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

Putting together a $500 gaming PC usually requires sacrifices. A creaky older graphics card is the big one, and often less memory and less storage, too. But not during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Have you ever dreamed of diving into the world of PC gaming but felt held back by the daunting cost of building a high-performance rig? The good news is, you don’t need to spend thousands to enjoy ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Modern high-end gaming PCs are capable of running demanding games smoothly, but they're not cheap — and they're only getting more expensive.

Watching RAM prices skyrocket in recent weeks has been painful for my PC-building soul. 64GB of DDR5 has gone from around $500 to over $900 in just days, eclipsing the cost of entire builds. So Newegg ...

Okay, alright, fair enough—it's not really Black Friday yet. That'll be this upcoming Friday the 29th, in its classical place after Thanksgiving on Thursday. Just about every parts vendor on the web ...

Building a gaming PC in 2026 is harder than ever with rising prices and constant hardware releases. In this video, we break ...

I'm a big advocate for building your own PC. It's fun, you learn a lot and you can often save some money doing it yourself. I've built heaps of gaming PCs over the course of this year, and I'm usually ...

It won't surprise anyone to hear that Hot Hardware is staffed by PC gaming stalwarts who (mostly) balk at the idea of playing games on consoles. After all, you have a limited game selection, few ...

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 ...

Every gamer knows that the PC build process is a balancing act. On one hand, you can funnel your cash into a GPU that can run "Cyberpunk 2077" at 4K with ray tracing. On the other hand, you can spread ...

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 ...