Building a Plex server used to mean dedicating a full desktop PC or an expensive NAS to the task. In , the landscape has changed completely. The best mini PCs for Plex now deliver the transcoding power, networking speed, and storage flexibility that home media servers need, all in a package smaller than a paperback … Read more
Turning a MacBook into a real gaming battlestation is harder than it should be. The standard two-port layout on M-series MacBooks cannot power dual high-refresh displays, a mechanical keyboard, a wireless headset dock, and a charging cable at the same time. That is exactly why finding the best docking stations for MacBook gaming matters so … Read more
A sudden blackout mid-raid, a voltage dip that bricks your GPU, a brownout that corrupts your save file. These are the realities gaming PC owners face when they skip a battery backup. I spent three months testing eight UPS units on real gaming rigs, including a build running an RTX 5090 pulling 575W through the … Read more
Mid-broadcast outages are the single worst thing that can happen to a streamer short of hardware failure. I have lived through two power blips during live sessions, and both cost me chunks of audience and corrupted footage I had no clean way to recover. That is exactly why I spent the past several months testing … Read more
Your RTX 5090 just hit frame 47 of an intense ranked match when power goes out. Your save file corrupts, your drive takes the surge, and a chunk of your money goes with it. A gaming UPS (uninterruptible power supply) prevents exactly that scenario. A UPS sits between your wall outlet and your gaming PC, … Read more
Last year, our team lost two RTX 4090s to a freak brownout during a summer thunderstorm. The PSU survived, but the GPU’s power delivery went first, and we were out over $3,200 combined. That single event pushed us to spend the next three months testing every pure sine wave UPS for gaming PCs we could … Read more
I learned the hard way that a gaming laptop dies fast when you are off-grid. Last summer I took my rig to a friend’s cabin for a weekend LAN party, and by Saturday afternoon the battery gave out three matches in. That moment sent me on a deep search for the best portable power stations … Read more
Last summer I tried to play Spider-Man 2 from the back of my truck during a camping trip, and my old generator sputtered out within an hour. That frustration sent me down a rabbit hole of testing every portable power station I could get my hands on, specifically for PS5 gaming. After running more than … Read more
I learned this the hard way on a weekend trip outside Moab. My PS5 died halfway through a save point, and the only outlets in our RV were already feeding the coffee maker and the 12V fridge. That was the day I started testing portable power stations specifically for RV gaming setups, and I have … Read more
Ask anyone on a competitive shooter server why they lost a round, and “lag” is usually the first word out of their mouth. Most gamers blame their router, but the cheap dongle sticking out of the back of the case is the real culprit. After testing 12 of the most popular options in , I … Read more