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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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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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