SFF Gaming PC Overheating: How to Choose Cooler Parts and Better Airflow
Small gaming PCs do not have to run hot. Learn how CPU power, GPU choice, fan clearance, airflow direction, and realistic tuning affect SFF thermals and noise.
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How-to guides, performance insights, and updates from the Raster team.
Living-Room Gaming PC Setup: Where PCs Still Fall Short of Consoles
A living-room PC can offer more hardware and library flexibility, but a console still wins at TV power-on, HDMI-CEC behavior, and appliance-like setup. Here is the honest tradeoff.
Your PC Game Library Can Follow You From Desk to TV
PC and console purchases are both account-based, but a PC library can work across more kinds of compatible hardware. Here is what that means for desktop, TV, laptop, and handheld gaming.
What You Can Actually Upgrade on a Gaming PC
Consoles can expand storage, but a standard desktop PC can also service or upgrade compatible memory, graphics, cooling, storage, and power components. Here is what that difference means in practice.
Do PC Game Discounts Really Beat Console Sales? A Buyer's Guide
PC games are not automatically cheaper than console games. The advantage is store choice: players can compare Steam, GOG, Epic, Humble, Fanatical, publisher stores, and more before buying.
Gaming PC vs Console in 2026: Which Is the Better Long-Term Buy?
Consoles remain the easiest living-room option. A compact gaming PC can be the better long-term purchase when upgradeability, store choice, repairability, and a portable library matter more.
Console Prices in 2026: What Changed and What It Means for PC Buyers
Xbox announced a worldwide 2026 console price update, while PlayStation pricing changed in several Southeast Asian markets. Here is what higher console prices change for buyers comparing a compact PC.
Raster Has Been Shipping SteamOS Desktops Since February
The Steamroller is being covered as the first SteamOS prebuilt. Our first documented SteamOS desktop sale completed on February 27, 2026. Here's the timeline, with receipts.
How the Raster Zero compares to the new Steam Machine
Valve's Steam Machine is here, and people keep asking how our Raster Zero stacks up. Here's our honest take, including where Valve impressed us and where we take a different path.
Who Is Raster, and What Are We Building?
Raster builds compact gaming PCs around a console-like SteamOS experience, using standard desktop parts and a practical, repairable approach.