I recently tried to use a Raspberry Pi 5 as a regular desktop PC. The experiment wasn’t a failure—I was able to use a Pi to get most of my work done for a few days. But the device’s performance, and ...

A mini PC is technically a type of desktop, but there's a massive gap in performance between a mini PC and a full-sized ATX desktop tower. While there are clear benefits to going the mini PC route ...

I hate to say it, but desktop PCs are behind the times. This may seem a little strange, but I haven’t used a desktop PC for years (decades?) until recently. Laptops, even an odd Chromebook or two, ...

Building a PC is one of the great joys of PC gaming, and once you build one, you'll never go back. But it can get expensive quickly. Even a budget PC build will cost you around and that's before you ...

Building a brand-new PC is an expensive endeavor in 2025. Costs for almost all components have gone up. Plus, with games like "Indiana Jones: The Great Circle" requiring ray-tracing hardware, ...

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 ...