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Putting $1,000 towards a custom built gaming PC is going to lead to a near high-end system. Essential components have become increasingly affordable over the years, allowing our dollar to return better performance. With that said, the following is the best build just under $1000. All prices of the following components are updated as of September 28, 2016 and are in US Dollars. Any mail-in rebat...

Maximizing your dollar value for PC performance is always the priority when upgrading or building a new gaming PC. Extraneous purchases that are not vital to squeezing out those extra frames per second on higher settings can often be overlooked. However, if you have some extra cash and want to create a more well-rounded gaming experience, these four components are worth investing in. 1) Audio -...

Gaming is our favorite hobby. We sink countless hours into it, some of us have been that since we were little boys and girls. There are plenty of reasons why we play games; to escape reality and exist in a surreal world; for competition and the thrill of challenging actual people across the country maybe other countries; exert power in a virtual world and make decisions that affect it; maybe un...

A wrench has been thrown in the gears of traditional console generation cycles with Sony's PS4 Pro reveal and Microsoft's Xbox Scorpio on the horizon. Both console manufacturers have opted out of perpetuating distinct next-generation hardware, at least for now. This approach is akin to the smart phone model of releasing iterations of the same platform with continual upgrades. While this is new...

[BLOG IN PROGRESS] As a long-time PC gamer, 60 frames per second (FPS) is always the golden number to hit when determining if my hardware is powerful enough to handle a certain game and the graphics settings I choose. As a long-time console gamer, I have no choice but to accept the performance and visual fidelity Frames per Second and Refresh Rate Graphics Settings vs. Performance The Prospect...