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Looking For Fast Gameplay? 10 Best High Refresh Gaming Monitors For 2027

Looking For Fast Gameplay? 10 Best High Refresh Gaming Monitors For 2027
A 10-monitor buying guide compares 240Hz, 180Hz and 144Hz displays across QHD, Full HD and ultrawide formats.
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • November 8, 2026
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Score A Huge $600 Saving On This RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop From HP, Now Under $2,100

Score A Huge $600 Saving On This RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop From HP, Now Under $2,100
HP has cut the HyperX Omen Max 16 with an RTX 5070 Ti by $600 to $2,099.99. OLED configurations cost slightly more.
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • November 6, 2026
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MacBooks, Windows Laptops And More Are Cheaper With These Early Black Friday Deals

MacBooks, Windows Laptops And More Are Cheaper With These Early Black Friday Deals
CNET lists early Black Friday laptop discounts, including $200 off the M5 MacBook Air and $500 off the HP OmniBook Ultra 14.
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • November 4, 2026
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Prebuilt NAS Boxes Are Underpowered For The Price, So I Built One With A Desktop CPU Instead

Prebuilt NAS Boxes Are Underpowered For The Price, So I Built One With A Desktop CPU Instead
An XDA test of its XDB Builder tool produced a desktop-based NAS configuration with an 8TB drive for $1,071, above its $1,000 target.
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • November 3, 2026
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Does PCIe 5.0 Matter For VR Graphics Cards?

Does PCIe 5.0 Matter For VR Graphics Cards?
PCIe 5.0 offers little gaming benefit for most GPUs, including in VR. Eight-lane cards and low VRAM are important exceptions.
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • November 1, 2026
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Selling My Old PC Parts Would Have Been A Mistake, So I Built A Second PC

Selling My Old PC Parts Would Have Been A Mistake, So I Built A Second PC
An XDA writer reused leftover PC hardware to build a gaming PC for his wife, arguing that a second system can be more useful than resale cash.
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • October 31, 2026
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7 PC Building Habits That Made Sense In 2016 But Don’t Today

7 PC Building Habits That Made Sense In 2016 But Don’t Today
An XDA Developers article revisits seven PC-building habits from 2016, from oversized cases and HDD game storage to avoiding BIOS updates.
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • October 30, 2026
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Samsung’s 34-Inch Odyssey G5 Monitor Drops To $250, One Of Its Lowest Prices Ever

Samsung's 34-Inch Odyssey G5 Monitor Drops To $250, One Of Its Lowest Prices Ever
Amazon lists Samsung’s 34-inch Odyssey G5 at $250, down from its typical $400 price. The deal is described as a recent low for the monitor.
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • October 26, 2026
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Save $134 On This WD Red Plus 10TB HDD Bundle At Newegg

Save $134 On This WD Red Plus 10TB HDD Bundle At Newegg
Newegg’s two-drive WD Red 10TB offer is listed at $785.98, $134 below the stated $919.98 list price. Availability and checkout terms may change.
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • October 26, 2026
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4 Things No One Tells You About Daily Driving A Mini PC

4 Things No One Tells You About Daily Driving A Mini PC
An XDA Developers contributor describes noise, bulky power supplies, port limits and support concerns from daily mini PC use.
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • October 24, 2026
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9 Best VR Fitness Accessories for Sweaty Workouts in 2027
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9 Best VR Fitness Accessories for Sweaty Workouts in 2027

Compare nine VR fitness accessories for sweat control, comfort, airflow, and movement,…
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • November 11, 2026
Someone Used Claude To Give GTA 2 A Huge Graphical Makeover, So I Had To Try It
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Someone Used Claude To Give GTA 2 A Huge Graphical Makeover, So I Had To Try It

A Claude Code-assisted RTX Remix project adds path-traced lighting, reflections and…
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • November 10, 2026
You Can Now Run A Modified RTX VBIOS Without Flashing It, But Not Everyone Should
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You Can Now Run A Modified RTX VBIOS Without Flashing It, But Not Everyone Should

Open-source tools can load modified VBIOS settings on RTX cards without rewriting the…
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • November 10, 2026
Presence Sensors Cost $80 A Room, But An ESP32 And mmWave Radar Can Detect Your Breathing For $15
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Presence Sensors Cost $80 A Room, But An ESP32 And mmWave Radar Can Detect Your Breathing For $15

An ESP32-C6 and LD2410C radar module can detect still presence for about $15 per room,…
  • VRGearGuide Team
  • November 10, 2026
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