Building one of the best gaming PCs from scratch can be joyous. When everything goes smoothly and you avoid the dreaded Blue Screen of Death while putting together a homemade rig, you feel like you’ve ...

Meet a truly special case. Available in black or white, with either RGB fans (the Air 5400 RS-R, the $229.99 version we tested) or an integrated Corsair iCUE Link system (Air 5400 LX-R, $309.99), ...

Building a gaming PC build 2026 revolves around next-generation hardware capable of pushing 8K, 240Hz gaming with full path tracing. The combination of an RTX 6090 and the Zen 6 Ryzen 9 11950X3D ...

PCWorld’s editors selected the best PC hardware and software of 2025/2026, highlighting standout products like the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU, Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, and Steam Deck handheld ...

Arguing over the best hardware of the year is usually fun. That’s as true as ever in 2025, when Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, Will Smith, and Alaina Yee (hi, it’s me) rolled up our sleeves and got ...

Valve might have kicked off the whole portable PC craze with the Steam Deck, but these days it's far from the only game in town. Handheld rigs are popping up everywhere, and the competition is getting ...

Solid-state drives (SSDs) have come a long way over the years, evolving from expensive storage devices into affordable upgrades for PCs and consoles. For Black Friday, SSDs from various manufacturers ...