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- GPT-5.6 Deleted User Files With Full Disk Access, OpenAI Says It Shouldn't Have — GPT-5.6 reportedly deleted user files when granted full disk access. OpenAI says the behavior was unintended. Here is what happened and… Mike Perry · 2026-07-19 · 9 min read
- Open-Weight Models Caught Up on Cyber Benchmarks in Four Months — What That Means for Your Rig — A recent report puts the open-vs-frontier capability lag at four months on cyber benchmarks. Here is what that gap means for buying a 12GB… Mike Perry · 2026-07-19 · 10 min read
- Inkling 975B Open Weights: What a Frontier Speech Model Means for Local Rigs — Thinking Machines released Inkling 975B, the first frontier-scale open-weights speech model. Here is what a 12GB card can actually run… Mike Perry · 2026-07-19 · 10 min read
- ROG Ally X vs Steam Deck OLED: Specs, Battery, Price (2026) — ROG Ally X and Steam Deck OLED compared on CPU, GPU, display, battery, and price using manufacturer specs and public reviews to help you… Mike Perry · 2026-07-19
- Play Retro Games in Your Browser: Best Emulators 2025 — Browser-based retro emulators like EmulatorJS and the Internet Archive's arcade library let you play classic games with no installs… Mike Perry · 2026-07-19
- Handheld Gaming PCs Ranked: 2025's Best, Compared — A synthesis of public specs and reviews ranking 2025's top handheld gaming PCs by performance, battery life, and value for money. Mike Perry · 2026-07-19
- Local AI Image Generation: Best AMD GPUs for 2026 — AMD's ROCm software stack now runs Stable Diffusion and ComfyUI locally on Radeon hardware — here's how the RX 7900 XTX and W7900 actually… Mike Perry · 2026-07-19
- llama.cpp on a 12GB RTX 3060: llama-bench Setup and Measured tok/s — How to build llama.cpp with CUDA, run llama-bench on an RTX 3060 12GB, and read the prefill and generation numbers for 7B, 8B, and 14B… Mike Perry · 2026-07-19 · 7 min read
- Raspberry Pi 4 8GB as a 2026 Home Server: What Actually Runs Well — The Pi 4 8GB still runs a full 2026 home server stack — Jellyfin, Home Assistant, Pi-hole, WireGuard — at 12W with an external NVMe SSD. Mike Perry · 2026-07-19 · 8 min read
- How to Image a Vintage IDE Hard Drive in 2026 With a USB Adapter — The 2026 workflow for imaging a vintage IDE hard drive: Unitek USB 3.0 adapter, Linux live USB, and ddrescue — with measured time budgets. Mike Perry · 2026-07-19 · 9 min read
- RTX 5090 vs RTX 6000: Specs, Gaming, AI Compared — RTX 5090 vs RTX 6000 Ada Generation compared: CUDA cores, memory bandwidth, TDP, gaming, AI training, and content creation workloads… Mike Perry · 2026-07-19
- Best Budget Sim Racing Wheel: Logitech G29 vs HORI vs Thrustmaster — The Logitech G29 is the default budget sim racing pick; the HORI DLX handles Xbox; the Thrustmaster TH8A is the shared shifter upgrade. Mike Perry · 2026-07-19 · 7 min read
- RTX 5080 vs RX 7900 XTX: Which GPU Wins in 2026? — RTX 5080 vs RX 7900 XTX compared on architecture, memory, ray tracing, and AI workloads to help you pick the right GPU for your build. Mike Perry · 2026-07-19
- RTX 3060 12GB vs RTX 5060: Best Value for 1080p Gaming + Local AI — The RTX 5060 wins 30% on 1080p gaming; the RTX 3060 12GB wins the local-AI battle. Which to buy depends on whether you'll ever run a 14B… Mike Perry · 2026-07-19 · 7 min read
- Best CPU for the MSI RTX 3060 12GB: 5600G vs 5700X vs 5800X — Pair the RTX 3060 12GB with a Ryzen 7 5800X, take the 5700X when discounted, or a 5600G for compact rigs — with 1080p and 1440p FPS numbers. Mike Perry · 2026-07-19 · 8 min read
- Best Buy Cuts $900 Off an Asus 64GB Gaming Laptop — Is a Desktop Smarter? — Best Buy's $900 markdown on the Asus 64GB gaming laptop is real — but a same-money RTX 3060 12GB desktop still wins on sustained FPS and… Mike Perry · 2026-07-19 · 6 min read
- Run Qwen Locally: Apple Silicon vs a 12GB RTX 3060 Rig in 2026 — Apple Silicon vs a 3060 12GB desktop for local Qwen 7B/14B — throughput, setup, TCO, and ecosystem tradeoffs for 2026 builders. Mike Perry · 2026-07-19 · 9 min read
- Local LLM Use Cases in 2026: What a 12GB Rig Actually Delivers — A 12GB RTX 3060 rig runs a full coding assistant, private RAG over 100k pages, and overnight batch classification — with measured numbers. Mike Perry · 2026-07-19 · 10 min read
- Kimi K3 Lands #5 on Coding Agents: What You Can Actually Run Local — Kimi K3 landed at #5 on the Coding Agent Index — but a 12GB RTX 3060 rig can still run Qwen2.5-Coder 14B locally for the routine 80% of… Mike Perry · 2026-07-19 · 10 min read
- Raspberry Pi 5 Secondary Monitor Setup Guide (2025) — How the Raspberry Pi 5's dual micro-HDMI outputs handle a second display, what the USB-C port actually does, and how to wire up an older… Mike Perry · 2026-07-19
- Local LLM Agent Infrastructure: 2026 Hardware Guide — What hardware local LLM agent infrastructure actually needs in 2026 — from budget consumer GPUs to workstation and datacenter cards, per… Mike Perry · 2026-07-19
- Steam Deck OLED vs ROG Xbox Ally X: Which Handheld Wins? — Steam Deck OLED and ROG Xbox Ally X both target portable PC gaming, but differ sharply on display tech, battery capacity, and software… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18
- Local LLM on Mac: The 2026 Setup Guide — A synthesis of public tooling docs and community benchmarks on running local LLMs on Apple Silicon Macs — hardware picks, quantization… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18
- KOORUI 27" 4K QD-Mini LED: Is a Budget 4K Gaming Monitor Enough for an RTX 3060? — The KOORUI 27-inch 4K QD-Mini LED runs about $499 and looks gorgeous, but an RTX 3060 12GB needs DLSS to keep native 4K playable in modern… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 14 min read
- Boot Windows 98 from CompactFlash: A Silent, Reliable CF-to-IDE Build — Boot Windows 98 from a CompactFlash card: pick a fixed-disk CF like Transcend CF133, wire it through a CF-to-IDE adapter, and image it… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 14 min read
- Best Budget Streaming & Podcast Gear in 2026 — The best budget streaming and podcast gear in 2026: HyperX QuadCast 2, Blue Yeti, NEEWER and UBeesize ring lights, BERIBES headphones… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 14 min read
- Anthropic Tightens Claude Fable 5 Limits — Why Builders Are Eyeing Local Rigs — Anthropic tightened Claude Fable 5 limits on Max and Team Premium. Here's when a local 12GB inference rig becomes the cheaper answer. Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 10 min read
- Ex-Sega Engineer's 'Super Realistic' CRT Emulator — What It Means for Retro Mini-Consoles — An ex-Sega engineer's new CRT shader raises the retro-emulation bar. What it means for Genesis Mini and SNES Classic owners in 2026. Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 10 min read
- Ryzen 5 5600G vs Ryzen 7 5700X for a Budget LLM + Gaming Build — Ryzen 5 5600G vs Ryzen 7 5700X for a budget local-LLM plus gaming rig. Cores, iGPU tradeoffs, real gaming and inference deltas. Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 9 min read
- Best CPU Cooler for AM4 Ryzen Overclocking in 2026 — Best CPU coolers for AM4 Ryzen overclocking in 2026 — Noctua NH-U12S vs Cooler Master ML240L, with real thermal data on a tuned 5800X. Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 9 min read
- Best GPU for the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in 2026: No-Bottleneck Picks — Best GPUs to pair with a Ryzen 7 5800X3D at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K. Value picks, sweet-spot cards, and the cases where a halo card is wasted. Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 9 min read
- Inkling's 975B Open-Weight Speech Model — and the 12GB Rig That Transcribes Free — Local transcription on a 12GB GPU is 11x cheaper than mainstream cloud APIs at scale. Here are the models that fit and the speeds to expect. Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 9 min read
- Four Frontier Models in Eight Days: What a 12GB GPU Can Actually Run — None of the July 2026 frontier releases fit a 12GB card. Here's what open-weight substitutes hit 80% of the quality at zero marginal cost. Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 9 min read
- Run DeepSeek Locally on a 12GB RTX 3060: 2026 Quant Guide — A 12GB RTX 3060 runs DeepSeek-R1-Distill 8B and 14B at q4/q5 quantization. This is what to expect for VRAM, speed, and quality in 2026. Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 10 min read
- RTX 5090 AI TOPS: What the Official Number Means — NVIDIA's official RTX 5090 AI TOPS figure, compared with RTX 4090, AMD's MI300X, and Radeon Pro W7900 — and why raw TOPS rarely predicts… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18
- ComfyUI Ideogram 4: Setup, GPU Needs & Hardware Guide — A synthesis guide to running Ideogram 4 inside ComfyUI: how the API-based node works, what GPU you actually need, and AMD ROCm support… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18
- Handheld Gaming PC Near Me: Where to Buy in 2025 — A 2025 guide to finding handheld gaming PCs like Steam Deck, ROG Ally X, and Legion Go in local stores, plus how in-person shopping… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18
- Handheld Gaming PC Sale: Best 2026 Deals to Buy Now — A synthesis of current handheld gaming PC pricing trends, chipset differences, and sale timing across Steam Deck, ROG Ally X, Legion Go… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18
- Build a 2001 GeForce 3 Windows 98 Gaming PC in 2026: Parts and Setup — The GeForce 3 + Windows 98 SE combo is the 2001 sweet spot. Here's how to source the parts, use CompactFlash as a silent boot drive, and… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 9 min read
- Best Raspberry Pi Alternative for AI Inference in 2026: When to Step Up — Searching for a Pi alternative for AI usually means you've outgrown the SBC ceiling. Here's the ladder from Pi to mini-PC to GPU box… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 7 min read
- Build a Silent Raspberry Pi 5 NAS with NVMe and Active Cooling in 2026 — The Pi 5's PCIe lane makes NVMe NAS builds finally viable. Here's the storage picks, cooling that keeps clocks stable, and a step-by-step… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 7 min read
- Raspberry Pi 5 IOMMU Support Lands in Mainline Linux: What It Means — Mainline Linux is getting a proper IOMMU driver for the Raspberry Pi 5. Here's what changes for casual users, homelab builders, and… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 10 min read
- Samsung 1440p 240Hz Gaming Monitor Drops to $169 — 32% Off — A 32% discount lands Samsung's 1440p 240Hz gaming monitor at $169. Here's why the resolution/refresh combo matters, what GPU feeds it, and… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 8 min read
- Best GPU for Local LLMs Under $350: Why the RTX 3060 12GB Still Wins — For running 7B-14B open-weight LLMs at home in 2026, the RTX 3060 12GB is the cheapest card that fits without ugly compromises. Here's the… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 7 min read
- ComfyUI on an RTX 3060 12GB: What Image Models Actually Run Well — The 3060's 12GB is why enthusiasts still pick it for ComfyUI over faster 8GB cards. Here's the model matrix, low-VRAM settings, and when a… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 7 min read
- Open-Weight Models Caught Up to Frontier: What to Run on a 12GB GPU — Open-weight models now match frontier capability from four months prior at a fraction of the cost. Here's what fits on a 12GB RTX 3060 and… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 7 min read
- GPT-5.6 Deleted a User's Files: Why Local, Sandboxed Agents Matter — A GPT-5.6 agent granted full filesystem access wiped a user's files. The fix isn't a better prompt — it's scoping the agent with… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 8 min read
- Kimi K3 Just Launched: What You Can (and Can't) Run Locally Instead — Kimi K3 shipped this week and ranks #5 on the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index. Here's what fits on a 12GB RTX 3060, and when to… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18 · 10 min read
- Windows XP Gaming in 2025: Hardware, Fixes, Best Games — A synthesis of public sources on reviving Windows XP gaming in 2025: hardware paths, driver realities, compatibility fixes, and the era's… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18
- Windows XP Gaming ISO: A Modern Hardware Setup Guide — A synthesis guide to legally sourcing a Windows XP gaming ISO, choosing hardware, and installing it — per Microsoft, WineHQ, and Rufus… Mike Perry · 2026-07-18