The Acer CB242Y is a 24” IPS monitor with support for 75Hz, FreeSync and motion blur reduction. It is part of the rather new budget series CB2, the CB242Y with its various subvariants is the cheapest model. Its price is at around $130. Too cheap to be any good? Features and aesthetics According to Acers model page, the CB242Y bmiprx (SKU: UM.QB2EE.001) I have in front of me does not exist i…

While not available yet, benchmarks got released for the new Ryzen 3 processors. The two new models are: The Ryzen 3 3300X, 4 cores, 8 threads, 4.3 GHz boost clock The Ryzen 3 3100, 4 cores, 8 …

On 30.04.2020 pc-kombo saw a downtime of 1h15m. Both the PC hardware recommender including the benchmark and this blog were down. Being down completely would be critical for many sites and services,…

Seldom does pc-kombo have to warn against specific companies. Normally, evasion simply happens by not recommending bad products, and it’s only shops treating buyers badly that had to be kicked from …

If mistakes means picking parts that are not necessary or for which better alternatives exist. These planning mistakes are something that I observe all the time in forums like /r/buildapc. Avoid the…