If we could drop $3,000 to splurge on a luxurious new PC, what would we spend our money on? That was the challenge presented to the Full Nerd gang on PCWorld’s YouTube channel, and […]
“Building a gaming PC really isn’t that hard” is an easy thing to say…after you’ve built a few. But selecting all those expensive components remains a daunting task for newcomers, not least […]
I spent the last full weekend before Christmas doing two things: Baking approximately a bajillion cookies with my kid and girlfriend, and relentlessly playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s brand-new Shipment […]
Let’s be honest: it’s not a great time to build a new desktop. Prices are high on everything, especially the latest and (only sometimes) greatest CPUs and GPUs. If you’re looking for […]
Great Value, Kirkland, Signature Select, Husky — house brands, copied or repackaged products sold under a store’s own label as cheap alternatives to name brands, have a long and storied history at […]
Microsoft’s Surface line has had its ups and downs — remember the Surface RT? Me neither — but it’s generally well-regarded as solid hardware with some great aesthetics. One thing it hasn’t […]
Modern game controllers are pretty robust, at least as long as you go with a first-party option. But they’re also expensive, so when one breaks, it’s a deep reach for seventy bucks […]
Enshrining the rights of consumers and third-party technicians to repair their own devices is a long slog of a legal process, but Oregon just took a big step forward. The state just […]
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise: gaming laptops are awesome. After decades of being looked down upon by “real” PC gamers, they can now go toe-to-toe with gaming desktops. But if you […]
Valve’s Steam Deck has been a phenomenon for PC gamers, but there’s just one problem: You can’t pick the parts and assemble it yourself. That’s half the fun of PC gaming! (The […]
