WELCOME TO THE PCMR
The world's largest, most exciting, and friendliest community of PC enthusiasts worldwide!
Remember, it's not about the hardware in your rig, but the specs in your heart! Everyone who loves PCs is welcome, regardless of actual ownership or specs.
Feel free to bask in the glory of the PC Master Race by checking the links up top, where you can find all our socials. We recommend Reddit, as it's our main hub, but you'll find a bit of PCMR almost everywhere you go online.
To check the most recent articles, and news, click here.
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IN MEMORIAM - GORDON MAH UNG
December 24, 2024
This weekend, one of the original PC journalists and enthusiasts passed away.
Gordon Mah Ung was a legendary man, for many reasons, the most important of which was how great of a human being he was. If you were lucky enough to meet him you know that he always had a smile on his face, a story to tell, and an immense amount of tips, tricks and suggestions for any and every difficulty or question you may have had that was about PCs, technology, or even life in general.
He was one of the very first PC centered journalists and gurus and he was seen as one of the lighthouses of the industry for anyone who engaged in it.
On a personal note, I've had the honor to meet and engage with him many times at events, even had the honor to appear in videos alongside the man himself, and he never failed in showing that kindness, strong but well-centered opinions, technical knowledge, and humor could all be present in the same person, and that person was indeed him.
Gordon was PCMR to the core. He loved PCs, he loved the PC community, and he loved all initiatives that had a goal to bring it together to share the love that he also shared for PCs.
Rest in peace, Gordon Mah Ung, you will be sorely missed.
Pedro
Gordon’s family has launched a GoFundMe to help cover medical expenses. Please consider donating or sharing, if you can.
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PCMR SUBREDDIT REACHES 14 MILLION SUBS!
December 21, 2024
We've reached 14 million subs on the subreddit this weekend, which goes to show just how much PC gaming is dead, right? Seems like those claims were greatly exaggerated!
Jokes (or not) aside, congratulations, everyone! Every single user of the subreddit represents the popularity, power, and camaraderie of what it means to be a PC enthusiast and PC Gamer! Always remember the basic tenant: It does not matter who you are or what specs you may or may not have, all that matters is the hardware inside your heart, your love for the best gaming and work platform in the world, and your willingness to share and help others who want to join! May our framerates be high and our temperatures low!
The PCMR community was created back in early 2011, with the intent of making it a home for PC enthusiasts, a place where all of us could come in and share experiences, a place that didn't quite exist yet, and where you could have the most technical of conversations one second, and just share funny memes the next. Sometimes with the same person. A community with members of all ages, nationalities, and jobs, all joined together by their camaraderie, love for PCs, and their commitment to pushing the boundaries of what is possible with PC gaming and technology.
PCMR is a family. A place where you can feel welcome in your love for PC. A place where your age, nationality, race, gender, ability, sexuality, religion, political affiliation, and economic status DON'T MATTER, and where all PC enthusiasts are welcome. And so are you! If you love PCs, respect the other members, and want to be part of PCMR... Then you are!
As years passed, we changed and adapted to the reality of gaming and PC enthusiasm. We're now living in a second (or third) golden age of PC gaming, and being a PC gamer is easier than it ever was. Count on PCMR to help get the most out of your budget and opportunities, to hopefully build a wonderful work, learning, and gaming machine!
Welcome to the PC Master Race!
One of our main objectives is to make sure that everyone interested in PC Gaming can have in PCMR the home they need. That's why we want to foster a community that can help anyone interested in joining the glory of PC. If you're interested in doing so, our BUILDS PAGE is a great start! Do remember that, as with any build help page online, these are model builds that you should talk about with the community, and as such you should ALWAYS create a thread or ask a question in our subreddit or any of the other communities if you're on a quest to build a PC.
Likewise, feel free to use ANY of our communities (links in the banner/menu above) to ask for any kind of doubt you may have about PC ownership or PC building!
We're in this together, fighting for the love of PC gaming and PC enthusiasm and good practices for PC users in the gaming and tech industry.
So let's take a moment to celebrate this incredible achievement and the hard work and enthusiasm that has brought the PCMR community to where it is today. Here's to many more years of gaming, learning, and growing together!
Stay glorious!
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PC BUILDS UPDATE
November 29, 2024
The world-famous PCMR builds have been recently updated to reflect new hardware prices and choices! The main purpose of our builds is to show you just how easy it is to pick your PC parts according to your budget.
Building a pc may appear difficult at first glance, but with a bit of research, you will do just fine. The feeling of nerve-wracking fear and simultaneous excitement is normal for first-time builders. Just remember that these things were made to be put together by people just like you!
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LIAN LI x PCMR CASE COLLAB - THE O11 VISION COMPACT IS HERE!
October 11, 2024
The Lian Li O11 Vision Compact has arrived! The brand new iteration of the collaboration between Lian Li and PC Master Race! This time, the sky is the limit for versatility and clean builds. The new Compact comes with both top glass and top mesh panels, and you can pick and choose depending on what makes sense for you and your parts! That's what the true freedom of what being in the PC Master Race is about!
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LINUS TECH TIPS X PCMR COLLECTION
June 30, 2023
It's here! LTTstore's first-ever collab collection is with none other than the PCMR!
Two long-standing communities who share an immense love for technology and everything around PCs!
Hoodie, T-shirt, Desk Pad, and Water Bottle are here, so go get them now! All orders can get a free PCMR Enamel Pin as well, to celebrate the gloriousness of having the highest framerates and lowest temperatures! ❤️
The collab the PC world has been waiting for!
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FOLDING@HOME X PCMR - TOGETHER, WE ARE POWERFUL!
Team green, team blue, team red. All of the teams, all of humanity. Together, we are powerful and can help fight the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as other terrible diseases, such as cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's.
Together, we have created the most powerful supercomputer on the planet, and are using it to help understand SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and develop new therapies
We need your help pushing toward a potent, patent-free drug. We need your help to procure this important objective!
Learn more about folding@home, and why everyone, from the CEOs of the biggest tech companies in the world to renowned professors and scientists, to the RGB-loving PC gamer can and should help!
To learn more about this project, please check our F@H page.