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, ...

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Building your own gaming PC is a rewarding experience and gives you far more control over the pieces and parts that wind up in your PC tower. Those without any familiarity of the internal workings of ...

I would like to assemble a new PC. I was wondering what is the best way to go. I mean, would you choose the motherboard first and then look for the other pieces? Or would you start from CPU and RAM ...

I’ve been a consumer PC expert at PCMag for 10 years, and I love PC gaming. I've played games on my computer for as long as I can remember, which eventually (as it does for many) led me to build and ...

Build a low-cost 1440p gaming PC in 2026 using an Intel Arc A570 10GB, and get smooth 120 FPS with frame generation.

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And here we are, at the end of our build. By this time, you’d have picked all your components and accessories and you have learned the basic principles of wire management. All that is left to do is ...