Prices of PC components have gone off the deep end in 2026, which poses the ultimate question: Is building your own gaming PC the cheaper option?

Deprioritizing these PC parts are some of my biggest PC building regrets ...

Elvis Shida is a Tech/Hardware Writer from Kenya. He has been building PCs for a decade and is keenly interested in motherboards, monitors, and gaming TVs. When not building PCs or writing about ...

One of the most important things to check for before building a PC is compatibility across the various components that you will be including in the rig. A mismatch between any two crucial components ...

When shopping around for new PCs, many people prefer to purchase prebuilt computers. These come with all the components and software most users need to get started. However, some people, especially ...

Start cheap and upgrade later with this $350 gaming PC build guide, featuring performance tweaks for Cyberpunk 2077 and Red ...

I test and review PC components, and I love a good deal. Want my $1,600 desktop recipe, packing a Ryzen 9 and a GeForce RTX 5060 Ti? You just need to buy and assemble. I have been interested in ...

It’s 2024, which means building your own PC is only one step harder than assembling a semi-complex LEGO set. Most parts fit together in intuitive ways, and a lot of the guesswork is eliminated if you ...

There’s something uniquely satisfying about building a SFF Mini-ITX PC gaming PC that’s not just powerful but also compact enough to fit on a small desk or shelf. But let’s be real—packing that much ...

Building your own PC used to be the best alternative to buying a prebuilt one. Instead of settling for whatever a manufacturer chose to bundle together, you could hand-pick every single component. If ...