We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There's no way around it: you probably need a computer of some kind to participate fully in modern life. But tech is expensive, and new ...

Sure, you may be able to get it done on your phone, but sometimes a bigger screen, a physical keyboard, and some extra power just makes everything better.

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Full disclosure: I have never built my own PC, though I have considered it many times. A general unfamiliarity with how the computational sausage gets made and the high price of staying up to date on ...