Typically, you don’t need huge amounts of RAM in a gaming PC. Some games utilize more RAM than others, but for the most part ...

If you want to build a kick-ass computer lab in your home, you’ll need to start with a kick-ass PC. But with so many ways to get good PCs these days, you’ll need to make a decision: Do you buy a ...

Clifford led How To coverage. He spent a handful of years at Peachpit Press, editing books on everything from the first iPhone to Python. He also worked at a handful of now-dead computer magazines, ...

PCPartPicker can assist you in your PC-building journey. It can help you to find the right component and create a PC that’s not bottlenecked. In this post, we will learn how you can use PCPartPicker ...

Using that combo deal as a foundation, we put together a $650 build that doesn't suck. It's impossible to go any cheaper for ...

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The misadventures of building a PC, one static shock at a time. How to build a PC is a weekly three-part series chronicling editor-at-large Chris Plante's misguided attempt to build a PC. Last week, ...

Building a computer from scratch gives you the perfect machine for your needs, but it can be daunting the first time around. In this edition of Lifehacker Night School, we’ll be taking you through the ...

Many of us have become used to building our own PCs, inserting graphics cards and SSDs into a motherboard. Intel chief executive Pat Gelsinger sees a sea change coming to the chip industry where the ...

“Build Your Own and Save a Bundle,” the ads read. They’re talking about personal computers, and as recently as a few years ago those ads were true. But two decades of relentless competition among ...