In the dawning of the IBM PC era, the computer case was a heavy, stout thing. These were industrial machines, built with beefy paddle power switches, and weighing as much as a ton of bricks. Painted ...

Adrian has been a tech enthusiast since the 90s with a particular passion for gaming that developed thanks to his first gaming outings on Pong, Zork and Space Invaders. In the years that followed he ...

Q: Who do I have to buy lunch for so that somebody standardizes front-panel pins? A: Heh, this one’s a perennial annoyance, isn’t it? The front-panel pin layout on a motherboard varies a lot. Most DIY ...

Top troubleshooting tips for a newly built PC that refuses to turn on. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There is a certain ...

I get the above message even after I've removed both front panel USB connectors (2.0 and 3.0). I originally thought it was because those had been damaged, since the 3.0 ones are very tight (my case is ...

Adam Corsetti is a Commerce Writer from the United States. An avid gamer since childhood, Adam became hooked on video games after using the original Nintendo NES console. During college, he created a ...

mATX motherboard choice is more limited than ATX Only one fan included as standard No front panel audio port, just one Type-A USB port Extensive mesh allows sound to escape NZXT might be best known ...

It's a PowerSpec G418 with the ASRock Z170 Fatal1ty Gaming K6 System Board. Video card is a NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1070 GAMING PCI Express. I was careful. I put an anti-static floor mat under my chair ...

If there's one thing PC builders from all walks of life have in common, it's the frustration experienced at trying to make a PC's wiring look halfway decent. Most of us start out with good intentions, ...

Cable management might just be one of the worst parts of PC building. It can be annoying and downright intimidating, and even when done correctly, it doesn't always look perfect. This is where MSI's ...