First-timer to PC building, or just need a 2024 refresher? Follow our ultimate step-by-step guide to assembling a modern desktop just the way you like it. I have been a technology journalist for ...

In 1998, Ask Ars was an early feature of the newly launched Ars Technica. Now, as then, it’s all about your questions and our community’s answers. Each week, we’ll dig into our question bag, provide ...

Building your own gaming PC is a rewarding experience and gives you far more control over the pieces and parts that wind up in your PC tower. Those without any familiarity of the internal workings of ...

We just recently ran a contest on HotHardware in which we planned to give away a high-end, custom-built gaming system (built by yours truly), to one lucky reader who came up with a creative name for ...

February 11, 2009 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you've never done it before, the idea of building a computer from the ground up can seem very ...

Newegg is offering a new PC building service that’ll take all the components you bought from the retailer and assemble them into a finished desktop. The service is part of the Newegg Custom PC Builder ...

[Editors' Note, May 24, 2024: We originally published this guide in mid-2023, but the general advice, and the product picks, remain current. For the reviews of the very latest PC components and ...