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

I’ve built countless PCs in the past, for myself and others, and it's an unspoken rule among tech enthusiasts that everyone ...

Building your own gaming PC is a rewarding experience and gives you far more control over the pieces and parts that wind up in your PC tower. Those without any familiarity of the internal workings of ...

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 ...

I suppose the holy grail would be to bootstrap your custom CPU into a full-blown Linux system. That’s a big enough job that I haven’t done it. Although you might be more productive than I am, you ...

A budding tech recycler has turned an Xbox 360 into a fully functional gaming PC build, retrofitting this 20-year-old console with a serious set of modern specs. Now featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D ...

Noctua has just revealed its very first passive CPU cooler, with the introduction of the NH-P1 cooler which is good enough to tame even Intel's flagship Core i9-11900K processor. Noctua's new NH-P1 ...

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 ...

If you’re no longer happy with the way your computer performs, it might be time to give your entire PC build a new look. Is it time to upgrade, or should you just buy a whole new PC? The choice can be ...

Here is the situation. I have 2 boys. 10yo and 8yo. They enjoy Minecraft, Fortnite, Overwatch, Roblox, SIMS. Nothing too violent.... Now the want: I want to build them the cheapest gaming PC I can.

If you're mulling a new gaming PC build, you might be tempted to hold fire and wait for the Ryzen 9850X3D, but I'd advise ...