So, you've decided to build your first PC. Welcome to the club! PC building is a rewarding hobby, and you are about to gain some knowledge about a PC's inner workings that will stick with you for ...

One of my earliest memories is playing the original Sonic the Hedgehog game from the 1990s, and I still have a lot of love for the franchise. That's why this Sonic gaming PC build is an absolute ...

A quiet gaming PC is no longer a luxury—it is a practical goal for gamers who want immersive performance without constant fan noise. As modern GPUs and CPUs push higher power limits, unmanaged heat ...

If you've never done it before, building your first PC can be a little overwhelming, even a tad annoying. Maybe you're switching from consoles, or getting a custom PC after years of using pre-built ...

Who needs RGB? This gaming PC build doesn't, looking more like a steam engine than a typical gaming rig. I love the simplicity of its design, with most of the PC interior dominated by some ...

Building a gaming PC build 2026 revolves around next-generation hardware capable of pushing 8K, 240Hz gaming with full path tracing. The combination of an RTX 6090 and the Zen 6 Ryzen 9 11950X3D ...

Elvis Shida is a Tech/Hardware Writer from Kenya. He has been building PCs for a decade and is keenly interested in motherboards, monitors, and gaming TVs. When not building PCs or writing about ...

We test a lot of components at PC Gamer. We're often swapping GPUs, CPUs, SSDs and RAM between test rigs to find out whether they're worth your cash. Yet an important question to ask yourself when ...

I enjoy hunting for deals during Black Friday. I specifically like poking around for solid PC parts that I can combine for high-quality-but-affordable gaming PCs. I love it so much that I’ve sat down ...