A lot can change in a year—and PC building sure took unexpected directions since I launched this newsletter in May 2025. Back ...

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 ...

Building a new PC seems pointless now ...

Building a new PC is an exciting time for a gaming enthusiast — even more so when it’s been a long time and you’ve been working with outdated hardware. However, it can also be a pretty intimidating ...

Learning PC building basics gives users more control over performance, upgrades, and overall value compared to many prebuilt systems. Whether creating a work machine or a gaming PC build, choosing ...

For the average consumer, building a PC sucks. In theory it’s a great idea. Get the components, plug them in, turn on the computer, then game all day. But it’s never that simple. Back during COVID ...

TL;DR: PC Building Simulator 2 offers a realistic PC building and repair experience with over 1200 real-world components from top brands like MSI and ASRock. The latest update integrates accurate ...

Ready to take the plunge on a new gaming PC but fancy building it yourself? You've come to the right place. There's nothing like the feeling of pressing the power button for the first time on your ...

I’ve built hundreds of PCs. I’m not confident enough to say thousands yet, but I’m sure I’ll hit that mark before too long. Every time I go to review a new graphics card or processor, I go through the ...

As fun as building your own PC can be, it’s not always the right call. A pre-built can end up the more fitting choice—as my colleague Ashley Biancuzzo rightly pointed out. Pre-built computers have ...

I've seen some unusual gaming PC builds in my time, but this futuristic space pod build is certainly up with the best with them. Named Ugahari, a word meaning frugal or modest in Indonesian, the ...

When building a gaming PC, it’s hard to pay attention to tiny things that make the overall experience better, such as spending too much money on PC components, thinking too much about thermal paste, ...