For years, PC makers have tantalized us with visions of modular computing. Instead of making us rip open our desktop towers and weave through wires to replace a faulty hard drive or outdated graphics ...

If you don’t really need a laptop and want to save yourself a little bit of extra money, then going for a desktop makes sense, especially since you can get some pretty good performance and specs for a ...

At a glance Top laptop picks ・Budget gaming PC: iBuyPower Scale – Super affordable budget build with RTX 5050 GPU ready for ...

A reliable desktop PC is a necessity for professionals and students alike. They’re not portable like laptops, but desktop computers provide stable performance that you can improve over time by ...

The Minisforum AtomMan G1 Pro mini PC is built around an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX and a desktop RTX 5060 GPU, a pairing usually ...

Editor's Note: October 28, 2025: We've checked this list to ensure all of our recommendations are still available. We are preparing to update this guide with revised recommendations and buying ...

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Intel is regaining market share in PC graphics cards but continues to occupy a niche. AMD is also seeing a slight upturn.

The advent of laptops marked the end of desktop computers as we know it, or did it? Laptop computers are of course convenient because they free one to work from anywhere. No longer shackled to an ...

Much of the world may be going mobile, but the desktop PC is still going strong. The reason is simple: A desktop still gives you a lot more per dollar. Features such as quad-core processors, 6- or 8GB ...

The Alienware 13 laptop -- announced this morning -- will go down in history as the first ever laptop allowed into the vaulted, blustery, and mythical halls of True PC Gaming. While the laptop itself ...