Zak Storey
Latest articles by Zak Storey
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How to build a gaming PC
By Jarred Walton, Wes Fenlon, Bo Moore, Zak Storey published
Elbow grease This is our easy walkthrough to building a PC for the first time, with a video showing each step of the process.
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Build It: A Phanteks-powered RGB PC
By Zak Storey published
Core design Churning away inside this month’s machine is Intel’s Core i3-8350K—is it worth the money?
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Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 Wi-Fi review
By Zak Storey published
The Byte stuff All the Gigabyte goodies.
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Corsair Crystal 280X RGB case review
By Zak Storey published
Crystal clear? Corsair makes a stab at an RGB microATX cube.
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Corsair HS70 SE Wireless headphones review
By Zak Storey published
Can do Our new favorite wireless cans?
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Building a next-level liquid cooled PC with Ryzen
By Zak Storey published
Cool as ice Follow our guide to building your own mini-ITX piece of computational perfection.
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Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming 2.0 motherboard review
By Zak Storey published
Motherload A second take on the last of a generation.
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Build It: A high-end AMD Ryzen 2 rig
By Zak Storey published
Build a PC AMD’s 12nm manufacturing process makes its debut in our Build It section.
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MSI B350i Pro A/C motherboard review
By Zak Storey published
Price price, baby Budget buster beats the bosses.
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Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 5 RGB review
By Zak Storey published
Masterwork Meet a new budget go-to.
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Roccat Vulcan 120 review
By Zak Storey published
Naked keys A second look at Mechanical Keyboard Design.
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Corsair Hydro H150i Pro RGB 360mm review
By Zak Storey published
Cool x3 The sound of silence.
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NZXT H400i micro-ATX case review
By Zak Storey published
Review A lotta dollar for a lotta case.
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Adata XPG EMIX H30 headset review
By Zak Storey published
Review Also included: the SOLOX F30 amp. Do the two make for a great audio package?
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Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming motherboard review
By Zak Storey published
Review A standout motherboard for Intel's Coffee Lake CPUs.
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MSI X299 Gaming M7 ACK motherboard review
By Zak Storey published
Looking Good Motherboard LEDs finally done right.
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Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1050 Ti review
By Zak Storey published
Weak Sauce It just doesn’t make any sense.
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SteelSeries Rival 700 review
By Zak Storey published
Review Perfection in non-ambidextrous form.
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MSI Z170A Tomahawk review
By Zak Storey published
Best budget board for your buck? Perfect for any new Skylake build.
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Asus Z170 Sabertooth Mark 1 review
By Zak Storey published
The Sabertooth is a case modder's performance dream: clean, feature-packed, and ready to overclock up a storm.
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Asus Strix R9 380X OC Review
By Zak Storey published
Looking for a mid-range affordable card? AMD has your back bro.
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Asus Maximus VIII Extreme Review
By Zak Storey published
The new king of overclocking motherboards for Skylake, but it comes at a cost.