Congratulations! You’ve settled on the new CPU king of price-performance gaming capable of being paired with even the highest-end GPUs for great performance: the Ryzen 5 3600. You have chosen your motherboard (maybe with the help of our budget X570 article), you have your SSD picked out, and maybe your peripherals as well. But you […]
Power Supplies
Best Quiet Power Supplies for your Silent PC Build
On the face of it, power supplies are quite simple: Take power from the wall, convert it to the various voltages required by different parts of your PC, and don’t raise attention whilst doing it! It’s this last point where many of the cheaper options fall down: Unless proper thought has been given to design […]
Best Power Supplies for RTX 2080 & RTX 2080 Ti Builds
Picking the right power supply (PSU) for your next RTX 2080 Ti build is extremely important in ensuring a system with stable and sufficient power delivery – especially for power-hungry components such as the RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti. It’s important to pick a power supply with enough wattage for systems built with the […]
Best SFX/-L Power Supplies for Small Form Factor (SFF) Builds
Since small form factor (SFF) PCs have become quite the trend amongst PC builders, power supply (PSU) manufacturers have been accommodating this trend by releasing more highly-capable power supplies in the SFX/SFX-L PSU format. Virtually all SFF builds and mini-ITX enclosures utilise this smaller SFX power supply format, and hence it is important to do […]
Best Parts (CPU Cooler, PSU, Case Fans) for Node 202 Builds
The Fractal Design Node 202 is a fantastic entry level small form factor (SFF) case for PC builders who want to enter the SFF space and try out their hands at an ITX build. Designed in shoebox-style, the Node 202 also makes a great case for those looking to do a console-style or HTPC build […]