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Just how much of a pain is it to build your own PC? Is it worth the savings? And do you really need to use thermal paste?

Today on Kotaku Splitscreen , Kirk walks us through the process of ordering parts and building a gaming computer from scratch. He says it’s actually not so bad, despite all the goo. Also: we talk about BoxBoxBoy , Zero Time Dilemma , and some of the other games we’ve been playing in this terrible month of July. Today on, Kirk walks us through the process of ordering parts and building a gaming computer from scratch. He says it’s actually not so bad, despite all the goo. Also: we talk aboutBoxBoxBoyZero Time Dilemma, and some of the other games we’ve been playing in this terrible month of July.