We spend quite a bit of time working with cutting edge technology here on HotHardware.Com. We've recently had our hands on 3.06GHz Pentium 4s, Radeon 9800 Pros, a slew of low-latency memory, the ...

Here’s a truly unusual PC build. It’s a gaming PC inside a vintage 1940s Motorola radio case. And believe it or not, the thing actually works! YouTuber Carter Hurd, who goes by AltaPowderDog on Reddit ...

We’re not sure if there’s any single characteristic that qualifies someone as a hacker. After all, we’re a pretty eclectic bunch, with skills that range all over the map, and what one person feels is ...

The Book 8088 was a neat experiment, but as a clone of the original IBM PC, it was pretty limited in what it could do. Early MS-DOS apps and games worked fine, and the very first Windows versions ran… ...

Emulators are easy and convenient, but for some retrocomputing enthusiasts nothing comes close to running classic software on actual era-appropriate hardware. This can become a problem, though, for ...

Retro console gaming fans love to extol the virtues of playing on original hardware, but what about retro PC gaming? There's a distinct subculture of people who go out and find old computer parts to ...

Retro X3 revives classic 90s styling while offering integrated Radeon graphics, USB4 speeds, and flexible memory expansion options ...

Nostalgia's hot with restoring MS-DOS era PC's and building Sleeper's. I spoke with "PC Philantrophy" today and he's planning road trip to buy interesting 90's / early 2000's towers scouted on CL ...

What just happened? For US-based collectors and PC hobbyists, the cost of acquiring obsolete hardware is rising sharply as federal authorities increase scrutiny on low-value imports. In one recent ...