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Senior Editor, PC Build

Rich Edmonds was formerly a Senior Editor of PC hardware at Windows Central, covering everything related to PC components and NAS. He's been involved in technology for more than a decade and knows a thing or two about the magic inside a PC chassis. You can follow him on Twitter at @RichEdmonds.

Latest articles by Rich Edmonds

Best Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon accessories 2022

By Rich Edmonds published 3 December 21

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a great portable workstation, but you can really enhance your experience with some handy accessories. We rounded up a bunch you should consider.

Laptops

How to get started with PC gaming in 2022

By Rich Edmonds published 2 December 21

Welcome to the master platform. Here's how to get started with PC gaming.

Gaming

Best Buy has an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 GPU in stock for $680

By Rich Edmonds published 2 December 21

Looking for a good RTX 3070 deal? We just found one at Best Buy. You best hurry before stock sells!

GPUs

Seagate pushes NAS storage to a whole new level with the HUGE 20TB IronWolf Pro

By Rich Edmonds published 2 December 21

Finding it difficult to store everything on your NAS? Do you feel as though 18TB drives just aren't enough? Seagate heard your cries and has just announced a 20TB IronWolf Pro NAS hard drive.

Storage

Best Cyber Monday Samsung SSD deals 2021

By Rich Edmonds published 29 November 21

Cyber Monday is (almost) here, and we're seeing plenty of Samsung SSDs go on sale. If you want to expand your storage, now's an opportune time to check out some steep discounts.

Accessories

Best Cyber Monday PC parts deals 2021: Crazy sales you don't want to miss on motherboards, SSDs & more

By Rich Edmonds published 29 November 21

Accessories

Best Cyber Monday NAS deals 2021

By Rich Edmonds published 29 November 21

Storage

HP's discounted Pavilion desktop is a bad deal, buy this pre-built PC instead!

By Rich Edmonds published 29 November 21

Desktops

You simply won't find a better Cyber Monday NAS deal than this

By Rich Edmonds published 28 November 21

Storage

You won't believe how cheap this 18TB NAS hard drive Cyber Monday deal is

By Rich Edmonds published 28 November 21

Storage

Looking to buy a GPU on Black Friday? Read this before you do.

By Rich Edmonds published 27 November 21

Desktops

Best Black Friday PC parts deals

By Rich Edmonds published 26 November 21

Components

Best QNAP NAS Black Friday deals 2021

By Rich Edmonds published 25 November 21

QNAP makes some excellent NAS enclosures, and some are on sale right now for Black Friday. We're going to be adding all the best QNAP deals right here to save you money on a new home server.

Storage

Everything you need to know to find the right CPU for a custom PC

By Rich Edmonds published 19 November 21

This is everything you need to know about the CPU, including socket types, chipsets, cores and threads, and more.

CPUs

Football Manager 2022 review: Sports Interactive scores another blinder of a goal

By Rich Edmonds published 17 November 21

Reliving the Champ Manager days.

Gaming

Intel Core i7-12700K vs. i7-11700K: Should you upgrade?

By Rich Edmonds published 16 November 21

Components

Intel Core i5-12600K vs. i5-11600K: Should you upgrade?

By Rich Edmonds published 15 November 21

Components

Save up to $400 on the older but still fantastic Surface Pro 7 at Best Buy

By Rich Edmonds published 12 November 21

Accessories

MSI MPG Z690 Carbon WiFi review: Excellent 12th Gen Intel performance with impressive expansion

By Rich Edmonds, Daniel Rubino published 11 November 21

Intel's latest chipset is a match made in heaven for this premium MSI motherboard.

Components

ASUS ROG Ryujin II 360 AIO review: Impressive cooling performance meets a bright display

By Rich Edmonds published 10 November 21

This is one smart all-in-one CPU cooler.

Components

GeIL Polaris RGB SYNC DDR5 RAM review: Expensive but worth the money for DDR5 speeds

By Rich Edmonds published 5 November 21

The next generation of DDR RAM for desktops looks promising.

Components

G.SKILL just broke a RAM speed world record with its Trident Z5 DDR5 kit

By Rich Edmonds published 5 November 21

G.SKILL just broke the world record for the fastest RAM speeds. The company teamed up with overclocker Hocayu to turn up its DDR5 RAM to an impressive 8,704 MT/s.

Components

ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero review: A solid foundation for an overclocked 12th Gen Intel PC

By Rich Edmonds published 4 November 21

Partner this board up with an Intel Core i9 CPU for one insane PC.

Components

How to pick the right 12th Gen Intel CPU for your PC

By Rich Edmonds published 4 November 21

Struggling to pick the right Intel processor for your PC? We've rounded up the latest and greatest from Intel to walk you through all the tech jargon.

CPUs