Building a Gaming PC on a Budget – Summer 2009

I’ll assemble two new gaming systems each season in order to help you pick the best hardware for a new gaming PC on a budget. The Genuine Budget System is ideal for those who can afford to spend no more than 600 euro on a new system that can play recent games. The Quality Budget [...]

Mouse Polling Rates Examined

As a fervent PC gamer you want to get the most out of the hardware you’ve purchased. However, not every piece of equipment you buy is quite optimally configured out of the box. Sometimes a bit of tweaking can go a long way to improving your performance in games. Particularly if you’re into competitive play [...]

Building a Gaming PC on a Budget – Spring 2009

Every 3 months I’ll gather an impressive collection of hardware for building a quality gaming PC with a reasonable pricetag. A PC that both performs well in the latest games and doesn’t cost excessive amounts of money.
These components can be found at virtually every retailer and will provide you the most worth for your money [...]

14 Tips for Assembling your Custom PC

Dedicated PC gamers will eventually want to build their own gaming system from scratch. Not only is it less expensive than buying a stock system, but you can also make it exactly as powerful as you want. A custom system has many advantages over stock PCs, but there’s one major disadvantage: the time and expertise [...]