Looking to build your dream machine? We explore the latest components on the market, and give you advice on which ones to hunt down, along with the general price you can expect to pay for each major component.

An old PC is like putty in your hands. Tim Dean looks at how you can shape it into a new system with a few easy upgrades.

Last year the Pentium 4 was beginning to show its true colours as a top performance desktop CPU, but it was still squarely outmatched in the value stakes by the new Athlon processor. DDR RAM was also becoming the standard, with SDRAM finally going the way of the extinct plankton, graptolites.

For our system, we wanted high performance without high cost. The performance issue immediately rules out Intels Celeron processors and AMDs Duron processors, although more wallet-conscious buyers wou

Want to break free from a Microsoft world? Leigh Dyer looks at the alternatives.

Choosing a CPU for your PC isn’t an easy task. Here are our picks for budget, mid-range and high-end systems.

Nick Ross straps himself to ATI’s would-be SLI killer and asks does it deliver the goods?

Our full guide to saving cash-saving secrets is here, from how to get discounts on PCs, to SIM only phone contracts, the best DSLR cameras deals, and discount licensing from Adobe, Microsoft and others.

We've put AMD and Intel’s new processors to the test, and there's one clear winner.

What happens when multiple-core processors are no longer sufficient for our demands? Stuart Andrews looks at the future of CPUs.

Thought Core 2 was the only choice? Think again... AMD's far from dead.

You've been raising some big questions in the forums about 64-bit. Here's our FAQ to 64-bit Vista vs XP, and whether it's worth the hassle if you're not a workstation user, but a gamer or power user.

All the acronyms and obscure new technologies got you in a jargon jumble? Tim Dean busts it up to help us make sense of it all.

Four years ago, I saw a picture of a very beautiful desktop interface, called 'Enlightenment', running on an Operating System called 'Linux'. I didn't know much about either, but I downloaded and installed Linux anyway in order to run that fine looking user interface. Thanks to that early interest, I now enjoy a wonderful job designing and maintaining networks in which Linux often fills an important role. There's no better way to learn something new than for it to be enjoyable. With this in mind, I'd like to present Mike's Hopefully nifty guide to having fun with Linux.

I'm currently in the market for a new car. My 1977 Datsun 260Z, the current much-loved but abusive incumbent, has quite simply gone on the fritz one too many times (or ten too many if you listen to my friends and family). By the repair bill from the last few years, you'd be forgiven for thinking I owned a Collins class submarine.

So you want to make yourself a new gaming rig, one that’s capable of playing Crysis at more than two frames per second, but won’t blow the budget?

We help you determine whether your current PC can run Vista and which version of the operating system best suits your needs.

Possibly the most interesting feature of the Xbox is its similarity to a PC in terms of its hardware specification. Unlike other games consoles, like the Sony PlayStation2 and Nintendo GameCube, which

Before you can successfully plan a budget, you must decide on the type of PC you need, which in our case is a strong, all-purpose multimedia PC. The next task is to assign a chunk of your budget to ea

The latest initiative to revolutionise your digital media has arrived - this time from AMD