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Three gaming PC cases underneath badges showing the Editor's Pick, Best Value, and Ridiculous Power categories

Best gaming PC builds: budget, mid-range and high-end recommendations

By Jacob Ridley last updated

DIY Component prices are rising, but it's still possible to put together a great DIY build for less than many prebuilts.

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Arctic's Xtender PC case on a white desk with various parts being installed to build a functional gaming PC.

I build loads of gaming PCs and this is the first to make me regret my decisions with my own personal rig—here's what you need to build it yourself

By Jacob Ridley published

Chilly Tinted glass makes everything look better.

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Tech creator 黃小潔Jerry assembles a gaming PC built inside a 2 metre tall statue of Vocaloid character Miku Hatsune.

This 2-meter tall statue of Hatsune Miku is actually a gaming PC—the gaming PC of my dreams, that is

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Go, go!

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SignalRGB's custom gaming PC built inside of an old microwave.

Toasty CPU? This microwave PC build demonstrates that you ain't seen nothing yet

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Cast your eyes upon this gently lukewarm thing.

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A white gaming PC built using a Thermaltake PC case, Cooler Master fans, and an AMD CPU.

I've taken a proper bargain of a case from Thermaltake and built a gorgeous white PC with it

By Jacob Ridley published

Build it A mighty air cooler from Cooler Master is the star of the show.

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Retro-style PC housing built using white Lego-style bricks.

Rather than buy a brand new PC case, one Redditor elects to make their own out of Lego-style bricks

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Personally, I can't wait to see someone try this with Duplo.

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BMX SolidSafe battery

This Kickstarter-backed battery maker claims you can smash a nail through its solid-state USB-C pack and it will still work

By Jeremy Laird published

News It won't catch on fire, either.

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ROG Ryuo IV 360 ARGB

Asus heard you like screens, so it put a curved '3D effect' OLED screen on your CPU water cooler

By Jeremy Laird published

News Asus ups the ante with '3D effect' visuals

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Allen key tool

This adjustable Allen key tool is one small project for a YouTube channel, one giant leap for PC building kind

By Jeremy Laird published

News An awful lot of engineering for such a small tool.

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I build a PC every month: these are my 5 worst PC building gripes

By Jacob Ridley published

Gripes Week It's Gripes Week at PC Gamer, and I'm taking aim at the thing I enjoy the most in my job: PC building.

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