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''PC Building Simulator 2'' received "generally favorable reviews" according to [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref name="mc"/> ''NME'' highlighted the accurate representation of PC building and repairs, but notes that players may lose interest overtime.<ref name="nme"/> ''Dexerto'' lauded the improvements and new features compared to its predecessor.<ref name="dexerto"/> ''GameSpew'' praised the game for setting "a new benchmark for simulation games."<ref name="gs"/> ''Multiplayer.it'' touted the variety of hardware components and excellent simulation.<ref name="mpit"/> ''Impulse Gamer'' criticized the stock in-game music, but praises the game as a "terrific sim" and great learning tool for aspiring PC builders.<ref name="ig"/> ''Sector.sk'' praises the game as a well-rounded sequel, but has gripes with the monotonous and repetitive campaign.
''PC Building Simulator 2'' received "generally favorable reviews" according to [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref name="mc"/> ''NME'' highlighted the accurate representation of PC building and repairs, but notes that players may lose interest overtime.<ref name="nme"/> ''Dexerto'' lauded the improvements and new features compared to its predecessor.<ref name="dexerto"/> ''GameSpew'' praised the game for setting "a new benchmark for simulation games."<ref name="gs"/> ''Multiplayer.it'' touted the variety of hardware components and excellent simulation.<ref name="mpit"/> ''Impulse Gamer'' criticized the stock in-game music, but praises the game as a "terrific sim" and great learning tool for aspiring PC builders.<ref name="ig"/> ''Sector.sk'' praises the game as a well-rounded sequel, but has gripes with the monotonous and repetitive campaign.<ref name="ssk"/>

==Partners==

ACER

Acer Inc. is a Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation specializing in advanced electronics technology, headquartered in Xizhi, New Taipei City. Available in PC Building Simulator 1 only.


AEROCOOL

AeroCool is one of the market leaders in the Gaming Market. Their strong brand and product image are well received by gamers and enthusiasts world-wide. They offer a full line of performance products including gaming PC cases, PSUs, gaming chairs, CPU air and liquid coolers, PC fans, and more.


ALPHACOOL

Alphacool designs and manufactures precision engineered water-cooling parts. They are constantly developing new products and implementing new features to deliver their vision of the synergy of performance and aesthetics.


AMD

AMD is the only company in the world that has both high-performance graphics and high-performance compute technology. Whether you are talking about gaming, VR, AR, artificial intelligence, or the new cloud workloads; these applications require high performance, and AMD's unique capability is to put these together into solutions.


ANTEC

Antec, Inc. is a global leader in high-performance computer components and accessories for the gaming, PC upgrade and Do-It-Yourself markets. Founded in 1986, Antec is recognized as a pioneer in the industry and has maintained its position as a worldwide market leader and international provider of quiet, efficient and innovative products.


ARCTIC

ARCTIC's range of cooling products offer innovative quality with a fair price tag. In 2001, they initiated the trend towards quiet cooling systems for desktop PCs and have since become one of the leading manufacturers in this sector. The ARCTIC product range has evolved to include cooling, peripherals and power supplies.


ASROCK INC.

ASRock Inc. established in 2002, specialises in motherboards. With the 3C design concept, “Creativity, Consideration, Cost-effectiveness”, the company explores the limits of motherboards manufacturing, while also developing products with eco-friendly considerations. ASRock is now the world's third largest motherboard brand, with headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan and branches in Europe and the USA.


ASUS

In 2006, an elite team of ASUS engineers and designers committed to creating the world’s best gaming experiences came together to start the Republic of Gamers (ROG). Since its founding, ROG has set new industry standards creating innovative, hardcore gaming gear that empowers gamers and enthusiasts everywhere.


BE QUIET

be quiet! is a premium brand of power supplies, PC cases and cooling solutions for desktop PCs. The products of be quiet! offer legendary quiet operation and first-class performance thanks to their passion for quality and precision. A special focus is on product quality and the details. Product conception, design and quality control is led from the company's headquarters in Germany.


BENQ

BenQ's products include TFT LCD monitors, digital projectors, digital cameras, and mobile computing devices. BenQ's head office is located in Taipei, and the company operates five branch offices in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, China, Latin America and North America, and employs over 1,300 individuals. The "BenQ" brand is present in more than 100 countries worldwide.


COLORFUL

Established in 1995, Colorful is a brand with a 20+ year history, that holds the largest share in the Chinese graphics card market. Colorful's offering has since expanded to include motherboards, all-in-one PCs, memory & SSD, cases and power supplies.


COOLER MASTER

The simple desire to make something better is why Cooler Master is the standard in thermal innovation today. Working with strategic partners like NVIDIA and AMD, the brand's loyal community of gamers and PC enthusiasts rely on Cooler Master to strive for thermal excellence.


CORSAIR

Founded in 1994, CORSAIR has grown from pioneering the high-performance DRAM market into one of the world’s leading providers of high-performance gaming and streaming products. CORSAIR offers a complete range of products including mechanical keyboards, precision gaming mice, wireless headsets, premium PC components, and the CORSAIR ONE fully-integrated gaming PC.


CRYORIG

CRYORIG was founded by overclockers and PC modding enthusiasts, with a passion and drive to strive for improvement. With direct knowledge of manufacturing and design as well as holding multiple patents, they decided to make a name for themselves, and that name is CRYORIG. So what is CRYORIG exactly? CRYORIG is about making the coolest rig possible. Available in PC Building Simulator 1 only.


DEEPCOOL

Deepcool was established in 1996, producing coolers and cooling accessories for desktops and servers. In response to rapid advancements in the PC sector, Deepcool further expanded into AIO liquid cooling products, chassis, and power supplies, and launched the GamerStorm brand to cater directly for PC gaming enthusiasts.


EKWB

EK® is a premium liquid cooling solutions provider, bearing the name of its founder Edvard König. Officially founded in 2003, the company is considered an early pioneer in PC liquid cooling. It quickly became synonymous with innovative product design, quality engineering, and premium aesthetics, gaining a reputation among PC enthusiasts for transforming ordinary computers into extraordinary machines.


ENDGAME GEAR

Endgame Gear offers world-class gaming equipment designed in Germany to help gamers and esports athletes reach their full potential. Endgame Gear's development team has passionate and professional gamers who want to make it easy for players to take it to the next level, and design the best gaming tools for them.


ENDORFY

ENDORFY is a new European brand on the international technology stage. They go beyond the gaming sector, wanting to reach all modern technology fans. ENDORFY is a brand for everyone who wants to have fun using technology.


EVGA

EVGA is an American computer hardware company that produces Nvidia GPU based video cards and Intel-chipset-based motherboards. Since 2010, the company has begun adding other computer components to its portfolio, including gaming laptops, power supplies, computer cases and gaming mice. Founded in July 1999, its headquarters is in Brea, California.


FRACTAL DESIGN

Fractal Design is a leading designer and manufacturer of premium PC hardware including cases, cooling, power supplies and accessories. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, and with offices in the US and Taiwan, Fractal Design has gained a global reputation for innovative design, elegant aesthetics and solid build quality.


FSP

Established in 1993, FSP Group is one of the world's leading power supply manufacturers. The brand has recently expanded their offering to include PC cases and a liquid cooled PSU.


G.SKILL

Established in 1989 by enthusiasts, G.SKILL is a leading performance memory module manufacturer based in Taipei, Taiwan. Throughout the years, we have offered extreme performance memory products, high-end gaming peripherals, and storage solutions to millions of PC gamers, content creators, and DIY enthusiasts around the world.


GIGABYTE

GIGABYTE established its reputation with award-winning products including motherboards, graphics cards, laptops and mini PCs. AORUS, a premium gaming brand powered by GIGABYTE, delivers a full spectrum of gaming products ranging from gaming laptops and motherboards, to graphics cards and mechanical keyboards, offering the most extreme gaming experiences for enthusiasts worldwide!


HYPERX

Started in 2002, HyperX began with one line of high-performance memory and has grown over the years to encompass multiple product lines of memory modules, solid-state drives, USB Flash drives, headsets and mouse pads.


HYTE

HYTE push the envelope when it comes to your PC experience. Their goal is to make our products effortlessly interactive, in ways that will change the way you look at building, gaming, and everything else you do with your tech.


ICEGIANT

Located in Austin, Texas, IceGiant is a thermal innovation company at heart and is excited to bring world-class thermal expertise to the passionate and wildly growing PC and gaming market.


INTEL

Intel® 10th Gen Core™ desktop processors deliver elite performance through a balance of frequency, cores and threads. Get the most out of games with clock speeds up to 5.3GHz, 10 cores and 20 threads. Integrated features like Intel® Hyperthreading Technology and Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost enable amazing gameplay, while overclocking controls offer the flexibility to fine tune performance.


INWIN

For nearly four decades, InWin has set standards and introduced technical marvels by designing and manufacturing computer chassis, power supplies, tech accessories, and server/IPC products. It stems from our devotion and persistence to refining the craft. We are humbled and honored to provide our customers with truly unique experiences that reflect our mantra, “Contemporary and Innovative.”


KINGSTON

Kingston is a leading global manufacturer of memory and storage solutions. Our customers include businesses of all sizes, tech consumers and a vast network of channel partners. We supply top-tier data centers, cloud providers and PC manufacturers, as well as companies developing the next trends in smart devices.


KOLINK

Kolink's mission is to be a global leader in PC cases, power supplies and accessories, providing award-winning products by combining great quality and competitive prices. Kolink has grown across Europe by offering a range of award winning cases & power supplies to PC gamers and system builders.


LIAN LI

Lian Li, founded in 1983, is the largest family-owned and run designer and manufacturer of high-quality PC cases and accessories. With nearly 25 years in the PC industry, Lian Li has seen many trends come and go, but has persisted in its philosophy that its products should stand out from everything else, that, with the touch of every Lian Li product, you should feel the difference.


MAXON

Maxon was founded in 1986 in Germany by students Harald Egel, Uwe Bärtels and Harald Schneider as a publisher of computer magazines for Amiga and Atari users. The three students were given an opportunity to write a book about the Atari ST computer in 1986, but decided that magazine publishing was a more lucrative endeavor. So, they quit their studies and founded Maxon.


MSI

As a world leading gaming brand, MSI is the most trusted name in gaming and eSports. We’ve dedicated countless hours and numerous resources to the eSports community to support the world’s most aspiring gamers and leverage their gaming expertise to optimize our product design.


NVIDIA

In 1999, NVIDIA sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. Today, NVIDIA’s powerful NVIDIA Turing™ GPU architecture, breakthrough technologies, and ultra-fast GDDR6 memory make it's RTX series the world’s ultimate gaming GPUs.


NZXT

NZXT are a company of gamers, creating products for gamers. The brand is best known for its premium cases, but it also designs and manufactures motherboards, power supplies, cooling products, LED lighting, and other accessories.


OPEN BENCH TABLE

The Open Benchtable Project originates from a group of DIY enthusiasts and overclockers trying to find the best possible benchtable product to use when either travelling to the likes of pc enthusiast gatherings, or looking to optimize space in their test lab.


PALIT

As NVIDIA’s biggest authorized add-in-board partner, Palit Group has been specialized in discrete graphics card manufacture and supplying the global video cards market for more than 30 years.


PATRIOT

Patriot started in 1985 in the San Francisco Bay Area. We dedicate ourselves to being the brand of choice for the tech industry with a high commitment to quality and outstanding customer service. Patriot Memory designs, manufactures and markets high performance memory modules, flash memory, mobile accessories and gaming equipment.​


RAIJINTEK

With the aim of designing high-end products for Lifestyle , Computer and Day-to-Day usage, RAIJINTEK was established in 2013 to accomplish the future of IT and Lifestyle products.


RAZER

Razer™ is the world’s leading lifestyle brand for gamers. With a fan base that spans every continent, the company has designed and built the world’s largest gamer-focused ecosystem of hardware, software and services. Razer’s award-winning hardware includes high-performance gaming peripherals and Blade gaming laptops.


SILVERSTONE

SilverStone Technology pride themselves in designing and manufacturing computer enclosures, power supplies, and accessories to the highest standard. Their teams of devoted engineers are constantly searching for the best technologies to suit end-users with different needs, and design their products to be as technologically sound as they are beautiful.


STEELSERIES

SteelSeries are the original esports peripheral brand, designed in Denmark. Since 2001, SteelSeries has been innovating cutting-edge technology specifically to improve gaming performance. As a result, professional players have won more prize money with SteelSeries products than any other brand.


TEAMGROUP

TEAMGROUP produces its own brand of memory modules, memory cards, USB flash drives, solid state drives and peripherals. The “T-FORCE” product line is designed for gamers who pursue high speed and excellent performance. These products have won a string of awards, including the Computex Design & Innovation Award, iF Design Award, and RED DOT Design Award.


THERMAL GRIZZLY

Thermal Grizzly spent a year developing and classifying chemical compositions, as well as analyzing our competitor's products working closely with extreme overclocker Roman "der8auer" Hartung during development to create their line of enthusiast grade thermal compounds and pads.


THERMALTAKE

Thermaltake Technology was established in 1999, successfully launching the world’s first turbine cooler, the “Golden Orb”. With the mission to “Deliver the perfect user experience”, Thermaltake has since become a leading brand in computer hardware & peripherals in the PC DIY market, and a popular choice for PC DIY enthusiasts worldwide.


UL

UL is the world's leading independent benchmark developer. UL benchmarks enable people to measure, understand and manage computer hardware performance. Our talented team creates the industry's most trusted and widely used performance tests for desktop computers, notebooks, tablets, smartphones, and VR systems.


VIPER GAMING

Viper Gaming is a brand of Patriot Memory, a global leader in performance memory, Solid State Drives (SSD's), and flash storage solutions. Viper Gaming was established in 2007 with the unveiling of the well-known, top-tier line of computer memory, and has since expanded its product categories to include gaming keyboards, headsets, and mice.


XPG

XTREME PERFORMANCE GEAR (XPG) was established by ADATA with the aim of providing high-performance products to gamers, esports pros, and tech enthusiasts. XPG is committed to developing products that help users achieve extreme performance; therefore, it works closely with the gaming and esports community to gather insight into the real needs of users and incorporate it into its hardware.


ZOTAC

ZOTAC is determined to redefine the standard of graphics cards, Mini PCs, and accessories to break into new realms and connect people with fast-moving technologies and experiences such as eSports and VR gaming.

There are expected to be more partners in the future, with future updates.

==Exporting Computers==
In Free-Build, you can export and share Computers that you made to another user, with a single file.


There are 2 ways in doing this:


1.The user can go to the computer he wants to export, and in the upper right corner there is a ”Export PC” button.

2.The user can go to his storage cabinet, select the PC that he wants to export, and chooses the ”Export to local drive” button.

The Player then can export his PC in any file where he pleases, and the other player can import the PC into his PC Building Simulator 2 Session.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CANNOT BE DONE IN THE CAREER MODE.

==Importing Computers==

The Import part is located in your storage cabinet, and in the upper-right corner is the ”Import PC” button.

Then, the user can locate the PC that got sent to him in his local drive, and can just make everything he wants with it.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CANNOT BE DONE IN THE CAREER MODE.


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 17:03, 9 March 2023

PC Building Simulator 2
Developer(s)Spiral House
Publisher(s)Epic Games Publishing
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseOctober 12, 2022
Genre(s)Business Simulation
Mode(s)Single player

PC Building Simulator 2 is a simulation-strategy video game developed by Spiral House and published by Epic Games Publishing. It is the sequel to PC Building Simulator. The game was released on October 12, 2022 for Microsoft Windows. It features parts based on real life components from a vast array of specialized brands that endorsed the game such as, AMD, Intel, and Nvidia.

Gameplay

Like the first game, the game is concentrated around owning and running a workshop which builds and maintains PCs, mainly gaming-oriented ones.[1] The sequel expands on the original game by adding new features to the two main game modes: Career, and Free Build. PC Building Simulator 2 will allow new and improved feature such as players to install apps without restarting the PC they are working on, and more in-depth PC customisation. Most of the applications that appeared on the previous game are refreshed and the general visual athletics of the game updated.

In the career mode, the player has moved to Uncle Tim's PC Shop in UK after a fire.[2][failed verification] Similar to the previous game, the player will start with some beginning jobs, including performing a virus scan for the first customer, and as they progress through the game new tools and more advanced jobs will be available for them.

Development

The trailer of PC Building Simulator 2 was released on 9 March 2022.[3] An open beta for the game was available from 11 June 2022 to 20 June 2022.[4] Epic Games Publishing would publish the game via its own Epic Games Store in October 2022.[5]

Reception

PC Building Simulator 2 received "generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic.[6] NME highlighted the accurate representation of PC building and repairs, but notes that players may lose interest overtime.[1] Dexerto lauded the improvements and new features compared to its predecessor.[2] GameSpew praised the game for setting "a new benchmark for simulation games."[7] Multiplayer.it touted the variety of hardware components and excellent simulation.[8] Impulse Gamer criticized the stock in-game music, but praises the game as a "terrific sim" and great learning tool for aspiring PC builders.[9] Sector.sk praises the game as a well-rounded sequel, but has gripes with the monotonous and repetitive campaign.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Tucker, Jake (2022-10-12). "'PC Building Simulator 2' review: next-gen". NME. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  2. ^ a b c Horetski, Dylan (2022-10-11). "PC Building Simulator 2 Review: The closest you'll get to an RTX 4090". Dexerto. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  3. ^ Nightingale, Ed (March 9, 2022). "PC Building Simulator sequel due later this year". Eurogamer. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Chalk, Andy (June 11, 2022). "Build pretend PCs for free in the PC Building Simulator 2 open beta". PC Gamer. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  5. ^ Estrada, Marcus (October 13, 2022). "PC Building Simulator 2 Arrives Exclusively on Epic". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "PC Building Simulator 2 for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  7. ^ a b Snaith, Kim (2022-10-11). "PC Building Simulator 2 Review". GameSpew. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  8. ^ a b Tagliaferri, Simone (2022-10-24). "PC Building Simulator 2, la recensione del sogno di tutti i giocatori PC" [PC Building Simulator 2, the review of every PC gamer's dream]. Multiplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  9. ^ a b Veress, Ben (2022-10-23). "PC Building Simulator 2 Review @spiralhouse @PCBuildingSim". Impulse Gamer. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  10. ^ a b saver (2022-12-30). "PC Building Simulator 2". Sector.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
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