Latest articles by Dave James
Asus TUF A14 gaming laptop review
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Nvidia RTX 4060 (100 W) | 16 GB LPDDR5x-7500 | 1 TB SSD | $1499 | £1479
The best gaming laptops in Australia for 2024
Portable powerhouses Don't compromise on power or portability with the best gaming laptops.
Best gaming motherboards in 2024:these are the mobos I'd build a system around today
Best Mobo The best gaming motherboards from the top Intel and AMD chipsets.
Best PC joysticks in 2024: these are my top picks for everything from flight sims to space shooters
Locked On The best PC joysticks take you to new heights.
The best gaming headsets in Australia for 2024
Quality cans Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.
Valve says its 'not really fair to your customers' to create yearly iterations of something like the Steam Deck, instead it's waiting 'for a generational leap in compute without sacrificing battery life'
News Valve may not be creating yearly iterations of the Steam Deck, but it's having to give the same answer every year.
AMD's spoiling Intel's Arrow Lake party with Ryzen 9000-series price cuts and the promise of 'next-gen gaming' X3D chips arriving November 7
Kicking a lump of silicon while it's down.
Best curved monitors for gaming in 2024: These are the bendy displays I'd immerse myself in
Bendy Immerse yourself to the max with these vision-enclosing panels.
Amazon Big Deal Days 2024 PC gaming deals in Australia: the sale is over, but discounts remain on keyboards, mice, headsets, controllers and more
Prime Day Deals This year's second Prime Day has been and gone but, inexplicably, deals remain.
There's a future where you and your graphics card decide what a game looks like, not the developers
Gen-Hsun? The current stream of gen-AI game videos teases a future where the rendering power of your GPU barely matters, it's the built-in AI chops which matter.
Best office chairs for gaming in 2024: The top seats for work and gaming that I've tried and tested
Take a seat Take care of your spine with the best office chairs for gaming.
Best 4K gaming monitors in 2024: the ultra hi-res panels I highly recommend
4K Vision The best 4K gaming monitor has all the bells and whistles an enthusiast could ever want or need.
The best mini-ITX PC case in 2024: the top tiny cases I've tested to date
Mini but Mighty Go compact and cute with the best mini-ITX PC cases.
Best wireless gaming mouse in 2024: These are the rodents I love getting my mitts on
Unbound Let go of the tethers and embrace the freedom of living life cable-free.
The latest Nvidia RTX 5090 specs rumour makes the ol' RTX 4090 look like a goddam clown card
news Who's going to buy a new GPU for the rest of the year with these things looming large?
The best wireless gaming earbuds in 2024
Budding gamers So you finally managed to bag a Steam Deck or ROG Ally, now what are the best gaming earbuds to go with it?
Best graphics card for laptops in 2024: the mobile GPUs I'd want in my next gaming laptop
Go mobile Helping you pick the right graphics silicon for your next laptop purchase.
The holy THOCK of Awekeys' Full Metal Keycaps cannot make up for the fact that I'm a terrible typist
Fully🤘Metal They're all metal, all the time. But the blank set has frustrated me, and the premium price is hard to swallow despite their utterly premium feel.
The best left-handed mouse for gaming in 2024
Lefties Shopping for the best left-handed mouse for gaming doesn't have to mean wading through right-handed options that might just work.
Dezctop Bifrost Elite 160 gaming desk review
Stay Frosty A sturdy standing desk, but it's got a fight on its hands trying to topple Secretlab's mighty Magnus.
