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Build Your Own Portable Wii with the G-Boy Kit

By Michelle Ehrhardt published

BitBuilt's G-Boy Rev III looks to give beginners to the console modding scene a place to start.

Arduino Science Kit Taps Google to Help Middle Schoolers Learn

By Sarah Lord published

Arduino partnered with Google for the Arduino Science Kit Physics Lab, which comes with an Arduino board and other tools for conducting science experiments.

Vote Now! Tom's Hardware's Best PC Builds Competition

By Joshua Simenhoff published

The Tom’s Hardware Best PC Builds Competition is back! There are five different budget categories, ranging from $500 all the way up to $5,000.

How Would You Build a Video-Editing PC?

By Joshua Simenhoff published

If you had $2,000 to spend on components, what parts would you buy to run Adobe Premiere?

Community Questions: Building a Flight Simulator PC

By Joshua Simenhoff published

How would you build a $1,200 Flight Simulator PC?

Best PC Builds 2018 Competition

By Joshua Simenhoff published

For this edition of Best PC Builds were asking the Community for their optimal component choices in five different budget categories.

Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic PC Case Giveaway

By Joshua Simenhoff published

We've teamed up with Lian Li to bring you a very special giveaway for the PC-011 Dynamic PC Case.

EK Performance 280 and 360 Liquid Cooling Kit Review: Open Loops Made Easy

By Eric Vander Linden published

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By offering complete open-loop component kits, EK aims to make custom liquid cooling loops less intimidating.

Place Your Votes For The Tom's Hardware VR Ready And Steam Machine Community Builds

By Rexly Peñaflorida published

It's up to you to choose the best VR Ready builds under $750 and $2,500. Also, you get to choose the best Steam Machine build for under $1,000. Choose wisely!

Tom's Hardware Q1 2016 System Builder Marathon: The Winners

By Rexly Peñaflorida published

The winners of our Q1 2016 System Builder Marathon are revealed! Are you one of them?

System Builder Marathon Q1 2016: Value Comparison

By Eric Vander Linden published

How do this quarter's builds stack up against each other, and those of last quarter, in terms of overall value?

System Builder Marathon Q1 2016: $662 Budget PC

By Eric Vander Linden published

It’s been a while since we’ve made a true low-budget machine. So how much performance can you get for under $600 of hardware now?

System Builder Marathon Q1 2016: $1232 Prosumer PC

By Thomas Soderstrom published

This quarter’s “Prancing Workhorse” keeps the same “Play” components but adds a little to the “Work” budget. Will added performance offset increased cost for a value win?

System Builder Marathon Q1 2016: $1275 Professional Workstation

By Chris Miconi published

This month I break the SBM mold by using a true workstation processor and graphics.

O/C Tech: Making AMD's Socket AM1 Viable

By Joe Trott published

AMD's socket AM1 is notoriously slow and gloriously inexpensive. Contributor Joe Trott tunes his machine in an effort to answer the question: Can this low-energy platform meet the most-basic needs of a performance enthusiast?

Tom’s Hardware Q4 2015 System Builder Marathon: The Winners

By Rexly Peñaflorida published

The winners of our Q4 2015 System Builder Marathon are picked! This quarter we gave away four builds ranging from $895 to $1184.

System Builder Marathon Q4 2015: $912 AMD LAN Box PC

By Eric Vander Linden published

My Intel Revision Munchkin blew the original Q3 build out of the water. Can a properly cooled and overclocked Athlon 860K really match a Core i3?

System Builder Marathon Q4 2015: System Value Compared

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Three builders with practically unlimited budgets compete for best performance-per-dollar across our multi-faceted benchmark suite. Which build will win?

System Builder Marathon Q4 2015: $895 LAN Box PC

By Eric Vander Linden published

Last quarter, I chose to forgo traditional CPU/GPU balance ideas, and was rewarded with superb triple-screen gaming for only $800. This quarter, I have no budget limits.

System Builder Marathon Q4 2015: $1055 Prosumer PC

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Unhappy with last quarters builds, we completely uncapped our budgets with the goal of fixing performance shortcomings.

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