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Taking a gaming PC somewhere it was not designed to go.

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Handheld Kit That Earns Its Bag Space

The accessory market for handheld PCs is enormous and most of it is bulk. Five things worth carrying, judged on what they prevent rather than what they add.

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Handheld vs Laptop for Travel Gaming

One of these plays anywhere and the other plays properly. The criteria that decide it are the seat, the bag and the socket — not the frame rate.

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Cleaning a Handheld's Sticks and Vents

Grit under a stick and dust in a vent cause two different faults with two different fixes, and the popular tool for both is the one most likely to do damage.

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Handheld Battery Health Over Years

The battery in a handheld ages on a schedule set by heat and by how long it sits full. Most of what shortens it happens while you are not playing.

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Handheld Throttling in a Hot Room

A handheld has nowhere to put heat except the room it is in. When the room is warm, the same game runs slower — and the fix is mostly not on the device.

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Playing a Handheld in Bed

The weight is the problem, not the screen. What makes an hour in bed actually comfortable, and why the blue-light worry is aimed at the wrong variable.

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Guide

microSD Corruption and How It Happens

A card that worked perfectly for weeks and then lost everything at once is a specific failure with a specific cause, and it is usually not wear.

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Guide

OLED Burn-In on a Handheld

Most of what people call burn-in is temporary retention that clears. What causes the permanent kind, and the two settings that matter more than any habit.

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Guide

Flying With a Handheld and a Power Bank

Power banks are limited by watt-hours, not by capacity in mAh, and the two are printed differently. How to work out your number before you reach the gate.

4 min read
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Handheld Kit That Earns Its Bag Space

The accessory market for handheld PCs is enormous and most of it is bulk. Five things worth carrying, judged on what they prevent rather than what they add.

3 min read
Comparison

Handheld Dock vs USB-C Travel Adapter

A dock is a desk fixture with power passthrough. An adapter fits in a pocket and makes you choose between charging and everything else.

3 min read
Comparison

Hard Case vs Sling Bag for a Handheld

One protects the device and carries nothing else. The other carries the charger, the dock and the power bank, and protects slightly less doing it.

3 min read
Guide

Charging a Handheld Gaming PC Properly

A handheld under load can draw more than it charges, so the wrong charger means the battery falls while plugged in. What the wattage actually needs to be.

3 min read
Guide

Do Controller Thumb Grips Improve Aim?

Taller grips lengthen the lever your thumb moves, which is a real mechanical change. Whether it helps depends on the sensitivity you already play at.

3 min read
Guide

Moving a Desktop PC Without Breaking It

The graphics card is the thing that gets damaged in transit, and it happens to a machine lying flat in a car boot. What to remove and what to pad.

3 min read

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