Storage wars

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Workstations are the most powerful desktop PCs around. But there are always budgetary constraints, which means you will need to choose your components wisely based around your workloads and budget. It

I enjoyed Lee’s article “Windows 11: All Your Questions Answered” (see issue 372, p26). Here’s another suggestion for extending the life of a laptop. Many that cannot move to Windows 11 have a DVD dri

Whether you want to buy a new PC or build one yourself, squeezing the most out of your budget is a challenge akin to four-dimensional chess. Every decision you make has repercussions, some of which ma

SCORE PRICE £2,749 (£3,299 inc VAT) from currys.co.uk This is the fourth PC I’ve tested with a GeForce RTX 5080 inside, but the first from a non-British PC manufacturer. It’s also the first to choose

Q I have a 128GB Kingston USB memory stick. Before upgrading my PC from Windows 10 to 11, I copied some files to the stick to ensure they were safe during the process. I also encrypted them somehow, b