I've built a couple of Ryzen-based PCs at this point, with my most recent putting the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D at its core. In doing so, I remembered just how much of a nuisance Ryzen machines can be to ...

Amazon Prime Day 2024 is here (for the next couple of days, actually), and it just so happens to coincide with a project we've had on the back burner at HotHardware for months now. No, we're not ...

Why does it feel like PC gaming is becoming a luxury hobby? With the cost of GPUs skyrocketing, CPUs demanding a bigger slice of your wallet, and RAM prices refusing to budge, building a gaming rig ...

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If you read our AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, then you already know that it's one of the best options to build a gaming PC around. That was true last November when we put the chip through its paces, ...

TL;DR: At CES 2025, MSI showcased a stunning custom PC featuring the MEG PC Build with an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, an MSI MEG X870E GODLIKE motherboard, two GeForce RTX 4080 SUPRIM X graphics ...

After checking out the hardware of the GEEKOM A5 Pro 2026 Edition mini PC with an unboxing and a teardown in the first part of the review, I've now had ...

I don't have many regrets, but buying these 3 PC components still haunts me ...

I’ve spent the better part of a decade preaching the gospel of “build, don’t buy,” but looking at the current state of component pricing, I’m forcing myself to be a realist. When you crunch the ...