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TechSpot PC Buying Guide: Five price points, five killer builds

The TechSpot PC Buying Guide offers a comprehensive analysis of today's best desktop PC hardware spanning five well differentiated budgets. Starting at ~$400 for an affordable PC, followed by two well-balanced enthusiast-oriented machines, a premium high-end build, and finally a dream machine packing the baddest hardware available, period.

* Decent performance * For everyday computing * Gaming with add-on GPU
* Good performance * Fast for everyday computing * Casual gaming
* Excellent performance * Great Multitasker * Perfect for gaming
* High-end performance * Heavy multitasking * Hardcore gaming
* Workstation-like performance * Extreme multitasking * Extreme gaming

TechSpot PC Buying Guide: A quick CPU/platform update for late 2017

The TechSpot PC Buying Guide offers a comprehensive analysis of today's best desktop PC hardware spanning five well differentiated budgets. Starting at ~$400 for an affordable PC, followed by two well-balanced enthusiast-oriented machines, a premium high-end build, and finally a dream machine packing the baddest hardware available, period.

* Decent performance * For everyday computing * Gaming with add-on GPU
* Good performance * Fast for everyday computing * Casual gaming
* Excellent performance * Great Multitasker * Perfect for gaming
* High-end performance * Heavy multitasking * Hardcore gaming
* Workstation-like performance * Extreme multitasking * Extreme gaming

TechSpot PC Buying Guide: 2016 Update

The TechSpot PC Buying Guide offers an in-depth list of today's best desktop PC hardware spanning five budgets that go from affordable to well-balanced to outright extreme machine . Whether you're a first time builder seeking guidance or a seasoned enthusiast, we have you covered.

* Decent performance * Good for everyday computing * Gaming with add-on GPU
* Good performance * Fast for everyday computing * Casual gaming
* Excellent performance * Great Multitasker * Perfect for gaming
* High-end performance * Heavy multitasking * High-quality gaming
* Workstation-like performance * Extreme multitasking * Extreme gaming

Lian Li D8000 HPTX: Double-sized chassis reviewed

Lian Li's D8000 is also on the purposely huge HPTX form factor. As a point of reference, a standard ATX mid-tower supporting seven expansion slots generally has a 60L capacity while the big Cubitek HPTX-ICE and Lian Li PC-V2120 tout capacities of 79L and 88L.

With a capacity of 145L, the D8000 shatters that paradigm, offering 140% more room than a standard ATX case, which makes sense since the D8000 is essentially two full tower cases fused together.