Building your own PC is kind of like cooking: deeply satisfying if you know what you're doing, mildly traumatic if you don't. Pre-builts, meanwhile, are microwave meals. Not bad, not great, and ...

PC gaming has never quite been affordable, but you could always save money—and get a surprising amount of value and power—if ...

The end result is a Frankenstein’s monster of a PC, a cobbled-together mess of modern and venerable components that still ...

“When asking my friend who has built PCs in the past for some starting advice, he thought I was crazy and the idea wouldn’t work.” That’s not exactly the most auspicious way to start to project, but ...

This DIY Steam Machine uses 32GB DDR5 at 6000 MT/s and a 2TB M.2, delivering fast loads and stable high settings in AAA games ...

In the old days of computing, users often bought kits and put together their own machines. Part of the fun of owning a computer was figuring out how everything worked together. You still can build ...

The cool thing about building your own computer is that you don’t have to adhere to industry norms of form and function. You can build whatever chunky, awesome thing your heart desires, and that’s ...

Hey, I'm sort of new to all this. I know enough about hardware stuff(at least I think I do) to buy all the right things to build my own computer. I got a PIV 2.26 ghz, and asus p4t533-c mobo, 768 mb ...

Whether you’re buying a high-end gaming desktop, a compact mini PC, or simply docking your laptop, those accessories you bought 5+ years ago might be showing their age—and even dragging you down.