Published Oct 23, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT

His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer. Tinkering with his own build at age 10 turned into building PCs for friends and family, fostering a passion that would ultimately take shape as a career path.

Besides being the first call for tech support for those close to him, Ty is a computer science student, with his focus being cloud computing and networking. He also competed in semi-pro Counter-Strike for 8 years, making him intimately familiar with everything to do with peripherals.

After a fresh Windows install, PC gamers will immediately rush to the power settings to switch on the "high performance" power plan , which, if nothing else, is harmless. It does what it says on the tin, favoring the highest performance possible in exchange for higher energy usage.…