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Lightning strike enters apartment through coaxial internet cable, blows up gamer's PC
While direct lightning strikes are difficult to defend against, proper grounding and protection for coaxial and network lines can help reduce the risk of costly hardware damage.
Custom-built passive water-cooled PC relies on convection chimney effect powered by triple-stacked radiators
Innovative London-based PC cooling firm Billet Labs builds and showcases a completely passive, fanless, gaming build.
Why building a quiet PC is harder than you think — what to know, and how to make your rig quieter
Premium Building a quiet PC is a challenge, especially with high-power PCs — but it is possible with effort focused on the right areas
Enthusiast builds a PC big enough to live in
A Chinese TechTuber scaled a tower PC large enough for a human to work and play in. It has air conditioning, too.
Our experts review your astonishing PC builds and setups in Rig Rundown — from wall-mounted setups to a system packed inside of a 1:6 scale RC car
Premium We go through user-submitted PC builds and crown a winner in the inaugural Tom's Hardware Premium Rig Rundown results
Electronics enthusiast begins breadboard-based Intel 386 system build — a large step up from their previous PC-XT and PC-AT breadboard projects
Motherboards, who needs them? Not Breadboarding Labs, which recently drafted plans for a retro Intel 80386 (i386) PC build using solderless breadboards.
Win a prize by entering your build into the inaugural Tom's Hardware Rig Rundown — submit a build to get your setup evaluated by our expert staff
Enter your build to the Tom's Hardware Rig Rundown for a chance of winning a $100 / £75 gift card, and have your setup reviewed by our team of experts.
Enthusiast rebuilds AA-battery-powered PC, sextuples run time to 30 minutes with 64 batteries
YouTube creator ScuffedBits re-did their experiment and was able to eke out 30 minutes of game time (and a benchmarking session!) while running their desktop PC on 64 AA batteries.
