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Josephine Watson

'Building a PC in 2026 is an absolute treat': I asked ChatGPT and Gemini to pick my perfect gaming rig, and it nearly cost me my sanity

Gaming PC on a desk.

I've been putting off building my first PC for years. Despite having grown up surrounded by home servers, custom builds, and more cable ties than any sane person could ever use, it's been a bucket list entry I've found so intimidating that I've happily procrastinated even making the first steps of researching how all of the pieces come together.

So when I was given the chance to build my own rig for our latest season of AI Planned It, I leapt at the chance, but the jury's still out on whether that was the best or worst choice I've made in my career so far. Three weeks, two chatbots and two 20-minute videos to produce; what could possibly go wrong.

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