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- 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
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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
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November 2014
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- Updated September Build Guides
- NZXT S340 Build
- Colossus Micro Thermal Benchmarking
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December 2013
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- Welcome Aboard Daniel Harding and Jack Followay, Jr.
October 2013
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March 2013
- The Rapidly Rising Cost Of RAM
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- 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
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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
PC Build Live Stream
Join us Thursday, March 31st at 2pm CST for a live Q&A and build! We'll be assembling the PC from our latest build guide.
Newegg has put together a SuperCombo for the core of this build with some minor adjustments and great savings: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2815649
Charity:Water Completion Report #4
Our fourth Charity:Water completion report arrived! Thanks to your support, we were able to fund 14 school water projects serving 4,775 students and teachers in Bangladesh.
This donation helped provide 14 water projects at schools in Bangladesh. Here is an interactive map showing the GPS coordinates of all the completed projects we've sponsored to date:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zqE0c_J1hY48.k8n9g4q57yGw
You can also find our previous completion reports below:
PCPartPicker is supported through affiliate commissions from participating retailers. We donate a portion of our earnings to charity. When you purchase components through retailer links on PCPartPicker, you're not only supporting this site - you're also helping provide clean water and sanitation to people in need. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for being a part of this and helping us make this happen.
MSI Build Your Dream PC Guide Contest
PLEASE NOTE: The contest has officially ended. Huge thanks to MSI, and to everyone who entered. No further entries will be accepted at this time. Any further voting will not be counted.
Random Selection Winner:
Wheezy2Ez - The 4K Dream
Top Voted Winner:
Jipster69 - Jipster Edition =P Mini ITX! ~ GTX980 Ti! ~ i7-6700K!
We've teamed up with MSI for a build contest! Pick your parts, explain why they're the best, and possibly win your part list up to $2,000!
First off, a huge thanks to MSI for sponsoring this contest!
Here's how it works - create a build guide with the following criteria:
- The title of the build guide must start with "MSI Build Your Dream PC Guide"
- You must choose any MSI Z170A GAMING or MSI X99A GAMING motherboard.
- You must choose any MSI NVIDIA 9XX series or MSI AMD 3XX series video card.
- You must not exceed $2,000 USD for the total cost. Prices are subject to change every day, so make sure the total build price is under $2,000 at the end of the contest.
- The build guide must have the following components: CPU, CPU Cooler, Motherboard, Memory, Storage, Video Card (can have SLI or Crossfire), Case, and Power Supply.
Two winners will be chosen:
- One winner will be chosen by random
- One winner will be chosen by the most upvotes (with a tie given to the guide with the most comments)
Click here for the full official rules.
Again, a huge thanks goes out to MSI for sponsoring this contest. Give them a follow and a shout on Twitter @msiUSA, and give their Facebook page a like too!
PLEASE NOTE:
- Attempts to manipulate voting by entering multiple times, voting with duplicate/fake/sock accounts will be grounds for an account ban and disqualification.
- Linking your guide link in multiple guides, forum topics, etc. will be treated as spam and will be deleted. Excessively spamming guide links will result in an account ban and disqualification.
NZXT Manta Q&A And Live Build
The stream is over - thanks everyone for joining us!
Join us Thursday at 2pm CST for a live Q&A and build with NZXT! We'll be discussing and building with their new Manta mini-ITX case.
We'll be taking questions during the stream, so please hop in and join the chat.
(Note: some of the build parts were ones we had on hand - i.e. you don't really need a 1000W PSU for this build.)
$850 Gaming Build
For our latest build guide, we put together a step by step build video. Check it out and let us know what you think!
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