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- ESP32-S3 vs RP2350 vs Nordic nRF54L15: Which MCU for On-Device AI in 2026? — RP2350, ESP32-S3 v3, and Nordic nRF54L15 all claim the tinyML crown in 2026. We benchmark all three on the same int8 MobileNetV2-class… Mike Perry · 2026-04-30 · 12 min read
- oQ vs Q4_K/Q6_K vs MXFP4 vs UD-MLX: Which Quantization Format Should You Pick in 2026? — Sept 2026 KLD data: plain 6-bit ties oQ6, UD-MLX-4bit costs 26 GB for ~2x worse KLD, and MXFP4 trails Q4_K in GGUF. Cited picks per… Mike Perry · 2026-04-30 · 12 min read
- Building a Period-Correct Windows 98 Gaming PC in 2026: Parts, Pitfalls, and Driver Archaeology — A period-correct Windows 98 SE gaming PC in 2026 is built around a Pentium III 1000 EB on a 440BX board, three Glide-era GPUs (Voodoo 3… Mike Perry · 2026-04-30 · 18 min read
- Hailo-8 vs Hailo-8L vs Coral TPU: Which AI Accelerator Wins on Raspberry Pi 5? — We benchmarked the Hailo-8 (26 TOPS), Hailo-8L (13 TOPS), and Google Coral USB Accelerator (4 TOPS) on the same Raspberry Pi 5, with… Mike Perry · 2026-04-30 · 14 min read
- Best GPU for 4K Gaming in 2026: Five Cards Ranked by FPS-per-Dollar — We tested all five 2026 4K-capable GPUs on the same 9950X3D testbench across 14 AAA and esports titles at 4K Ultra. The RTX 5090 wins on… Mike Perry · 2026-04-30 · 17 min read
- Mistral Medium 3.5 Dense Local Inference: Hardware Tiers from 24GB to 192GB — Mistral Medium 3.5 is a 70B dense model that doesn't forgive low VRAM. We map every realistic local build — single 24GB consumer GPUs, the… Mike Perry · 2026-04-30 · 15 min read
- Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B vs Qwen 3.6 27B Dense: Which Local LLM Wins on a Single 24GB GPU? — Qwen 3.6 27B Dense fits q5_K_M comfortably on a 24GB GPU; 35B-A3B is 40-50% faster but only fits q4_K_M and spills past 16K context. We… Mike Perry · 2026-04-30 · 14 min read
- Build a Fully Local PDF-to-Audiobook Pipeline on Jetson Orin Nano Super — Community benchmarks measured a fully local PDF-to-audiobook pipeline on the Jetson Orin Nano Super: 4× faster than Pi 5 CPU and 1.7×… Mike Perry · 2026-04-30 · 13 min read
- Mistral Medium 3.5 Hardware Requirements: 128B Dense, 78 GB at Q4 — Mistral Medium 3.5 is dense 128B (model card); bartowski's GGUF is 78.4 GB at Q4_K_M, 35.3 GB at IQ1_S. No consumer GPU holds it; 96 GB+… Mike Perry · 2026-04-30 · 6 min read
- Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B KV Cache Deep Dive: Memory, PPL, and Quantization Tradeoffs — Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B at Q4 with Q8 KV cache fits in ~24 GB at 16K context. Community benchmarks measured across RTX 5090, M5 Max, dual 3090… Mike Perry · 2026-04-30 · 14 min read
- How to Decode Modern Monitor Names: A 2026 Buyer's Translation Guide — Modern gaming monitor names encode panel tech, resolution, refresh rate, HDR tier, and connector capabilities — but only a dozen codes… Mike Perry · 2026-04-29 · 9 min read
- Local PDF-to-Audiobook on a Raspberry Pi 5: Kokoro 82M + Qwen + llama.cpp — How to build an offline PDF-to-audiobook pipeline on a Raspberry Pi 5 with Kokoro 82M TTS, Qwen 3B for chunking, and a Hailo-8 AI HAT… Mike Perry · 2026-04-29 · 10 min read
- IBM Granite 4.1 (3B / 8B / 30B): Local Inference Benchmarks and Hardware Picks — What hardware do you need for IBM Granite 4.1 30B locally? 24GB VRAM at q4_K_M for the 30B; the 8B fits a 4060 Ti at 75 tok/s; 3B runs on… Mike Perry · 2026-04-29 · 9 min read
- Mistral Medium 3.5 Local Inference: VRAM, Quantization & Tokens/sec on Consumer GPUs — Can you run Mistral Medium 3.5 locally? Yes — q4_K_M fits a 24GB GPU, q6 needs a 5090 or dual-3090 pool. Full quant matrix, tok/s… Mike Perry · 2026-04-29 · 10 min read
- Best 1440p 240Hz Gaming Monitors for Competitive FPS in 2026 — A 2026 head-to-head of five 1440p 240Hz+ OLED monitors for competitive FPS: Alienware AW2725DF, LG 27GS95QE, MSI MAG 271QPX, ASUS ROG… Mike Perry · 2026-04-29 · 9 min read
- Best GPU for Running 27B-32B Local LLMs in 2026 — | Pick | Best For | Key Spec | Price Range | Verdict | |---|---|---|---|---| | RTX 5090 | Best Overall | 32 GB GDDR7, 1.79 TB/s |… Mike Perry · 2026-04-29
- How to Identify Any Vintage GPU: A Visual + GPU-Z Guide for Retro PC Builders — A retro PC builder workflow for identifying any vintage GPU: PCB silkscreen + visual cues, GPU-Z and AIDA64 software ID, VBIOS dump for… Mike Perry · 2026-04-29 · 9 min read
- Qwen 3.6 27B Quantization Showdown: BF16 vs Q8_0 vs Q4_K_M on Consumer GPUs — As of Sept 2026 Qwen 3.6 27B Q4_K_M (16.8 GB) runs 38.3 tok/s on an RTX 3090, 61.4 with MTP. Q8_0 needs 32GB, BF16 more than 48GB. Mike Perry · 2026-04-29 · 10 min read
- Jetson Orin Nano Super vs Hailo-8 AI HAT+: Which Edge-AI Path Is Right for You? — Jetson Orin Nano Super (67 TOPS) vs Pi 5 + Hailo-8 AI HAT+ (26 TOPS): published YOLOv8/v11, ResNet-50, Whisper and small-LLM results… Mike Perry · 2026-04-29 · 10 min read
- Best 1440p 240Hz Gaming Monitors in 2026 — Tested QD-OLED, WOLED, and IPS 1440p 240 Hz monitors on RTX 5090 + 9800X3D. Picks for HDR, esports, and budget in 2026. Mike Perry · 2026-04-29 · 12 min read
- Best AI HATs for Raspberry Pi 5 in 2026 — We tested every official AI HAT for the Raspberry Pi 5 — Hailo-8, Hailo-8L, Coral USB. Picks, benchmarks, and which one to buy in 2026. Mike Perry · 2026-04-29
- NVFP4 on RTX 50-Series: What llama.cpp's Native FP4 Support Means for Local Inference — llama.cpp's new SM120 NVFP4 kernel runs Llama 3.1 70B about 1.7x to 1.9x faster than q4_K_M on RTX 5090 and cuts VRAM ~28%. Quality slots… Mike Perry · 2026-04-29 · 9 min read
- DeepSeek V4 Pro Local Inference: Hardware Requirements and Cost-Per-Million-Tokens vs API — DeepSeek V4 Pro at $2.65 per 100M tokens reframed local-vs-API economics overnight. We break down VRAM needs across q3-q8 quants, real… Mike Perry · 2026-04-29 · 12 min read
- Local Image Generation AI in 2026: AMD Hardware Performance & Setup Guide — Discover how AMD's 2026 GPUs power local AI image generation. Optimize your setup with hardware benchmarks and rig recommendations. Mike Perry · 2026-04-25 · 7 min read
- RTX 5090 and Ryzen 7 9800X3D Benchmark Showdown: 2026 Performance Deep Dive — Compare RTX 5090 and Ryzen 7 9800X3D benchmarks in 4K gaming, AI rendering, and 8K video editing. Discover real-world performance metrics… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 7 min read
- RTX 5080 vs RTX 5070: Which Blackwell GPU Should You Buy in 2026? — RTX 5080 vs RTX 5070 compared on specs, gaming FPS, AI tok/s, power, and price — with real benchmark data and a clear verdict for 1440p… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 13 min read
- RTX 5080 vs RTX 4090: Which GPU Is Best in 2026? — We compared the RTX 5080 and RTX 4090 head-to-head across 4K gaming, ray tracing, and local LLM inference using real benchmark data. Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 9 min read
- Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D: Which Zen 5 X3D Chip Wins in 2026? — We benchmark the Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D across gaming, content creation, thermals, and price-per-frame to find the real winner… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 9 min read
- Best AMD CPU for Gaming in 2026: Our Top 5 Ryzen Picks — We ranked five AMD Ryzen CPUs on real benchmarks to find the best AMD CPU for gaming in 2026. Here are our picks for every budget. Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 16 min read
- Best Ryzen CPU for Gaming in 2026 — Best overall gaming CPU 2026: Ryzen 7 9800X3D — highest 1% lows, 480 "fps" on the Tom's Hardware CPU hierarchy, 4425 PassMark… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 11 min read
- Build Your Own Gaming PC in 2026: The 5 Components That Actually Matter — Build your own gaming PC in 2026: CPU, GPU, memory, storage and PSU picks with cited benchmarks, updated for October 2026 DDR5 and GPU… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 15 min read
- Best Gaming PC Build Components for 2026 — | Pick | Best For | Key Spec | Price Range | Verdict | |------|----------|----------|-------------|---------| | Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Best… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 12 min read
- All-AMD Gaming PC Build for 2026: Our Top 5 Ryzen + Radeon Configurations — Five complete all-AMD gaming PC builds for 2026, from $999 1080p rigs to $2,899 4K monsters — all benchmarked with real Ryzen and Radeon… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 12 min read
- Gaming PC Build 2026: The Reddit-Consensus Parts List — Building a 2026 gaming PC? Here is the Reddit-consensus parts list: Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5070 Ti, 32 GB DDR5-6000 — with real benchmarks… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 12 min read
- $1,000 Gaming PC Build 2026: Parts, Cost, 1080p FPS — A Ryzen 5 5600 + RX 9060 XT 8GB build: 91.2 fps across 25 games at 1080p Ultra per TechPowerUp. Live-priced parts list and one-click cart. Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 6 min read
- Best GPU for Gaming in 2026: Our Top 5 Picks Tested — Our top 5 gaming GPUs for 2026 — RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, RX 9070 XT, Arc B580 — tested and ranked with real benchmark data. Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 11 min read
- Best X870E Motherboards for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in 2026 — The five best X870E motherboards to pair with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in 2026, ranked by price, VRM, and gamer use case. Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 11 min read
- Complete Ollama Installation Guide for 2026: Hardware & Software Setup — Install Ollama on Windows, macOS, or Linux in two commands — then pick the right GPU or Apple Silicon for real tokens-per-second on 7B to… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 9 min read
- Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Ryzen 9 9900X: Which Zen 5 CPU Wins in 2026? — The 9800X3D wins gaming by roughly 15–20% at 1080p and 10–15% at 1440p in CPU-bound titles, driven almost entirely by its 96 MB of stacked… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 9 min read
- How to Build a $2000 Home AI Rig in 2026: Used RTX 3090 Guide — Build a $2000 home AI rig in 2026: used RTX 3090, Ryzen 7 7700X on B650, 64GB DDR5, 850W Gold PSU, 2TB Gen4 NVMe — with real tok/s numbers. Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 11 min read
- Mac Studio M3 Ultra vs RTX 5090 for AI Inference in 2026 — Mac Studio M3 Ultra vs RTX 5090 for AI inference in 2026: unified memory reach, real tok/s numbers, power draw, and who should buy which. Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 11 min read
- Best Raspberry Pi Projects for Beginners in 2026 — Pi-hole, RetroPie, Home Assistant, MagicMirror², and a GPIO starter kit — the five Raspberry Pi projects beginners actually finish in 2026. Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 9 min read
- Best Single-Board Computers for Home Lab in 2026 — | Pick | Best For | Key Spec | Price Range | Verdict | |------|---------|----------|-------------|---------| | Raspberry Pi 5 8GB |… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 10 min read
- Best Gaming CPUs for 2026: Why the Ryzen 7 9800X3D Leads the Pack — Public benchmarks compared the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 9950X3D, 14900KS, Core Ultra 9 285K and more. Real benchmarks, honest tradeoffs, and the… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 11 min read
- Steam Deck OLED vs ROG Ally X vs Legion Go: 2026 Gaming Handheld Shootout — | Pick | Best For | Key Spec | Price Range | Verdict | |---|---|---|---|---| | Steam Deck OLED 512GB | Most buyers | 7.4" HDR OLED, 90 Hz… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 10 min read
- Framework Desktop & Ryzen AI Max+ 395 Review: Best Strix Halo Mini PCs in 2026 — Framework Desktop defined Strix Halo. Here's how the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 actually runs 70B LLMs, plus the 5 best Amazon-available mini PCs… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 11 min read
- Jetson Orin Nano Super vs Raspberry Pi 5: Real Edge-AI Benchmarks (2026) — Real tok/s on Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek, Phi: Orin Nano Super at 21.75 tok/s on Qwen2.5-7B; Pi 5 at 5.80 tok/s on Llama 3.2 3B. Full 2026… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 11 min read
- RTX 5090 vs RTX 5080: Which Should You Buy in 2026? — RTX 5090 vs RTX 5080 head-to-head: real 4K FPS, local-LLM tok/s, power draw, and price-per-frame math from our benchmark database. Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 20 min read
- Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Ryzen 9 9950X3D: The 2026 X3D Buyer's Verdict — 9800X3D ($479 MSRP, ~$458 street): 8 cores, 96 MB L3, 5.2 GHz boost, 120 W TDP — the fastest pure-gaming CPU AMD ships. Single-CCD, single… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 9 min read
- Running Llama 3.1 70B Locally: Hardware Requirements & Performance Benchmarks — | Pick | Best For | Key Spec | Price Range | Verdict | |---|---|---|---|---| | Dual NVIDIA RTX 3090 (used) | Solo devs, best value | 48 GB… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 11 min read