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White Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike mouse gliding across a dark cloth mousepad beside a sheet of replacement PTFE skates

Swap the G Pro X2's feet for PTFE and it glides again

Mouse skates PTFE vs UHMWPE decide how a mouse feels. Compare friction, wear and cost per month, then fix the scratchy G Pro X2 Superstrike.

Two Razer Huntsman V3 HE keyboards, a 65 percent Mini in front of a tenkeyless, both lit with rainbow RGB and plugged in by braided cables

The Huntsman V3 HE hits a true 8,000Hz through a cable

True 8,000Hz keyboard polling is wired only in 2026, and the reason is radio airtime and battery life. The 0.875ms gain is worth less than it looks.

Laptop running a slicer connected through a gatehouse module to a 3D printer building a small cube, with some data ribbons turned back at the wall

OrcaSlicer still works on Bambu through the Connect plugin

OrcaSlicer Bambu Connect setup in seven steps, plus a table of what cloud, LAN-only and developer mode each still allow on authorization firmware.

DisplayPort cable running from a graphics card port to a monitor, glowing cyan at one end and orange at the other across striped bandwidth bands

Certified DP80 cables carry the full 80Gbps over 1.2m

DP80 cable length tops out at 1.2m passive, 3m active. DisplayPort 2.1 links downgrade in silence, so here is how to read your real link rate.

Original Prusa XL+ multi-toolhead 3D printer on a workbench, five toolheads on the top rail and a metal manifold part printing on the heatbed

360-degree cooling sharpens overhangs on the Prusa XL+

Prusa XL+ 360-degree cooling spreads airflow evenly for cleaner overhangs and bridges, joined by GT1.5 belts and a 20x faster eddy-current tool sensor.

Gaming mouse on a desk beside a card-catalogue cabinet of vendor device files, one drawer empty, a glowing ribbon carrying a file to the mouse

Set your mouse DPI on Linux with Piper, not vendor apps

Configure gaming mouse DPI, profiles and buttons on Linux with Piper and libratbag, and learn how to check device support before you buy anything.