Monthly High-end Gaming System Buyer's Guide

May 2012

PC Buyer's Guide for Gaming Enthusiasts -- May 2012

Our latest Enthusiast Gaming Guide arrives with the top recommendations for PC system components that offer the best combination of power and value in a sub-$2000 system.  The May edition is loaded with new recommendations to check out, including updated motherboard selections for both builds.

May 3, 2012

March 2012

PC Buyer's Guide for Gaming Enthusiasts -- March 2012

Our latest SharkyExtreme Enthusiast Gaming Guide arrives with the top recommendations for PC system components that offer the best combination of power and value in a sub-$2000 system. The March edition offers an updated AMD motherboard selection as well as new system case, memory and solid state drive recommendations.

March 16, 2012

January 2012

PC Buyer's Guide for Gaming Enthusiasts -- January 2012

Our initial Enthusiast Gaming Guide for 2012 arrives with new and improved recommendations for PC system components that offer the best combination of power and value in a sub-$2000 system. Most noticeably, the heart of our Intel system gets a big change in this installment of the guide.

January 23, 2012

August 2011

PC Buyer's Guide for Gaming Enthusiasts, August, 2011

The Enthusiast-level PC Buying Guide offers CPU and motherboard suggestions for both Intel and AMD system, though the other components will remain the same. For this we went with a Sandy Bridge processor -- not the fastest Intel processors available, but they offer the best bang for buck.

August 31, 2011

April 2011

PC Buyer's Guide for Gaming Enthusiasts, April 15

The Enthusiast-level PC Buying Guide now includes the latest in storage technology -- SSD drives –- in our $2,000 system. Of course, SSDs aren't cheap, so where did we make the compromises?

April 14, 2011

February 2011

PC Buyer's Guide for Gaming Enthusiasts

Welcome back, PC gaming enthusiasts, to SharkyExtreme's PC Buying Guide. We kick off our reunion installment with this guide to the components you'll want to build the best gaming system $2,000 will buy. In two weeks, we'll follow up our guide for building a more entry-level PC.

February 19, 2011

March 2009

February Video Card Price Guide

The February edition of our Video Card Price Guide demonstrates that no matter your budget, our monthly price list can always find the right deal. We break down the trends and prices from the entry-level, mainstream and enthusiast-level cards, and find the best overall values. If you're looking for a new video card, or just want to see where the market is heading, then be sure to check out the detailed price lists and commentary.

March 2, 2009

February Hard Drive + SSD Price Guide

In the February edition of our Hard Drive + Solid-State Drive Price Guide, we break down the trends for Parallel and Serial ATA desktop drives, and SSDs, finding the best overall values in each area. If you're looking for additional storage, or just want to see where the market is heading, then be sure to check out the detailed price lists and commentary.

March 2, 2009

February 2009

February High-end Gaming PC Buyer's Guide

It is time for another edition of our High-end Gaming PC Buyer's Guide, where we take $2500 in cash and assemble feature-rich, high performance gaming systems using readily available parts. If you ever wanted to know exactly what $2500 could buy in today's PC market, look no further than our latest edition of this guide.

February 23, 2009

January 2009

January Hard Drive + SSD Price Guide

Welcome to the January edition of our Hard Drive + Solid-State Drive Price Guide. We break down the trends for Parallel and Serial ATA desktop drives, and SSDs, finding the best overall values in each area. If you're looking for additional storage, or just want to see where the market is heading, then be sure to check out the detailed price lists and commentary.

January 30, 2009