A common mistake a lot of first time PC builders make is not taking the size of their parts into account. It's important to check the exact size and dimensions of your parts before committing to a build, and check that there aren't any compatibility issues between your parts too. There are a few sites that let you simulate a build to find these issues, but some don't take real-life size and positioning into account. It doesn't matter how good your GPU is if it doesn't fit into your case, or doesn't work with your motherboard.

I would really like to set up a liquid cooling system for my PC one day, my current setup will get a bit hot after a few hours of gaming and it would be really nice to not have to worry about that as much. But I'm worried about leaks and how catastrophic that could be for my setup – as low of a chance as it might be, It's still a risk that I'm going to have to think hard about and make sure to keep up maintenance when I do eventually get a liquid cooling system.

If you're making your first step into the custom desktop PC market, whether you're used to playing on laptops or new to gaming in general, being able to run games at a higher framerate can be mind-blowing. When I got my first proper gaming PC and launched?Dark Souls 3?for the first time on the new setup, I was in absolute?awe?that I could run it at 60 FPS with the setup I had, even if I could only run it at 720p. But at the time it still looked and felt great to play because of the higher framerate, and it really impressed me when I made the jump from laptop to desktop PC gamer.

I'm about to buy an AMD 6900 xt for a big upgrade to my current PC setup that will hopefully last a few years, and in terms of the individual things I've purchased, this GPU will certainly be the most expensive thing in my case at about $450 used. Hopefully it remains a good graphics card for a few generations so I won't have to worry about another upgrade for a few years.

I'm not very good at it, but I gone back to replay the first three?Warcraft?RTS games a few times over the years. With the Remastered versions of the first two?Warcraft?games out now, I'm returning to the 30-year-old?Warcraft 1?once again – and though the games have a lot of dated mechanics, there's still a lot of charm to them, especially with the polish put into them with the remasters.

Answer this Thread to put your name in the draw for a PS5 Pro! Entries close November 12, 2024, at 11:59pm PT! As one competition comes to a close, another one will be opening, as we'll be announcing the details of the?GR Community Game of the Year?contest! We'll be pitting the top 16 games of 2024 against one another to find out who YOU think should take out the top prize at?The Game Awards?next month. So, let us know below, whether it's one game or 16, which 2024 releases deserve a chance at claiming the inaugural GR Community Game of the Year?

Another working week is over, so I'll be kicking back on my console for the weekend! I'm currently enjoying?Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but when I'm after a change of pace I've been getting back into Return To Moria. I think the latter is better than the reviews indicated, I've really loved being able to live my best dwarf life while building my own little camps along the journey.

The new 2024 edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator is due to be released in November, and it requires a lot of RAM to run on the ideal settings. Given how demanding the game is becoming, should it be offered on cloud streaming services to allow those with slower PCs to still enjoy it?

There are few better ways to spend an evening then unpacking an Uber Eats order, switching on your favorite gaming system, and just losing yourself in a game session. But the food must be?just?right for the optimal experience. I myself can't go past a good Hawaiian pizza (yep, pineapple on pizza, let's hear it) or some nachos. It has to be something easy to grab and bite into so you can focus on the game.

In the mid 90s, a game was released titled Gazillionaire, in which you take the role of an intergalactic trading company in a race to be the first to get 5,000,000 Kublars in a newly-opened-to-trade Galaxy. A lot of the game is randomly generated, positive and negative random events would play out when you visited planets or while traveling, and the simple gameplay of buying low and selling high is still surprisingly captivating – you feel the thrill of a great sale at the start and after 200 turns, after all. Though its overall game design is almost as dated as its maximum resolution, its seemingly hand-drawn bizarre visuals, strange spacey sound design, and wacky writing has a 90s charm that's authentically its own thing, and authentically?weird.?

I'm on the road this week so I've been sticking to some of the games I've got on my PC. With?Age Of Mythology: Retold?coming out, I will absolutely be putting some time into playing the original. In preparation for?Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2, I might also reintroduce myself to the franchise through the original ork-busting?Space Marine.

Since August of 1991, gamers have looked forward to receiving their next monthly issue of Game Informer. After hearing the sad news that the magazine will cease its publication, now is a time for us to reflect on those memorable articles, insightful reviews, and news we got from each issue. I myself didn't get a chance to sample a lot of Game Informer issues, but the few I did were a refreshing change of pace from the standard online news and features I would read. There's something about physical copies, whether in magazines, books, or games, that have a certain magic to them, so it's a true loss for the industry that Game Informer is closing its doors.

With the Marvel Rivals beta test wrapping up this weekend, I'll be trying to play as much as I can and earn those slick alternate skins. Outside of that, I've never really had the chance to properly sit down and give Red Dead Redemption 2 a go, so I think I'll get that kick started and see what all the fuss is about.

Everyone who plays games on a PC knows whether they prefer a keyboard and mouse or controller when playing games. It doesn't matter how long you've been playing; we all have a preference. For me, I think it definitely depends on the game. If it is a game that is complex, like The Elder Scrolls Online, I prefer to play it with a mouse and keyboard. However, I prefer racing and shooting games to be on a controller.

Soulslike games tend to be uncompromising when it comes to having difficulty selectors, and while I think that's perfectly fine, I believe they should at least have summons (or NPC allies in general) available to help take some of the edge off. Elden Ring proved having summons available for almost every boss fight is alright — traditional Souls players could ignore the mechanic completely, but it was always there for everyone else.

I don't mind cosmetics like COD's CDL outfits or alternate universe skins from League of Legends, but I draw the line at having characters from other titles (or even real-life celebrities) getting unceremoniously added to games as skins. Over-the-top skins are fine, but having Homelander kill me with an AKM in Call of Duty is a completely different level of immersion breaking.