A friend of mine, whom we'll call "Warren," lives in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. He literally built his own house. He designed a floor plan, cut down trees with a chainsaw, made them ...

[Editors' Note, May 24, 2024: We originally published this guide in mid-2023, but the general advice, and the product picks, remain current. For the reviews of the very latest PC components and ...

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 ...

Building your own PC isn't as popular as it once was. As laptops, tablets and 2-in-1s have become more popular, we've grown accustomed to using slim and portable computing devices at home, at the ...

Kano, a UK startup that makes build-your-own-computer kits for kids, just raised $28 million (£21 million) in funding. The company is inspired by a challenge from the cofounder's 6-year-old cousin.

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 ...

Kids these days. They don’t remember when your computer showed up as a kit you put together yourself, and sat there expecting you to learn to code on it. Until now, that is, because Kano’s Computer ...

A lot of wire wrapping went into the Magic-1 homebrew CPU Some people like to build their own computers. A smaller number like to modify them to boost the speed of the processor and make them more ...

Lacking a proper high-performance computer, two Cornell University students have made their own. Deep Red was assembled by Bryan Kressler and Nick Burlett from six Pentium II machines donated by Mitre ...

Chances are that you are reading this article on a computer screen. Most would agree that a modern 32 or 64 bit machine is a pretty complicated piece of equipment. While it is easy to buy the parts of ...