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September 2017
- Fractal Design Define C TG / MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon Live Build
- X399 Build - ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME / Threadripper 1950X
August 2017
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017
- Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5t Live Build
- Fractal Design Focus G Live Build
- Corsair Carbide SPEC-04 Live Build
- Charity:Water Completion Report #7
April 2017
- BitFenix Portal / MSI Z270 / GTX 1080 Ti mITX Live Build
- ASRock Z270 SuperCarrier Build
- Inwin 901 Mini ITX Live Build
March 2017
- $1600 Gaming PC Build - ASRock X370 Fatal1ty Gaming K4 / Ryzen 7 1700
- Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO / AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Live Build
February 2017
- $1250 Gaming PC Build - ASUS STRIX B250F Gaming / i5-7500
- ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX Live Stream Build
January 2017
- Kaby Lake Build - Gigabyte Z270X Gaming 7 / i7-7700K
- Kaby Lake Build - MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon / i5-7600K
December 2016
- MSI Pick Your Dream Holiday PC Giveaway
- $1500 Gaming PC Build
- Build Troubleshooting Live Stream
- Corsair Crystal 570X RGB Live Build
November 2016
- Corsair Crystal 460X RGB Live Build
- NZXT S340 Elite Build and Giveaway
- $560 Entry Level Gaming Build
- Fractal Design Define Mini C Gaming PC Build
October 2016
September 2016
August 2016
July 2016
June 2016
- $1000 Great Gaming Build
- Fractal Design Gaming PC Giveaway
- Live Stream: MSI X99A and GTX 1080 VR Gaming Build
- Charity:Water Completion Report #6
May 2016
- Live Gaming Performance with Overwatch
- $1200 Content Creator Build
- Live Stream: $600 Entry Level Gaming Build
- Charity:Water Completion Report #5
- Asus Q&A Live Stream
- Dreamhack Austin 2016
- Live Stream: Philip's Dreamhack Build
April 2016
March 2016
February 2016
January 2016
November 2015
October 2015
- NZXT Hue+ Unboxing With Johnny Hou
- $730 Office/Productivity Live Build
- MSI B150M Mortar Live Build
- PCPartPicker / Corsair Q&A Live Stream
- Xeon Graphic Design Live Build
- Fractal Design Define S Build
September 2015
- $700 Core i5-4460 Gaming Build Video
- $650 FX-6300 / GTX 960 Build
- 30TB NAS Build Live Stream
- NZXT S340 Razer Edition Build
- Dual Xeon Rendering Build Live Stream
- Custom Cable Sleeving - Part 1 - Extensions
August 2015
- HTPC Software Install Guide - Windows 10 / Kodi / PowerDVD
- A10-7870K / GD09B HTPC Build
- Skylake / Z170 Build #2
- Skylake / Z170 Build #1
- Asus PCDIY / PCPartPicker Live Stream
July 2015
June 2015
- AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Released
- AMD Radeon R9 / R7 300 Series Released
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Released
May 2015
- AMD A10-7870K Godavari Release And Build Livestream
- Charity:Water Completion Report #3
- Multi-CPU Support, ECC, Registered RAM & More
March 2015
February 2015
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
- Updated September Build Guides
- NZXT S340 Build
- Colossus Micro Thermal Benchmarking
- September Build Guides
August 2014
July 2014
June 2014
May 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
December 2013
November 2013
- Amazon Prime Support Added
- Micro Center Bundle Support Added
- Welcome Aboard Daniel Harding and Jack Followay, Jr.
October 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
- The Rapidly Rising Cost Of RAM
- Saved Part List Permalinks And Comments
- Parametric Price Alerts
- New Part Categories: Case Fans, Thermal Paste, Speakers, And Wired/Wireless Network Interfaces
January 2013
- Let's Talk: PCPartPicker Discussion Forums Now Available
- Intel Xeon E3 Series CPU Support Added (With Compatibility Guidance)
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
- Support For Favorites, Case / Motherboard USB 3.0 Compatibility Added
- Price Comparisons With Sales Tax
- New Integrated Power Supply Calculator, Power Supply Efficiencies
August 2012
July 2012
- Support For Sound Cards Added
- Site Improvements And Feature Updates
- PCPartPicker T-Shirts For Sale To Benefit Charity:Water
- Thank You - From Side Project to Full Time
April 2012
- SSD vs. HDD Boot Time Comparison
- Intel Core i5-2500K / GeForce GTX 680 Build
- Intel Pentium G620 / NZXT Source 210 Build
March 2012
Dreamhack Austin 2016
Attending Dreamhack Austin this weekend? We'll be there and would love to hear from you! We're going to set up in the BYOC and will have a limited number of shirts and stickers to give out. We don't have an official booth, but are instead there to game, have fun, and meet great people.
If you'll be attending, we'll be hanging out in the BYOC close to the Alienware and Deckbound booths here:
Drop by and say hi - we'd love to hang out and chat!
Live Stream: Philip's Dreamhack Build
The stream is over - thanks everyone for joining us!
Join us Thursday, May 5th at 2pm CDT at twitch.tv/pcpartpicker for a live build! We'll be assembling Philip's Dreamhack build that we picked out last week.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor | $233.99 @ SuperBiiz |
| CPU Cooler | CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler | $46.99 @ Newegg |
| Motherboard | Asus Z170I PRO GAMING Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard | $159.99 @ SuperBiiz |
| Memory | G.Skill Aegis 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory | $105.30 @ Newegg |
| Storage | Samsung SM951 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | $177.95 @ Newegg |
| Video Card | EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card | $629.99 @ NCIX US |
| Case | Fractal Design Define Nano S Mini ITX Desktop Case | $59.99 @ NCIX US |
| Power Supply | XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply | $74.99 @ SuperBiiz |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) | $138.89 @ OutletPC |
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | ||
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1658.08 | |
| Mail-in rebates | -$30.00 | |
| Total | $1628.08 | |
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-05 12:41 EDT-0400 |
Fractal has graciously decided to hold a giveaway during the stream for a brand new Fractal Design Define Nano S mini itx case! Follow the link here to enter: https://gleam.io/M791x/pppnanos
Live Stream: How To Pick Parts
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Join us Thursday, April 28th at 2pm CDT on Twitch for a live stream with myself (philip) and Ryan (manirelli), discussing how to go about picking parts for your next build.
It'll be a live Q&A session, as well as an opportunity to plan my build for the upcoming Dreamhack event in Austin. I'll be taking suggestions from the community on what to include in the build, and then we'll be building it on the stream next week (so that I can take it to the BYOC at Dreamhack the next day).
We'll be talking about how to go about planning your build, how to pick parts, and what things to take into consideration. Hope you can join us!
Live Gaming Performance With Dark Souls III
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Join us on Twitch at 2pm CDT for Dark Souls 3 game play with live FCAT and performance monitoring!
For the gaming PC we'll be using the system from our build guide that we put together two weeks ago.
We'll be going through the game while watching the performance live on stream. We'll also swap out a few different graphics cards to compare frame rates and temperatures.
HTC Vive Unboxing
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Join us Thursday, April 7th at 2pm CDT (12pm PDT) for a live unboxing of the new HTC Vive.
We'll check out the hardware and then run it through its paces using the build from our last live stream.
Starting with this stream, we'll be broadcasting from the new PCPartPicker Twitch channel. Then in the following days we'll upload the 4K version of the footage to our PCPartPicker Youtube channel.
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