The TechSpot PC Buying Guide offers an in-depth list of today’s best desktop PC hardware, spanning four unique yet typical budgets. Whether you’re a first time builder seeking guidance or a seasoned enthusiast, we have you covered. After working on this guide for many years, we learned the biggest pitfall of our previous work along with many other buying guides online: they expire shortly after publishing. Prices change daily, components come and go, and the guides simply degrade in worth until they’re eventually rewritten months later. Recognizing this, we’re taking an alternative approach. We will add and update new hardware to the mix as it’s released. The four builds will be updated on major product launches and we’ll keep monitoring components and their prices over the course of weeks and months to catch anything in-between. We wholly welcome your support and input to keep this guide as fresh as possible. With that out of the way, let’s take a look at our four price points:
