Be honest, when was the last time you installed anything in a PCIe slot that wasn't a graphics card? We still indulge in this charade, where ATX motherboards come equipped with several 1x and 4x slots ...

I built a new PC last night with the MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk MAX WiFi. I like the board so far but I had a scary moment where I couldn’t get my GPU to release. It was a BUTTON forward of the GPU slot.

Most gamers don't even think about using integrated graphics because they already have a much more powerful discrete GPU. Once you install a graphics card, the iGPU feels redundant at best and ...