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Jerry James, Author at CG Director
Author: Jerry James
Head of Hardware / Content Strategy at CGDirector Jerry James is CGDirector’s resident PC hardware nerd – covering internal components in detail and offering insight to help people build an excellent PC and get the best value for their hard-earned money.
His passion for PC hardware stems from his days spent tinkering with a pre-built COMPAQ desktop that ran on an Intel Pentium 4 CPU and a motherboard with an integrated GPU (remember those!?). Getting increasingly frustrated with things ‘getting stuck’ in games, he began a deep dive into graphics cards, motherboards slots, CPUs, and other components. Two decades later, here we are!
In this field alone, he’s had the pleasure of closely working with companies like Microsoft, MSI (Jerry James on the MSI Blog ), Evetech, and IGN .
Jerry now serves as a technical content strategist for a variety of businesses – ranging from Fortune 500 companies to startups. His work focuses on growing businesses that offer technical products and/or cater to technical audiences in domains like cybersecurity, cloud computing, software development, and also, yes, PC hardware components.
He originally started working as a web developer after completing his engineering degree in computer science – specializing in nodeJS and RESTful APIs. However, a little over a year later, the field of content strategy caught his fancy, especially when he realized it could intersect with his passion for technology.
Contact Jerry James at
jerryjames@cgdirector.com
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerryjames91/
Articles by Jerry James
May 27, 2023
Every GPU review we’ve done over the past few years for workstation use has always been accompanied by a sickening sidenote – NVIDIA offers better support for Pro apps.
May 18, 2023
While we’ve previously compared DDR5 and DDR4 memory for workstation use, it focused primarily on performance differences.
June 14, 2023
Now that AM5 motherboards have been out for a while, it’s time to look at all available options and pick the best one for your next workstation or gaming build.
February 8, 2023
Picking the right motherboard can be an ordeal, especially when there are only subtle differences between products.
December 14, 2022
After ‘unlaunching’ the confusingly-named RTX 4080 12GB, Nvidia is now ready to ‘launch’ the real GeForce RTX 4080 (16GB) in its Ada Lovelace GPU lineup.
October 24, 2022
Nvidia showed off its Ada Lovelace architecture with top-of-the-line GeForce Gaming graphics cards in its GTC keynote on 20th September 2022.
September 21, 2022
If you’ve looked into CPU performance to buy your next processor, you would’ve encountered the term “IPC” here and there.
January 3, 2023
Most professionals lean towards Nvidia graphics cards whenever there’s work involved.
January 5, 2023
The desktops vs.
September 3, 2022
Those who’ve added more storage to their PC (external/internal) would’ve noticed that the available storage shown never seems to match the advertised storage capacity of the drive.
September 3, 2022
Disclosure – The ASUS ProArt Studiobook 16 sample was provided by Nvidia.
March 23, 2022
When we looked at the Radeon Pro W6400 workstation graphics card, at first, it seemed like an insane product.
June 30, 2022
Although it’s arguably one of the most straightforward components to install, understanding what makes your RAM tick is a whole other ballgame.
April 27, 2022
The misuse of ‘Megahertz’ by media, motherboard manufacturers, and even memory manufacturers has always bothered me.
January 20, 2023
Presented with the option of buying either Z690 DDR4 or DDR5 motherboards with Intel’s Alder Lake processors, we’re now forced to choose between the two.
April 28, 2022
The idea of having different kinds of processor cores on the same CPU package isn’t a new one by any means.
January 10, 2023
Ah, the humble PSU.
June 3, 2022
If you’ve ever gone rummaging through your BIOS, you might have stumbled across the terms PWM, DC, and Auto in the fan control section.
November 9, 2021
If you have a specific budget in mind, here’s a list of good motherboards that will help you get the most out of your brand-new Intel processor.
November 8, 2021
First-time PC builders often shy away from tinkering in the BIOS (understandably).
August 15, 2022
Bent pins can cause a variety of peculiarities.
May 9, 2022
We often get questions like – ‘What’s the best motherboard brand?
February 8, 2023
Picking the right motherboard is one of the most complicated but critical tasks when you’re getting parts together for a brand-new PC build.
May 24, 2022
Picking gifts for a loved one is never easy.
May 9, 2022
AMD released its newest range of Ryzen 5000 Series CPUs on October 8th.
September 12, 2022
If you’ve ever shopped for processors and motherboards, you would’ve encountered words and terms like ‘sockets,’ ‘LGA1200,’ and so on.
January 3, 2023
After numerous delays, motherboards with the B550 chipset for AMD processors have finally started popping up on the market.
January 3, 2023
Most of us wouldn’t say no to a PC stuffed with beastly hardware, but not everyone has the desk or floor space to stash a tower the size of a child.
January 3, 2023
Picking a suitable power supply is critical, as it’s one of the core elements of your PC build.
October 5, 2021
AMD’s Threadripper lineup launch, featuring overwhelming 24 and 32-core CPUs, left a trail of dizzy Intel HEDT and even enterprise-class Xeon processors in its wake.
April 19, 2022
The launch of Apple’s Mac Pro in late 2019, ranging from $5000 to 50,000~, set off an endless array of memes, jokes, and general online hate.
December 10, 2022
With the release of AMD’s Threadripper 3000 processors (3rd Generation Threadripper), Intel has finally lost the lead in both single-core and multi-threaded workloads.
February 8, 2023
Building your first PC can be daunting.
December 10, 2022
Intel’s consumer CPUs have always remained a step ahead of their AMD counterparts when it comes to single-thread performance.
January 3, 2023
Now that both Intel and AMD have played their hands with the launches of 13th Gen Raptor Lake and Ryzen 7000, it’s time to take a step back and look at the state of affairs when it comes to CPUs to buy in late 2022.
May 9, 2022
Wondering what RAM would be perfect for your Ryzen PC Build?
February 8, 2023
On the lookout for a motherboard that pairs well with a Ryzen 5000 CPU like the 5950X?