Articles by Gordon Mah Ung
Best USB-C cables: Get quality charging and data transfers
We bought a bunch of USB-C cables and put them through the wringer to find the best ones for your charging and data transfer needs.
Best portable power stations 2023: Top picks for preparedness
Whether you're the camping sort, or you live in an area prone to power outages, or you just like being prepared for anything, a power station that can charge all your devices is a must for your emergency arsenal. We've got some favorites to recommend.
Best external SSD for gaming 2023: Portable performance drives
Adding an external SSD to your gaming laptop is a great way to expand your storage for holding games and making your game library portable.
I bought advanced GaN USB-C chargers for all my gear. Here's why you should too
One nerd's obsession with saving charger weight taught him a lesson about GaN chargers.
Bluetti AC180 power station review: Super efficient, super value
Bluetti's new AC180 offers class-leading efficiency, great value, LFE chemistry, and even expansion options.
Melting GeForce RTX 4090 power cables: A timeline of events
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4090 launch has been marred by reports of melting connectors. Here's everything you need to know about what is going on.
MacBook Air: Fact-checking Apple's WWDC performance claims
Apple likes to market claims that its hardware can't always back up. Here's how its claims about the new MacBook Air 15 stack up.
Nvidia still cares about PC gamers, CEO says: DLSS AI came first
You may feel like the ignored child next to the new baby, but Nvidia gave you AI first.
Jackery Explorer 1500 Pro review: More performance per pound
Despite the lack of app support, the Jackery Explorer 1500 Pro leads in performance per pound.
5 reasons to switch to a bleeding-edge PCIe 5.0 SSD (and 5 reasons not to)
Even early PCIe Gen 5.0 SSDs offer massive increases in performance over PCIe Gen 4.0 drives, but the cost and practical benefits make it less compelling.
Goal Zero Yeti 1500X review: A capacious and quiet power station
Compact and powerful, the Yeti 1500X's main weakness is slow charge rates.
Attention printer freeloaders: Your mooching days are over
You keep saying no ones needs a printer, but yet you still ask me to print things, so you're officially cut off.
Intel updates power spec over melting 12VHPWR plugs, but existing PSUs are fine
An Intel update to the ATX power supply spec doesn’t mean your current 12VHWPR adapter or PSU is obsolete or dangerous.
The Full Nerd ep 248: Ryzen 9 7950X3D and the state of PC gaming
Why is the Internet so angry about the Ryzen 9 X3D chips? And what is the state of PC gaming?
Three AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D misconceptions debunked
Pump the hate brakes Internet—here's what you're getting wrong about AMD's Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPUs.
Ryzen 9 7950X3D review: AMD's monster gaming CPU works like a pro, too
Three new Ryzen 7000 chips with AMD’s innovative 3D V-Cache are here. But is the best of them truly the ultimate gaming processor?
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4090 pushes laptops to blistering new frontiers
The GeForce RTX 4090, Nvidia’s latest flagship mobile GPU, delivers incredible performance in games—and a solid boost in content creation, too.