The Full Nerd awards: Our favorite PC hardware of 2025

In this episode of The Full Nerd, the gang crowns their favorite PC hardware, innovations, and trends of 2025.
The New York Times

18,000 Reasons It’s So Hard to Build a Chip Factory in America

The transformation of Phoenix into a semiconductor hub by Taiwan’s TSMC illustrates the difficulties of large-scale projects in the United States. Supported by The transformation of Phoenix into a ...
PC Gamer

I tried to build a high-end AMD gaming PC out of Cyber Monday deals but RAM prices make prebuilts better value for money

I'm a big advocate for building your own PC. It's fun, you learn a lot and you can often save some money doing it yourself. I've built heaps of gaming PCs over the course of this year, and I'm usually ...
PC World

I crafted the cheapest Black Friday gaming PC build again. It’s brutal this year

I enjoy hunting for deals during Black Friday. I specifically like poking around for solid PC parts that I can combine for high-quality-but-affordable gaming PCs. I love it so much that I’ve sat down ...
IGN

How to Build a PC Equivalent to the Steam Machine

It’s been two whole weeks since the Steam Machine was revealed to the world, and we still have no idea how much it’ll cost. I still don’t know when Valve is going to announce the price, but in the ...
PC Gamer

Valve coder confirms the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC, albeit at a 'good deal': 'If you build a PC from parts and get to basically the same level of performance, that ...

The Steam Machine might remind you of a console—it's a cute little box instead of a monolith of noisy fans, it's well-suited to play on a TV, and you don't have to build the damn thing yourself. It's ...