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RAM is the main memory of your computer and is required for it to operate. While Windows 10 requires an absolute bare minimum of 2GB of RAM, you won’t really have a good experience even with 4GB. Realistically, the minimum RAM you should choose, even on a budget is 8GB. 6GB of RAM could work, but you’ll struggle to find any desktop RAM at that capacity. It’s important to know … [Read more...] about Best Budget RAM 2021

Pen displays are a must-have for artists looking to work in and around the digital space. Essentially a type of touch-screen monitor, these devices are one of the best ways to create art on computers. There are a lot of devices out there, from incredibly cheap ones to top-tier Wacom devices available for thousands of dollars or more. It can be difficult to figure out which … [Read more...] about Best Pen Displays 2021

OLED panels tend to be restricted to premium TVs primarily because producing them is expensive. The premium pricing hasn’t been helped by OLED panels only being available in very large sizes. Thankfully for those of us looking for a budget OLED TV option, the price is starting to come down, as is the lowest available screen sizes, putting those perfect blacks, wide viewing a … [Read more...] about Best Budget OLED TVs 2021

3D printers are great tools if you’re a creative maker type that wants to print your own things. There are a huge range of options though, from materials that you want to print with, to the resolution of the result, and the printable volume. There are budget options available for just a few hundred dollars, top-of-the-line consumer models that can cost thousands, and of course p … [Read more...] about Best 3D Printers (2021)

The basic concept of a smart TV is one that includes smart functionality such as apps and voice recognition rather than just playing content from a list of provided channels. Realistically, you may actually now struggle to find non-smart TVs as the cost of adding basic smart functionality is minimal. In the budget range price is obviously always important, however, there are … [Read more...] about Best Budget Smart TVs 2021

HDR is a great way to experience a more vivid TV. It’s built on three main principles: A wide colour gamut, allowing for more colours to be displayed. A high level of brightness, allowing for bright colours to appear more vivid, ideally while also allowing darker colours to be dimmed. Finally, HDR standards, there are four main ones, with most content in the HDR10 standard, and … [Read more...] about Best Budget HDR TVs 2021

Smart TVs are any TV that can be connected to the internet to be able to access content via streaming. Realistically, most modern TVs are now smart TVs, you’d have to go deep into the budget range or look for older devices to be able to find a TV set that doesn’t have some level of smart functionality. Not all smart TVs are created equal, however, there are many different ope … [Read more...] about Best Smart TVs 2021

Buying any PC components is a little painful right now. The high-end GPU market is the worst, but even the budget CPU market is affected with prices up on the RRPs. Unfortunately, that means that if your budget is super tight then you should probably wait if you can for the market to calm down, or check out second hand offers. Sometimes you just can’t wait though, if you need a … [Read more...] about Best Budget CPUs 2021

3D printers are great tools if you’re a creative maker type that wants to print your own things. There are a huge range of options though, from materials that you want to print with to the resolution of the result and the printable volume. There are budget options available for just a few hundred dollars, top-of-the-line consumer models that can cost thousands, and of course p … [Read more...] about Best Budget 3D Printers 2021

Pretty much all modern screens work in the same sort of way: A bright backlight is strategically blocked by coloured pixels to make a visible image on a screen. The exact way this works varies as there are a number of ways to do it, but the basic principle is the same. This leads to issues where black is really difficult to display as the pixels have to block as much of the … [Read more...] about Best OLED TVs 2021