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Air, AIO, or Custom Loop: Matching Your Cooling to a Premium Build
A flagship GPU and a top-tier CPU together can draw well over 700 watts, and all of that becomes heat that has to leave the case somehow. Here is how we decide between air, AIO, and custom loop cooling on the high-wattage systems we build.
Windows Update Broke Your PC? Here's What to Do Before You Panic
Here is the thing about Windows Update: most of the time it just works, and then some of the time it does not. If your PC will not boot or keeps crashing after an update, here is a clear, calm path back to a working machine.
How to Build a Genuinely Quiet Gaming PC in 2026
A powerful PC does not have to sound like a hairdryer. Quiet is something you design in from the start, and it is one of the things we care about most. Here is how a genuinely quiet machine is put together.
The Ultimate Guide to Configuring Your Custom AMD Ryzen 9000 PC
The Ultimate Guide to Configuring Your Custom AMD Ryzen 9000 PC Building a custom PC from scratch can feel like navigating a minefield of compatibility checks and technical jargon. At CREATE PCs, we believe designing your dream workstation or gaming rig should be exciting, not stressful. We’ve recen
Coiling or Folding Mains Power Cables - Beware!
A question we get asked by our customers is to do with cable management, but not the cable management of the PC itself, we are talking about the cable management in their home when they receive their new PC. The question you might be asking? Can I coil my power cable? Is it safe to coil my cables? C
Our Roundup of the Best Tools to Stress Test your PC
How do you test your new PC build to ensure all the new components are working as well as they could be? Did you build the system yourself or buy prebuilt? You have quite a few options really, this depends how hard you want to push your system and whether it is overclocked or not. What you want to d