PC Building
Parts, budgets and putting it together.
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PC Building
18 Oct Does your PC case matter? Airflow, fans and fit explained A PC case is mostly a box that moves air, and heat is what makes graphics cards and processors slow down. Here is how intake and exhaust… PC Building
16 Oct How many CPU cores do games need? Cores, clock speed and cache explained Processor boxes shout about core counts, but most games can only spread so much work across cores. Learn what cores, clock speed and cache… PC Building
12 Oct How much VRAM do you need for gaming? 8, 12 or 16 GB explained VRAM is the memory on your graphics card, and when a game needs more than the card has, you get stutter even if the average frame rate… PC Building
10 Oct How much SSD storage do you need for gaming? NVMe, SATA and why 1 TB fills fast A "1 TB" drive shows up as about 931 GB in Windows, and a few big games can fill it quickly. Fill a virtual drive with your own mix of… PC Building
2 Oct Where should your PC budget go: CPU or graphics card? Your CPU and GPU form a production line, and the slower one sets the pace. That is the bottleneck, and it explains why the same money can…
18 Oct Does your PC case matter? Airflow, fans and fit explained A PC case is mostly a box that moves air, and heat is what makes graphics cards and processors slow down. Here is how intake and exhaust… PC Building
16 Oct How many CPU cores do games need? Cores, clock speed and cache explained Processor boxes shout about core counts, but most games can only spread so much work across cores. Learn what cores, clock speed and cache… PC Building
12 Oct How much VRAM do you need for gaming? 8, 12 or 16 GB explained VRAM is the memory on your graphics card, and when a game needs more than the card has, you get stutter even if the average frame rate… PC Building
10 Oct How much SSD storage do you need for gaming? NVMe, SATA and why 1 TB fills fast A "1 TB" drive shows up as about 931 GB in Windows, and a few big games can fill it quickly. Fill a virtual drive with your own mix of… PC Building
2 Oct Where should your PC budget go: CPU or graphics card? Your CPU and GPU form a production line, and the slower one sets the pace. That is the bottleneck, and it explains why the same money can…