DDR5 memory and SSD prices continue to soar, but I have some ideas for how to save if you're upgrading, building, or buying a new computer in 2026.

PC building has long been a hobbyist endeavour, but it feels like it's become increasingly out of reach for the average consumer. Over the past few years, a combination of growing public interest in ...

It’s 2024, which means building your own PC is only one step harder than assembling a semi-complex LEGO set. Most parts fit together in intuitive ways, and a lot of the guesswork is eliminated if you ...

AI chatbots can be a useful tool for many aspects of life — but can they help you build a good gaming PC? Here's what to know before you buy — or build.

Elvis Shida is a Tech/Hardware Writer from Kenya. He has been building PCs for a decade and is keenly interested in motherboards, monitors, and gaming TVs. When not building PCs or writing about ...

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, ...

Building your own desktop PC is a fun and easy project that will allow you to customize a system to fit your needs. Earlier this year we showed you how to build a high-powered video editing machine, ...

This project gives a whole new meaning to DIY PC. We don’t know how capable you were as a teenager, but could you have designed your own Ryzen-based mini PC? Whilst making repairs to laptop internals, ...

At CES 2024, MSI unveiled its no-cables desktop (or, at least, its no-visible-cables desktop!) with a special motherboard and PC case series dubbed “Project Zero.” We built it up—and created the ...

The question of prebuilt versus custom PC is one that’s faced by nearly every PC owner at some point, be they enthusiast gamers or casual users. After all, getting a prebuilt desktop is a lot easier, ...

Dream it. Build it. Benchmark it. Build your own computer repair and upgrade empire with authentic parts from over 45 real ...