The time has come. After many weeks of shortlisting, then several days of intense debating, and often equally intense agreeing with each other, we’ve whittled down the 2023 releases into a tidy and thoroughly deserving set of finalists.
Behold below, are the products and companies we reckon are top of the pile. Maybe something’s here you already own – or are eyeing as a possible purchase. The expert reviewers at PC Gamer, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, APC and PC PowerPlay have made their decisions, and that might make yours easier when it comes to upgrading.
And stay tuned for the big winner’s announcement – that’ll be happening on March 15th. So stay tuned for all the excitement when that happens!
Our awards cover all the main categories that affect the PC, as well as our special awards:
Excellence Award: Presented to the person, product or technology that advanced the PC more than any other in 2023.
Gold Award: For the best overall company operating in the PC space for 2023. This list includes every one of the finalists across all the other categories – and has been carefully considered by our expert panel of judges.
And, in what is always the most contentious category, we present the standout failures of the year – and in the last 12 months there's been quite a few!
I want to know what won!
And you will, quite soon in fact!
We'll be announcing all the winners right here on Friday, March 15, 2024.
See you on the big day!
Finalists: Best motherboard maker
Finalists: Best value motherboard
- Asus TUF Gaming B650 Plus WIFI
- MSI MAG B760M Mortar Max WiFi
- MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk Max WiFi
- Asrock Z790 Riptide WiFi
- Asus TUF Gaming Z790-Pro WiFi
- Asrock B760M PG Sonic WiFi
- Asus ROG Strix B760-F Gaming WiFi
Finalists: Best premium motherboard
- Asrock Z790 Taichi Lite
- MSI Z790I Edge Wi-Fi Mini-ITX
- Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Master X
- Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Dark Hero
- Asrock Z790 Nova Wi-Fi
Finalists: Best video card maker
Finalists: Best value video card
- MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Gaming X Trio
- MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus Black 2X
- Asus Dual RTX 4060 Ti OC Edition
- PowerColor Radeon RX 7600 Fighter
- Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 7800 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
- Nvidia RTX 4070
- Intel Arc A750
- Intel Arc A580
Finalists: Best premium video card
- Gigabyte RTX 4070 Ti Gaming OC
- Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC EVA-02 Edition
- MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Gaming X Trio
- Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Twin Edge OC SPIDER-MAN™
- Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
- Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti
Finalists: Best value CPU
Finalists: Best Mid-range CPU
Finalists: Best premium CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 7900
- AMD Ryzen 7950X3D
- Intel 13900KS
- Intel Core i9-14900K
- AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
- AMD Threadripper 7980X
- AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
Finalists: Best internal storage maker
Finalists: Best external storage maker
Finalists: Best value laptop or 2-in-1
- Lenovo Legion Pro 5i
- Acer Swift Go 14
- Asus Zenbook 13 S OLED
- Gigabyte G5
- Dell G16 7630
- Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3
- Apple MacBook Air 15
- Framework 13 AMD
- Acer Aspire 7
- HP Pavilion Aero
Finalists: Best premium laptop or 2-in-1
- Apple MacBook Pro (M3)
- Asus Vivobook Pro 16X OLED
- Dell XPS 13 Plus (9320)
- Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2
- HP Spectre X360
- Apple MacBook Pro (M2)
- Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11
- Asus ExpertBook B9 OLED
- Razer Blade 14
Finalists: Best gaming laptop
- Asus ROG Strix Scar 17
- Razer Blade 14
- Acer Nitro 5
- Asus ROG Zephyrus M16
- Alienware m18
- Lenovo Legion Pro 5i (Gen8)
- HP Victus 16
- MSI Stealth 16 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport A13V
- Asus ROG Zephyrus G14
- Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 (2023)
- Acer Predator Helios 16
Finalists: Best desktop PC builder
- Mwave
- Apple
- Allied
- Lenovo
- Corsair
- Alienware
- Acer
- HP
- Dell
- Thermaltake
- BPCTech
- JW
- Aftershock PC
- CentreCom
- PC Case Gear
Finalists: Best memory maker
Finalists: Best cooling product
- Corsair iCUE H100i Elite LCD XT
- Asus ROG Ryuo III 360
- Teamgroup Siren Duo360
- Thermaltake TH240 V2 Ultra
- Corsair iCUE Link Ecosystem
- Lian Li UNI FAN TL LCD
- Thermalright Peerless Assassin
Finalists: Best monitor
- MSI Optix G274QPF-QD
- HyperX Armada 27
- Acer Predator X32 FP
- MSI 342C QD-OLED
- Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM
- AOC Gaming 24G2SP
- Dell 24 P2423D
- Asrock PG34WQ15R2B
- Philips Evnia 34M2C8600
- Samsung Odyssey OLED G9
- Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 G95NC
- Asus ROG Swift OLED PG49WCD
Finalists: Best keyboard
- Ducky One 3 Aura Keyboard
- Razer BlackWidow V4 Pro
- Logitech G PRO X TKL Lightspeed
- Asus Rog Strix Scope II 96 Wireless
- Corsair K70 Max
Finalists: Best mouse
- MSI Clutch GM51 Wireless Gaming Mouse
- Benq Zowie EC-CCW
- Logitech G PRO X Superlight 2
- SteelSeries Aerox 5 wireless
- Glorious Model O 2 Wireless
- Razer DeathAdder V3
Finalists: Best gaming headset
- HyperX Cloud III
- Razer BlackShark V2 Pro (2023)
- HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless
- Corsair HS55 Wireless
- Audeze Maxwell
- Corsair HS80 RGB
- JBL Quantum TWS
- SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro
- Corsair HS65 Surround Wireless
Finalists: Best PC case
- TT Ceres
- MSI MPG Velox 100P Airflow
- Corsair iCUE 4000D RGB Airflow
- Asus Prime AP201
- Nzxt H9 Flow
- MSI MEG Prospect 700R
- Thermaltake CTE C750 Air
- Be Queit! Shadow Base 800 FX
- HYTE Y70 Touch
- Fractal Terra
Finalists: Best router
- Asus ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000
- Asus ROG Rapture GT6 gaming mesh
- MSI RadiX AX6600 WiFi 6 Gaming Router
- Asus TUF Gaming AX4200
- DrayTek Vigor2135ax
- Netgear Nighthawk A8000
- TP-Link Deco XE200 AX11000
- Asus RT-AX1800S
Finalists: Best reseller
- Allied Gaming PC
- Austin
- BPCtech
- Centre Com
- Computer Alliance
- CPL Online
- IJK
- JW
- Mwave
- PC Case Gear
- PLE
- Scorptec
- Umart
- MSY
Finalists: Excellence Award
For the person, product or technology that advanced the PC more than any other in 2023.
- Nvidia DLSS 3.5
- Mark Zuckerberg / Threads
- ARM
- Intel Arc
- Apple M3
- Handheld PC gaming
- ChatGPT
- AMD Threadripper
- Microsoft Copilot
Finalists: Gold Award
The company that impressed us the most, overall, in 2023.
This list comprises all of the companies that made the finalist lists, plus more that the editorial team felt deserved to be included.
- Acer
- Adata
- Aftershock
- Alienware
- Allied Gaming PC
- AMD
- Apple
- Asrock
- Asus
- Audeze
- Austin
- Be Quiet
- BenQ
- BPCtech
- Centre Com
- Computer Alliance
- Corsair
- CPL Online
- Crucial
- DeepCool
- Dell
- Draytek
- Ducky
- Dynabook
- Framework
- Fractal Design
- Framework
- G.Skill
- Gigabyte Aorus
- Glorious
- HP
- HyperX
- IJK
- Intel
- JBL
- JW
- Kingston
- LaCie
- Leader
- Lenovo
- Lian Li
- Logitech
- Microsoft
- MSI
- MSY
- Mwave
- Nvidia
- Nzxt
- PC Case Gear
- PLE
- PNY
- Powercolour
- Razer
- Samsung
- SanDisk
- Sapphire Technology
- Scorptec
- Seagate
- SteelSeries
- Synology
- Team Group
- Thermalright
- TP-Link
- Umart
- WD
- XFX
- XPG
- Zotac
Finalists: Epic Fail
- Elon Musk and Twitter/X
- Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
- Starfield
- Mark Zuckerberg / Threads
- Google Play Store (Epic monopoly case loss)
- Alphacool Apex Stealth
- Samsung 980//990 Pro SSD failures (bad firmware)
- Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
- Apple walled garden
- ChatGPT CEO kerfuffle
Last year's winners
See who won last year right here!
