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Trump's Tariffs and Tech: Everything You Need to Know (Updated)

By Andrew E. Freedman

President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs on Chinese goods could have a big effect on tech companies and consumers, and many are speaking out.

No Tools Required: PC Building Simulator Finally Graces Consoles

By Nathaniel Mott

PC Building Simulator, the game that lets you build a virtual PC, is now available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

Beat the Heat With the Tom's Hardware Best PC Builds Competition

By Joshua Simenhoff

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

Big League Modders Discuss Building Eye-Popping Rigs for Computex

By Scharon Harding

Modders at Computex 2019 gave us an inside look at what goes into building a piece of computing art for a global tech trade show.

Community Questions: What Do You Think of AMD's 50th Anniversary?

By Joshua Simenhoff

This week we want to know: what do you think of AMD's 50th anniversary?

Cooler Master Builder's Bundle Giveaway

By Joshua Simenhoff

Enter for your chance to win a Cooler Master PC case and more!

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

By Joshua Simenhoff

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.

Silent But Deadly PC: How We Built a Quiet, RGB-Free Desktop

By Zak Storey

In a world of RGB excess, this understated black and chrome masterpiece lets its performance do the talking.

Tom's Hardware Forum Adds Categories for Raspberry Pi, PSUs, More

By Joshua Simenhoff

After much feedback from our forum users, we have decided the time was right to introduce new forum topic categories.

How Would You Build a Video-Editing PC?

By Joshua Simenhoff

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

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

The RGBeast PC: What We Learned Building an RGB Battlestation

By Matt Safford, Avram Piltch

We embraced the rainbow and built a powerful PC with as many RGB components and accessories we could find.

InWin’s 928 Super Tower Is an Aluminum Monster Designed for Intel’s 28-Core CPU

By Matt Safford

Taiwanese case maker InWin’s latest 928 chassis is a monster designed to house Asus’ 14”x14” ROG Dominus Extreme motherboard.

Maingear’s Apex Spectrum Adds RGB to Liquid Cooling

By Andrew E. Freedman

Maingear has added RGB to its Apex integrated cooling system, dubbing it Apex Spectrum.

Lian Li’s New Standing Desk PC Case Hides Your RGB Components With a Click

By Matt Safford

Lian Li’s been making desk cases for years, but its latest model has a glass top that turns from transparent to opaque with the press of a button.

Hidden Guns and Vermin: PC Refurbishing Nightmares (Updated)

By Scharon Harding

Horrific tales from real refurbishers prove there’s much worse that can happen to a computer than spilled coffee.

Best PC Builds 2018 Competition

By Joshua Simenhoff

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

AMD vs. Intel: Which PC Build is Better for Under $500

By Matt Safford

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?

Win an Antec DF500 RGB ATX Mid-Tower Case

By Joshua Simenhoff

Up for grabs is the DF500 RGB mid tower gaming case and HCG750 Bronze PSU. The first prize winner will receive the P5 micro-ATX case and the VP550 PLUS Power Supply.

Will Tariffs Raise U.S. Component and PC Prices? It’s Complicated

By Andrew E. Freedman, Paul Alcorn

The Trump administration’s latest round of tariffs could have wide-ranging effects on pricing and business.