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Should I upgrade my older PC to an RTX40XX?
You have an older PC and you can't set the quality settings on moderate/high on your favourite games anymore without it struggling. Can you get away with just upgrading the video card?
3 Sep 2024
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The best data recovery company deserves the best website
Hand-rolling the finest web experience for our favourite hard drive heroes.
4 Jan 2024
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Is that gaming PC any good?
Some pointers of what to look for in a gaming PC and when to walk away. It's worth taking half an hour of your time to research a device you hope to keep for many years.
18 Dec 2023
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Rewriting a pile of ugly 2012 JavaScript
Cleaning up the code for our Network SouthEast clock, and revisiting younger, caffeine-fuelled, reckless versions of ourselves.
8 May 2023
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AJ Computing is a finalist in the Tech for Techs awards
We are through to the final for "Best Tech Website", which in our unbiased opinion is thoroughly deserved!
6 May 2023
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ChatGPT-generated articles are probably bad for your website
We don't generate mediocre filler, and we don't think you should either.
28 Feb 2023
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Why I avoid HomePlug and PowerLine equipment
PowerLine equipment is easy, but use at your peril. There are cheap, easy alternatives.
12 Feb 2023
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Graphene OS is basically perfect
Life with the world's best mobile operating system.
7 Jan 2023
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A custom PC won't install Windows and then died :(
High end gaming PC that arrived not detecting the drives and then refused to boot. Solved, of course.
17 Sep 2022
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Economically vs ecologically viable: refurbishing an Acer V5-571P Laptop
Is it worth spending money on an old laptop that needs lots of work?
22 Jul 2022
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A tale of data recovery: Netgear ReadyNas Duo V2
This NAS was fully broken and we had to use a variety of methods to retrieve the data.
17 Jun 2022
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Where are the RTX 3060/3070/3080/3090 video cards?
Written back when video cards were very difficult to get hold, we explained why.
14 Jul 2021
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Reviving an Acer TravelMate 5760 laptop
A case study in giving a sturdy old laptop a new lease of life.
17 Feb 2021
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A new look for AJ Computing
After nine years, a redesign at last!
31 Jan 2021
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Care and feeding of old laptops
Is there any point in fixing & upgrading old laptops? We think there is.
22 Jan 2021
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Gaming PC for £1000 - is it possible?
Striking the balance between performance and budget
30 Aug 2020
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A wireless installation in a lodge park
How we installed customer WiFi at a large holiday home site.
19 Apr 2016
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Why we don't advocate WordPress for everything
Use the right tool for the job.
29 Aug 2014
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A custom PC build
In which we build a powerful computer for general office use which can support up to 4 monitors.
1 Dec 2013
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How to replace the keyboard of the Acer Aspire One A110
Five minutes, no special tooling required!
29 Mar 2012
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About our HTML5 Network SouthEast Clock
We recreated a classic Network SouthEast clock with JavaScript. Here's all about it.
22 Jan 2012
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