I'm usually the first one to advise people to maximize FPS per dollar and build a balanced gaming PC. While that means buying only those components that directly affect the performance of your PC, I'm ...

There are countless people always telling you which PC components you should never cheap out on, such as the CPU, GPU, storage, and power supply. However, as PC builders, most of us often work on ...

HP's Omen gaming brand is set to release its own standalone PC components soon. Traditionally known for rather expensive gaming laptops and pre-built PCs, the HP Omen brand is branching out into the ...

Building a brand-new PC is an expensive endeavor in 2025. Costs for almost all components have gone up. Plus, with games like "Indiana Jones: The Great Circle" requiring ray-tracing hardware, ...

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, ...

Sarfraz is an avid PC enthusiast who has a decade of experience in PC hardware. He has written extensively on all types of consumer PC components and peripherals on Xtremegaminerd since the time when ...

Finding and building a powerful gaming PC that perfectly suits personal preferences can really help level up anyone's gaming experience, increasing the overall quality of immersion, gameplay, and ...

While many PC components still come from overseas, a handful of companies are proud to assemble and produce desktops in the U.S. System76 perhaps takes the lead when it comes to U.S. manufacturing.

If you've built a PC before, then you already know how tiring and difficult good cable management can be. (If you haven't, count yourself lucky.) Having great cable management can be extremely ...

Every computer needs a central processing unit. Used CPUs are generally a safe purchase. Their architecture makes them resistant to damage from years of use. Nevertheless, you should make sure that a ...

PCWorld identifies four critical PC components where quality investment is essential: power supplies, RAM, monitors, and NVMe SSDs. High-quality power supplies prevent system crashes and hardware ...