more space for mouse movement on a desk and allows more natural hand position. Dimensions of…

Nowadays, it is easy to find a new hobby. But it is much harder to find a hobby, which could last forever and bring new challenges all the time. For me, such kind of hobby becomes building mini-ITX PCs. It has two main reasons: multiple restrictions and new hardware releases. …

In my opinion, the SilverStone SG13 case is the optimal mini-ITX case. I haven’t faced such a wide variety of options to build a system in a small body. The case itself is only 11.5L in volume. But you can use a water-cooling. If you don’t want to use AIO…

When I finished the 4.7L build, I was extremely satisfied with the result. That case was designed with the option to install a discrete GPU. But I used AMD Ryzen 3200g APU, so some volume was left unused. Keeping this fact in mind, I decided that it is never too…

AMD accelerated processing unit (APU) is a microprocessor, designed to act as a central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) on a single die. It is not the fastest CPU and at max has 4 cores/8 threads at this moment (4000 series will improve this situation), so it…