Many of you are probably Mining but how many of you are Gaming?

Links to damn near everything there is to know about PC gaming. Link them to friends or use them for yourself. Enjoy.

*****WHY TO CHOOSE PC*****

Unbiased, in-depth comparison of PC and console gaming made by a guy who games on both

*****HOW TO BUILD A PC*****

Newegg's How to Build a PC Series
Part 1:

Part 2:

Austin Evan's Beginners Guide: How to Build a Computer

(Personal favorite) How to Build a PC: The Ultimate Guide from Tek Syndicate

Turn a crap prebuilt into a gaming PC for $150

*****AS FAST AS POSSIBLES*****

Benchmarks

What is a Chipset

Thermal Throttling

Positive vs. Negative Air Pressure

32-bit vs. 64-bit

Antialiasing

Field of View (FOV)

Ambient Occlusion

Difference between Intel Core i3, i5, and i7

Video connectors

Resolution

Safe PC Temperatures

What is a Motherboard

What is a Heatsink

SSD's vs Hard Drives

Bottlenecking

Video Card Shopping Guide

Overclocking

4K vs. 1080p

*****CHOOSING PARTS*****
http://pcpartpicker.com/ - select parts and have everything you need to build a PC before you order.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/
http://de.pcpartpicker.com/
http://es.pcpartpicker.com/
http://it.pcpartpicker.com/
To be the only person with a gaming PC within 500 miles: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/
To be the only person on your rugby team with a gaming PC: http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/
If you ask nicely: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/

Where to get parts in Europe
http://www.alternate.co.uk/
http://www.alternate.fr/
http://www.alternate.de/
http://www.alternate.be/
http://www.alternate.es/
http://www.alternate.dk/
http://www.alternate.nl/
http://www.alternate.it/
http://www.alternate.pl/
http://www.alternate.at/

*****USEFUL SOFTWARE*****

http://steamcommunity.com/ You need this. You just do.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html - verify your clock speeds and hardware, in case you forgot.

http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm - if you plan on GPU overclocking. Will also monitor temperature, usage, and clock speed of CPU, GPU, and RAM, as well as GPU fan speed.

https://unigine.com/products/heaven/ - Benchmarking program designed to strain your video card and determine its gaming performance in a synthetic environment.

GPU Drivers For AMD GPU's:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download For Nvidia GPU's:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

*****YOUTUBE CHANNELS*****

Tek Syndicate
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNovoA9w0KnxyDP5bGrOYzg

TotalBiscuit
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy1Ms_5qBTawC-k7PVjHXKQ

JayzTwoCents
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkWQ0gDrqOCarmUKmppD7GQ

Pauls Hardware
https://www.youtube.com/user/paulshardware

Hardware Canucks
https://www.youtube.com/user/HardwareCanucks

NCIX Tech Tips
https://www.youtube.com/user/NCIXcom

Newegg TV
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1rSlahM7TYWGxEscL0g7Q

Linus Tech Tips
https://www.youtube.com/user/LinusTechTips

Barnacules Nerdgasm
https://www.youtube.com/user/barnacules1

*****SUBREDDITS*****

http://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming
http://www.reddit.com/r/cablemanagement
http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc
and of course, http://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace

Reddits compilation of every PC exclusive title 2000-2013 (2381 games) https://docs.google.com/document/d/105oDn_pPAm5mwphk9zwSO_oexcVBkMI1_5XQbg74_8M/edit