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Intel Core i9-10900K Review

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The Core i9-10900K is the tip of Intel’s spear in its newest 10th Generation Core (“Comet Lake-S”) lineup of desktop CPUs. As a top-of-the-line 10-core processor (the estimated selling price is $488 for the bare chip), the Core i9-10900K posts great scores in gaming with our standard test GPU (even setting a record one title, Counter Strike: Global Offensive). But it doesn’t quite match up with AMD’s competing 12-core Ryzen 3900X in content-creation and highly multi-threaded tasks. The need for a new motherboard to upgrade to Comet Lake-S only adds to the real-world cost of the Core i9-10900K, and its thermal demands left us wanting.

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7 Things ALL Electronics Hobbyists Must Have at Their Workbench

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Regardless of your level of experience, there are certain tools that all electronics hobbyists and makers will find are “go-to” tools.

Test equipment and tools are probably the most important investment a hobbyist can make.

These tools can tell you how something works (or doesn’t). They let you explore the inner workings of a circuit or gadget. They enable you to take something apart and put it back together (in the case of tools such as screw drivers etc.). Test equipment and tools help you create. Testing also collects data.

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An EXTREMELY TINY Car Tutorial You Can Drive! – (87 times smaller than real life)

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Have you ever wondered what it takes to build an extremely tiny car that you can drive on your desk… and have so much fun doing it! This tutorial is for you!
I’ve been building models and realistic scenery for a while and I’ve always wanted to shrink down and walk around my creations… but since that is not an option just yet the next best thing is to be able to do it in a third person view by driving a tiny HO scale car through my scenes, and with this tutorial you too will be able to go on a tiny road trip ?