Putting together a $500 gaming PC usually requires sacrifices. A creaky older graphics card is the big one, and often less memory and less storage, too. But not during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

A PC build under $500 is more capable than ever, delivering solid 1080p 60fps gaming in many popular titles. With smart component choices, even a budget gaming PC build can handle esports and light ...

Sometimes I go longer than I intend without writing an updated version of our PC building guide. And while I could just claim to be too busy to spend hours on Newegg or Amazon or other sites digging ...