Winter is coming, along with mittens, cold hands, snow, and jackets. Now that we’re all carrying around lithium batteries in our pocket, wouldn’t it be a great idea to build an electronic hand warmer?

In one of last month’s blog posts, I detailed the constituent hardware and software building blocks for a workstation computer I was planning on building…with one key omission. As I mentioned last ...

Build a small gaming PC with Ryzen 7 5700G, Mini-ITX B550, and AXP120 cooling, delivering 60 to 90 FPS at 1440p for smooth ...

20 years ago, I was a pretty prolific PC-builder, if I do say so myself. Various EDN hands-on projects were the primary motivation; my late-1999 article, for example, showcased Intel’s SE440BX and ...

Building a computer is a fine way to not only save money but also tune your desktop to exactly the performance targets you want to hit. Processor prices are pretty stable right now, with decent ...

The science and art of PC building has always been something of a balancing act, but in late 2025, it feels more like walking ...

While the 8-core-equipped Ryzen 7 series trades blows with Intel’s $1,000 Core i7-6900K for as little as a third of the price, it lags significantly behind the quad-core Core i7-7700K in many pure ...

Most of us will be familiar with the concept of the speedrun, an attempt to complete a game (or levels of a game) in the fastest time possible. However, this is the first time I've seen a CPU build ...

AMD’s aging FX chips have long been a go-to for PC gamers on a budget, but Intel was the only real option for enthusiasts craving no-compromises performance. That changes today. The hotly anticipated ...

After years of waiting, users on ARM64 versions of Windows 10 and 11 finally have their own version of CPUID's popular application CPU-Z. The new ARM64-based version will enable anyone using an ...