Mike Perry

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• RTX 4070 Super vs RX 7800 XT — Which to Buy in 2026 2026-05-12

  The most asked GPU question in 2026: NVIDIA's RTX 4070 Super or AMD's RX 7800 XT? Public benchmarks and community measurements are compared across frame…

• Best Retro Handhelds in 2026 — From $35 to $500 2026-04-30

  The retro handheld market is saturated — here's the only ranking you need. Public benchmarks compared 14 devices from the $35 Anbernic RG35XX H to the $500…

• Best Budget Gaming PC Build 2026 — ~$1,000 ($800 on Sale) 2026-04-30

  A community-validated $800 gaming PC build for 2026: a Ryzen 5 7600, RX 7700 XT, 32GB DDR5, and a 1TB NVMe that drives modern AAA games at 1080p ultra — with…

• Emulation Hardware in 2026: FPGA, Software, and Cart-Reader Ecosystems 2026-04-30

  Everything you need to know about dedicated emulation hardware in 2026 — when FPGA actually matters versus modern software, the state of scalers, and how to…

• The Complete Voodoo5 5500 AGP Driver Guide (2026 Edition) 2026-04-30

  A walkthrough of 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP driver selection, installation, and troubleshooting. Why Amigamerlin 3.1-R1 is the right call for Win98, and how to…

• How to Build a Windows 98 Retro PC in 2026 2026-04-30

  A complete walkthrough of building a period-correct Windows 98 SE gaming PC in 2026 — what parts to buy, which capacitors to recap, how to survive the driver…

• Best 1440p Gaming GPUs in 2026 2026-04-30

  From the RTX 4070 Super sweet spot to the RX 7900 XTX value play, here are the GPUs that actually deliver at 1440p in 2026 — ranked by frame-time consistency…

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• Prime Big Deal Days 2026 CPU Deals: Ryzen 5600X to 9800X3D 2026-10-01

  Prime Big Deal Days 2026 CPU picks: Ryzen 7 5800X, 5600X, 5800X3D, 9800X3D and 5600G, with the launch-MSRP line that marks a real AM4 or AM5 deal.

• Best Monitor Deals for Prime Big Deal Days 2026: 5 Picks for Gaming and AI Desks 2026-09-30

  Prime Big Deal Days 2026 monitor picks: Samsung Odyssey 4K, KOORUI dual-mode 4K, LG 34" ultrawide and two 1440p panels, plus how to spot a fake deal.

• Prime Big Deal Days 2026: Best Mini PC Deals for Local AI and Home Labs 2026-09-29

  Which mini PC to buy in Prime Big Deal Days 2026 for local LLMs or a home lab: five picks ranked by RAM and bandwidth, from a Ryzen 7 8745HS to a Pi 4.

• Prime Big Deal Days 2026 GPU Deals for Local LLMs: 12GB vs 16GB Cards 2026-09-28

  Which GPU to buy on Prime Big Deal Days 2026 for local LLMs: 16GB RTX 5060 Ti vs RX 9060 XT vs 12GB cards, with sourced tok/s and launch MSRP deal rules.

• Prime Big Deal Days 2026 Desk Deals: 5 L-Shaped and Standing Desks for a Tower + Multi-Monitor Setup 2026-09-27

  Prime Big Deal Days (Oct 6–7, 2026) desk picks for a tower plus two monitors or an ultrawide: five L-shaped, standing and 2-person desks sized with real specs.

• Prime Big Deal Days Prebuilt PCs: RTX 5060 vs 5060 Ti vs 5070 2026-09-26

  Which prebuilt to buy for Prime Big Deal Days (Oct 6–7, 2026): RTX 5060 vs 5060 Ti 8GB/16GB vs 5070 tiers, a parts-sum deal check, and five sourced picks.

• Prime Big Deal Days 2026: 5 Local-AI and Gaming Setup Picks With Price Anchors 2026-09-25

  Five Prime Big Deal Days 2026 picks for gaming and local AI, from an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB prebuilt to a budget standing desk, each with a pre-event price to beat.

• Best Hardware for Local OCR and Document AI in 2026 2026-09-24

  The hardware you need to run OCR and document-AI models locally in 2026: a 12GB RTX 3060, an 8-core Ryzen for batch OCR, and a Pi for always-on capture.

• Best GPU for gpt-oss 20B in 2026 2026-09-24

  The best GPU for gpt-oss 20B is a 16 GB card: the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB fits the whole model at 128K context. Picks for 12 GB, 24 GB and 4 GB budgets, with tok/s.

• RTX 4090 vs RTX 5090 for Local LLM Inference: 24 GB vs 32 GB (2026) 2026-09-24

  RTX 4090 vs RTX 5090 for local LLMs: 1,008 vs 1,792 GB/s bandwidth, 24 vs 32 GB VRAM, and published tok/s on Qwen3 32B. Which models fit and which card to buy.

• Arc Pro B60 Dual 48GB vs Dual RTX 3060 12GB for 70B Local LLMs (2026) 2026-09-24

  Arc Pro B60 Dual 48GB vs two RTX 3060 12GB cards for local LLMs: only 48 GB fits Llama 3.3 70B at Q4. VRAM math, tok/s, bifurcation and price compared.

• Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 5 5600X for CPU-Only gpt-oss 20B (2026) 2026-09-24

  Ryzen 5 2600 vs 5600X for CPU-only gpt-oss 20B: rated DDR4 bandwidth (46.9 vs 51.2 GB/s) caps generation; full-width AVX2 speeds prompts. RAM and upgrade math.

• RTX 5060 8GB vs RTX 4070 12GB for Qwen3 14B: Does 8GB Fit? (2026) 2026-09-24

  Can an RTX 5060 8GB run Qwen3 14B? Only at Q3 or with slow CPU offload. The RTX 4070 12GB fits Q4_K_M fully and hits 42.5 tok/s. Full VRAM math inside.

• Best GPU for Qwen3 8B in 2026 2026-09-24

  The best GPU for Qwen3 8B in 2026 is a 12 GB card. We rank five NVIDIA picks by VRAM fit, tok/s and price, from the RTX 3060 12GB to the RTX 4070.

• Raspberry Pi 4 8GB vs Ryzen 5 2600 for Gemma 3 4B: Which Cheap Box Wins? 2026-09-24

  Gemma 3 4B on a Pi 4 8GB: an estimated ~1.4 tok/s vs ~11 on a Ryzen 5 2600, scaled from measured runs. Quant sizes, prefill, KV-cache RAM, power, the pick.

• Best GPUs for Mixtral 8x22B Local Inference in 2026 2026-09-24

  Best GPUs for Mixtral 8x22B in 2026: VRAM and RAM needs per quant, llama.cpp expert offload, and five picks from RTX 3060 budget builds to multi-3090 rigs.

• RTX 3060 12GB vs RTX 4090 for Local LLMs (2026): Is 2x VRAM Worth the Price Jump? 2026-09-24

  RTX 3060 12GB vs RTX 4090 for local LLMs: sourced llama.cpp tok/s on 8B-32B models, quant fit tables, KV-cache math and perf-per-dollar for 2026.

• RTX 3060 12GB vs RTX 4070 Super for Local LLMs (2026): Same VRAM, 40% More Bandwidth 2026-09-24

  RTX 3060 12GB vs RTX 4070 Super for local LLMs: same 12 GB model ceiling, 360 vs 504 GB/s bandwidth, 31 vs 45 tok/s on Qwen3 14B. Which one to buy in 2026.

• Two GTX 1050 Ti 4GB vs One RTX 3060 12GB for 8B Local LLMs 2026-09-24

  Two GTX 1050 Ti 4GB cards can load an 8B LLM but generate at single-card speed. One RTX 3060 12GB runs Llama 3.1 8B at 51 tok/s with room for Q8_0.

• Best GPU Upgrade From a GTX 1050 Ti for Local LLMs in 2026 2026-09-23

  Five ranked GPU upgrades from a GTX 1050 Ti for local LLMs, with measured tok/s, VRAM tiers, PSU requirements and the CUDA deprecation nobody mentions.

• RTX A6000 48GB vs RTX 3090 24GB for Production LLM Inference (2026) 2026-09-23

  The RTX 3090 beats the A6000 on every workload that fits 24GB. Measured tok/s, KV-cache math and vLLM concurrency for when 48GB is worth 3x the price.

• Llama 4 Scout: RTX 3060 12GB Expert Offload vs Ryzen 7 5800X CPU-Only (2026) 2026-09-23

  Llama 4 Scout is 109B parameters in a 42GB file. Quant sizes, RAM floors, llama.cpp expert-offload flags and measured DDR4 MoE throughput on Zen 3.

• Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 7 5800X: CPU-Only Qwen2.5 14B (2026) 2026-09-23

  Measured LocalScore runs put the 5600X at 4.2 tok/s on Qwen2.5 14B Q4_K_M and the 5800X at 3.5-4.3. Why DDR4 bandwidth, not cores, sets the ceiling.

• Best Hardware for Running Qwen3 Locally in 2026 2026-09-23

  Qwen3 runs on anything from a $123 Raspberry Pi to a 24 GB workstation card. Five picks mapped to the size class you actually need, with the VRAM lookup table.

• Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 5 5600G for CPU-Only Gemma 3 12B 2026-09-23

  Both AM4 chips run Gemma 3 12B with no GPU at roughly 4-5 tok/s, because dual-channel DDR4 caps them equally. Here is which to buy and why RAM matters more.