
Game consoles like the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch are great. They’re little purpose-built computers you can set next to your TV and play games on. The only problem? You’re locking into that console’s library of games, and those games often cost a lot more than they do on PC.
For this reason, nerds have been building their own tiny gaming PCs for years, sometimes with custom parts, and sometimes buying them off the shelf like in the case of Zotac and Alienware.