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Community Questions: Building a Flight Simulator PC
By Joshua Simenhoff published
How would you build a $1,200 Flight Simulator PC?
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The RGBeast PC: What We Learned Building an RGB Battlestation
By Matt Safford, Avram Piltch published
We embraced the rainbow and built a powerful PC with as many RGB components and accessories we could find.
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Maingear’s Apex Spectrum Adds RGB to Liquid Cooling
By Andrew E. Freedman published
Maingear has added RGB to its Apex integrated cooling system, dubbing it Apex Spectrum.
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Hidden Guns and Vermin: PC Refurbishing Nightmares (Updated)
By Scharon Harding published
Horrific tales from real refurbishers prove there’s much worse that can happen to a computer than spilled coffee.
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DRM-Locked Devices Becoming Legal to Repair
By Lucian Armasu published
The Librarian of Congress created a new exemption to the DMCA that allows consumers to hack DRM-locked devices in order to to fix and maintain them.
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AMD vs. Intel: Which PC Build is Better for Under $500
By Matt Safford published
We built and tested two $500 PCs, one based on AMD's Ryzen 5 2400G and one built around an Intel Pentium and Nvidia GTX 1050. Which is the better build?
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Will Tariffs Raise U.S. Component and PC Prices? It’s Complicated
By Andrew E. Freedman, Paul Alcorn published
The Trump administration’s latest round of tariffs could have wide-ranging effects on pricing and business.
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Power User Profiles: Puget System's Jon Bach Talks Workstations
By Joshua Simenhoff published
We find out what it takes to be a professional PC Builder with Puget Systems President Jon Bach.
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