hardware
Hard to believe that I’ve had the same PC case since 2011, and my last serious upgrade was in 2015. I guess that’s yet another sign that the PC is over, because PC upgrades have gotten really boring. It took 5 years for me to muster up the
pc building
I’ve had more or less the same PC, with various updates, since 2007. I’ve written about most of it here: * Building a PC, Part I: Minimal boot * Building a PC, Part II: Burn in * Building a PC, Part III: Overclocking * Building a PC, Part IV: Now It’s
home theater
I’ve kept a PC in my living room for the past three years as my primary home theater interface, and I heartily recommend it. It’s shocking how cheap and easy it is to build a home theater PC these days. I’ve been pondering an upgrade to my
pc building
I previously documented the “Ultimate Developer Rig” I’m building for Scott Hanselman: * Building a PC, Part I * Building a PC, Part II * Building a PC, Part III I added a little bit of PC quieting magic as a finishing touch. Here’s a picture of the final interior, with
hardware
Over the next few days, I’ll be building Scott Hanselman’s computer. My goal today is more modest: build a minimal system that boots. I’d like to dispel the myth that building computers is risky, or in any way difficult or complicated. If you can put together a
hardware
When the first version of Windows Media Center was released in summer 2003, I decided it was time to build my first home theater PC. After I placed it in the living room, I realized I had made a terrible mistake: I had to turn the volume up to 11