Guides

Buying Guides

These are the explanations we end up giving on WhatsApp most often, written down properly. No jargon for its own sake, no pushing you up a tier, and an honest caveat wherever there is one. If a guide talks you out of spending more, that is the guide working.

Choosing a Graphics Card

Start from the monitor, not the card. What resolution and refresh rate actually demand, how much video memory is enough, and the three parts that have to keep up before a faster card means anything.

Sizing a Power Supply

Why the wattage on the box is the least interesting number, what transient spikes do to a machine that seems fine on paper, and why a black screen mid-game is usually the supply rather than the drivers.

DDR5 Memory Explained

How much you need, why a tighter kit at a lower speed can beat a faster one, and the single firmware setting that decides whether you are running the memory you paid for or a slower default.

Sockets and Chipsets

The socket decides which processors fit and the chipset decides what the board can do with them. Which naming actually means something, what you give up on a smaller board, and the ordering mistake we correct most often.

Building in a Hot Climate

Every cooling figure you read was measured in a cooler room than yours. What that changes, why airflow matters more than which cooler you pick, and how to keep dust from undoing all of it over a year.

If your question is not covered here, ask it directly. We answer these all day and would rather you got the right part than the expensive one. You can also browse the full range in the shop.