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 ...

Valve released the Steam Machine at long last, but this tiny gaming PC costs more than expected, given its budget-grade parts ...

Would you buy one or assemble your own, and what kind of box would you build for that $1,050 asking price? As it turns out, the quest to build a better Steam Machine can be a good reminder about what ...

RAM prices are about to go interstellar, so build a PC while you still can ...

Power supplies, chip coolers, and much more: Thc Computex show is a wonderland every year for PC builders. Here's some of the top gear we saw for the DIY crowd. I have been a technology journalist for ...

Gaming PCs are designed to be pushed to their performance and thermal limits, with plenty of fans or water cooling to keep cool, but this silent gaming PC build from Reddit takes things to a whole new ...

Computex always delivers PC-enthusiast eye candy, but this year's standouts pushed the envelope with transparent components, ...

Modern gaming PCs have become increasingly more expensive as the quest for visual fidelity continues to prove to be a moving target for all but the most ardent spenders. Not a lot of DIY PC builders ...

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Inspired by the idea of a brain in a jar connected to a computer, PC builder David Wieland created this steampunk PC called Posthuman. It makes use of wooden elements, along with CNC-machined metal, ...

Before there were smartphones, there were personal digital assistants like the Palm Pilot, Handspring Visor, and Compaq/HP iPAQ line of devices. And before those, there were really basic PDAs, like ...

Computex always delivers PC-enthusiast eye candy, but this year's standouts pushed the envelope with transparent components, wood-trimmed graphics cards, unconventional cooling, and a few delightfully ...