What if you could enjoy the power and flexibility of PC gaming without the sky-high price tag of modern consoles or premium gaming rigs? Imagine a sleek, compact system nestled in your living room, ...

Finding and building a powerful gaming PC that perfectly suits personal preferences can really help level up anyone's gaming experience, increasing the overall quality of immersion, gameplay, and ...

DeepSeek, the new Chinese AI chatbot, has had a major effect on the AI landscape (and the stock market) thanks to how efficient it is, and the fact it's open source. However, as someone who cares more ...

Sarfraz is an avid PC enthusiast who has a decade of experience in PC hardware. He has written extensively on all types of consumer PC components and peripherals on Xtremegaminerd since the time when ...

Now, as the year winds down, we’re facing price spikes for memory and storage that are unlike anything I’ve seen in two ...

Build a $100 Steam PC with a PS5 APU board featuring 24 RDNA2 compute units, and learn tweaks that deliver stable 1080p play.

Following months of rumors, Valve finally announced the new Steam Machine earlier this week. And while I might question the company's decision to ship a system with only 8GB of VRAM in 2026, I believe ...

So possible tariffs next year, and an older (2018) CPU that's not Win11-capable have me looking at a new gaming build. I used to follow various build guides (like the guides that used to be on Ars) as ...

A month after launch, Cronos: The New Dawn now has a native Linux build, with devs Bloober Team announcing in a post on Steam, "Today, we’ve released a native build of the game for Steam’s handheld ...

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 ...

This gorgeous gaming PC build proves how far we've come since the beige boxes of old. Featuring a striking combination of white components against vivid pink water coolant, this build looks like it's ...

PC cases might be overlooked more than other components when building your rig. But cases are your gaming PC’s home, and features like cable management, airflow, and ventilation can make or break your ...