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$583 Gaming PC Build Using Xmas Sales - RX 470 & i3
The holiday season is upon us. In due time, the Steam Holiday/Winter sale will be flowing like a river, and many users will be preparing their wallets for the impending profligacy. As Newegg, Amazon,...
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Last-Minute Christmas Build: GN’s Completed Gaming HTPC
Subscribers of our YouTube channel will know that we’ve been hastily assembling a gaming HTPC for the last few days, dedicated as a gift for Andie (my sister, and also occasional tester for the site)....
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High-End 144Hz Gaming PC Build (7700K + GTX 1080)
With the arrival of Kaby Lake on the microarchitecture roadmap, Intel had effectively signaled the end of their long-established “tick-tock” cadence of manufacturing and design, opting instead for the...
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AMD R5 1600X PC Build for UltraWide 1440p Gaming at $1150
It’s been a few months since our last PC build--in fact, it was published well before Ryzen was released. For our first post-Ryzen build, we’ve pulled together some of the components we liked best in...
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Budget Gaming PC Build with Intel G4560 & GTX 1050 for $443
Intel’s Kaby Lake launched to a sweeping shrug of insouciance amongst enthusiasts, as the upper-end Core Series parts—aside from the manifest overclocking headroom—failed to provide any prominent...
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R5 1600 & GTX 1060 DIY Gaming PC Build for Under $1000 (Cyber Monday)
Now that it’s officially Cyber Monday, we’ve still been combing through sales online, and we’ll continue to do so throughout the holiday season. As such, we thought it might be a good idea to throw...
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Gaming PC Build Under $500 for Cyber Monday: 1 vs. 2 Sticks of RAM, 1050 vs 560
PC builds are always challenged by commenters with alternative component options and whatifs and whatabouts. We took this to mean that PC build lists need more comparative tests, so we tested two...
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MSRP Build vs. 2018 Current Price Build Benchmarks
A GTX 1080 Ti today costs the same as an entire PC build in 2017 – and one containing said 1080 Ti, at that. RAM today costs 2-4x its price in 2016 and 2017. SSDs, at best, have stagnated; at worst,...
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Mid-Range $750 Gaming PC Build for Fortnite & Streaming (Cyber Monday)
Fortnite has exploded onto the scene this year and, even if you’re not a fan of the game, it’s good for the hardware economy: Fortnite is bringing more newcomers into the PC gaming space, which spurs...
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The Disappointment PC 2018 is Live
It’s been quiet on the website for the past week as we’ve been traveling and ramping our testing operations. Video took a lot of time this week, as we were working on our newest Disappointment PC...
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