Ah, the joy of summer storms. A recent one involving a flooded basement (a torrential downpour traveled down a chipmunk burrow that led to an otherwise enclosed basement window with a broken ...

Step-by-step assembly of a custom DIY gaming PC, showcasing essential components and process for building a personalized, high-performance computer from scratch. Pixabay, Lixxe Building a computer ...

In 1998, Ask Ars was an early feature of the newly launched Ars Technica. Now, as then, it’s all about your questions and our community’s answers. Each week, we’ll dig into our question bag, provide ...

February 11, 2009 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you've never done it before, the idea of building a computer from the ground up can seem very ...

Even with the following steps, this process is going to feel overwhelming—especially if you don’t keep up with all the latest hardware news (as many of us don’t). Thus, along with feedback you might ...

Welcome to the third article in the “Build Your Own PC” series, powered by AMD Ryzen and Radeon. While our previous articles helped you find the right type of PC for your needs as well as the ...

Once we’ve built a computer, the next step is to develop an assembly language and then an assembler that can assemble our programs. In my previous column, we introduced the concept of the big-endian ...

My son and I decided to try to make our own computer. We bought a bunch of parts from Newegg and have now assembled it. It seemed to turn on for a while, but now won't. We tested the power supply, and ...