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
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
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
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
hardware
When the first version of Windows Media Center [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/default.mspx] 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