Hi all, I've seen some good discussion here about 9800X3D builds, but remain unconfident in my decision making abilities after a 10 year PC building gap (with an i7-4790k, GTX 970, and Asus Z97 Pro, ...

The motherboard is the spine of your computer, but despite how important it is, it often becomes an afterthought. It’s easy to overlook when there are shinier, more exciting components to spend money ...

Do you think we'll see a day when we can build our own motherboard? I mean actually design the circuits, place the components on and solder them. (I suppose if you were really ambitious you could do ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Daisy-chain RGB fans and motherboards with hidden connectors are a dream come true. Daisy-chain RGB fans and ...

While building a PC may seem straightforward, the process involves a number of potential pitfalls that can catch even experienced users off guard. From selecting components that don’t fit together to ...

In this guide, we'll show you how to build a retro gaming PC, based on original hardware from the 1990s, with a few modern touches. It can run DOS games and early Windows games, but it'll also look ...

At CES 2024, MSI unveiled its no-cables desktop (or, at least, its no-visible-cables desktop!) with a special motherboard and PC case series dubbed “Project Zero.” We built it up—and created the ...

You’ve got plenty of reason to build a new PC right now. AMD recently launched new Ryzen CPUs. For its part, Intel released its own fresh set of incredible desktop processors. And then Black Friday ...

This article is the second in a series of how-to stories on building a computer. For a video version of part two, click here. The motherboard, sometimes abbreviated “mobo,” is the most basic part of ...