IO Port Cards Archive

With USB 3.1 becoming increasingly common, manufacturers are dropping support for older interfaces in favor of the latest trends. With support for up to 10 Gbps of bandwidth, the new standards seem to leave the once-popular Firewire in the dust. But for most applications, 10 Gbps is excessive. You certainly can’t write to external storage devices at that rate, and many useful devices still perform …

For most people, PC sound is nothing more than an afterthought. You plug in your speakers or headphones, and sound comes out. Why complicate things any more than they need to be? The answer is that dedicated sound cards still have their place in today’s PC marketplace. For instance, suppose you’re trying to squeeze every last cycle out of your processor. In that case, running …

Wireless adapters aren’t just routers, shoved inside of desktop computers. They’re a means of extending your wireless network to a broader area, of affecting control over your network, and expanding network reception. With the right adapter, your options can remain wide open. Some wireless adapters ask you to choose between convenience and efficiency, but more often than not, you can have both. Choosing the Right …

As gamers look for new and exciting ways to spruce up their cases, manufacturers have started looking for creative ways to design the layout. Just a quick scroll through your favorite PC hardware vendors case listing and it’s clear to see that there is much more on the market than your average, run of the mill ATX cases. This change didn’t happen overnight. As hardware …

If you’re looking to expand the capabilities of your computer, RAID is a very powerful platform that can be utilized. There are three main benefits to using a RAID system. First, you’ll be able to add and maintain more storage space. Second, you can improve the performance of your hard drives or solid state disks well beyond what’s possible with a single disk system. Lastly, …