Familiarity breeds confidence; hence, knowing your components before starting your build makes the process smoother. You'll ...

An all-in-one cooler can do its fair share by taking heat away from your CPU, but it doesn’t help the rest of your components ...

If you’ve ever spent any time looking for recommendations on a new computer, chances are someone has told you to “just build a desktop.” There’s a reason: building your own desktop is almost always ...

Typically, you don’t need huge amounts of RAM in a gaming PC. Some games utilize more RAM than others, but for the most part ...

Building your own PC is more technical and time consuming than choosing a pre-made model, but it can also be more cost-effective. If you feel you have the know-how, building a PC can ensure the ...

What if your next desktop PC wasn’t a bulky tower or an off-the-shelf laptop, but a palm-sized powerhouse you built yourself? The Raspberry Pi 5, already celebrated for its versatility, is now ...

Being a parent is an experience I’ll never take for granted. I have three kids — two boys (10 and 12) and a daughter (14). I’ve been fortunate enough to watch them grow up, and form their own ...

Here at PCWorld, there’s nothing we like more than building desktop PCs. And since we also publish videos, it makes sense that we’d build one to do exactly that. Adam Patrick Murray broke out his ...

Tinkering with desktop PC’s might seem counterintuitive in the age of apps, code, AI and augmented reality, but building an old-fashioned desktop PC with your kids can be an enriching experience for ...

Modern mobile computer processors offer low power consumption, a small footprint and relatively high performance for their size. Netbook and mini-laptop manufacturers use this type of processor to ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland say their prototype runs 100 times faster than a PC and is simple enough for a high school student to program What if your desktop computer could run 100 ...

If you are like me, you love JavaScript and its ecosystem, and you have been building amazing web applications using frameworks like React or performant web servers with NodeJS. Now you want to ...