I’ve been building PCs for most of my life, so PC Building Simulator was never a game I actively sought out. I’ve played it dozens of times for hours on end, but it was more a social experience — a ...

This newsletter is dedicated to the memory of Gordon Mah Ung, founder and host of The Full Nerd, and executive editor of ...

When it comes to PC building, we’ve all made mistakes. I know I have. Even for those who know how to build a PC and have all their parts ready to go, there are a few potential traps that could trip ...

The life of a techie. Go on, breathe it in: T-shirts stained with thermal paste grease, hands shredded to pieces, incessant badgering by your friends and family to troubleshoot their PCs. Alas it's ...

If you can't buy the exact PC hardware you want, then why not build a custom rig that's as close to it as possible? That was the approach of PC modder Jesse Mills when it came to building this ...

Do you know the worst part about shiny new PC components? They cost so much money. I know why they cost what they do, but for someone who built their first system in 2017, time has not been kind to my ...

It’s been almost exactly a year since we last checked in with PC Building Simulator. A productive year, it seems. What was once an extremely rough “pre-alpha build” on itch.io is now a more polished ...

There are few things more meta than a PC game where you build your own PC. PC Building Simulator, which is now available on Steam after a period of early access, gives you the experience of being a ...

Like flares, denim jackets, and the horror that is the jelly shoe, the humble PC case is as much a fashion statement (good or bad) as it is a place to house your hardware. Thankfully, we're past the ...

I spent all of yesterday trying to write a guide on building your own gaming PC in a post-cryptocurrency mining world. I desperately wanted to prove that it's still as affordable and viable as ever.

I'm in the market for a new computer. My friend says it's cheaper to build one myself, but it looks like I can get a cheaper computer from Dell or Asus. I'm not afraid of building, but I'd rather not ...

If I were building a new PC today, I'd go for a small form factor mATX or ITX build. With companies like Fractal Design and ...