For all of you out there looking to add some components to your computer, Firing Squad has compiled a list of items that they think are the top holiday hardware upgrades.

With the holidays just around the corner, chances are many of you plan to use the downtime to finally get around to upgrading your PC. Many a hardware enthusiast also knows that the holidays are also a popular time to upgrade the PCs of friends and family members. If either of these cases applies to you – or perhaps you’re just interested in seeing our top picks in hardware – hopefully this article will be helpful. With the wide range of price points for some system components, we’ve broken down a couple of the categories into multiple segments in order to hit a wider range of users. CPUs for example has been broken down into four sub-categories: $0-$150 budget, $150-$300, $301-$500, and finally for those of you who have been really good this year $500+.