PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. The first step to building a gaming PC can be the ...

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 ...

Build a budget PC to hit 80+ FPS, saving serious cash. Add DLSS for smoother 1440p play and future upgrades while parts ...

One of the greatest walls that keeps people from building their own PC is cost. If you just built a DIY $3K gaming PC, it's likely you overspent on various brand-new parts, especially with the ...

I’ve spent the better part of a decade preaching the gospel of “build, don’t buy,” but looking at the current state of ...

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A large shop in Japan has barren shelves and is running low on gaming PCs as hardware around the world gets more expensive ...

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 ...

In the last few years, there's been a noticeable trend — refurbished PCs sold for $500 or less on sites like eBay or Amazon that are, if not always outright branded as gaming PCs, always use the ...

The question of prebuilt versus custom PC is one that’s faced by nearly every PC owner at some point, be they enthusiast gamers or casual users. After all, getting a prebuilt desktop is a lot easier, ...