Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
Best OLED gaming monitors in 2024: I can't keep my eyes off these vivid displays
Eye candy The best OLED gaming monitors deliver awesome speed and eye-popping HDR performance.
Google's AI generated a 'podcast' from one of my articles and it's incredibly convincing at mimicking humans talking
The rest is bots A podcast generated in minutes by a bot—and yet I've heard worse.
Best wireless gaming keyboard in 2024: my top picks for cable-free typing delights
Freedom Cut the cord with the best wireless gaming keyboards.
Best gaming keyboards in 2024: the fastest, smoothest and loveliest keyboards I've tested
Keyed in The best gaming keyboards have it all: style, ergonomics, and of course, the most satisfying clickity clacks.
Best mechanical keyboards in 2024: the clacky boards I'd buy in a heartbeat
Click Clack Make the switch with our guide to the best mechanical gaming keyboards.
Razer's bringing good vibrations to Razercon with a $300 vibrating seat cushion
News I've tried it, it was weird.
Best capture cards for PC gaming in 2024: whether it's streaming, recording, 1080p or the big 4K, these cards have you covered
Broadcast Show off your greatest gaming moments with the best capture cards.
I'm trembling at the potential power of a 21,760-core RTX 5090. And the price. Actually mostly the price
Sticker shock "I'll never financially recover from this."
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.
'This is a big deal': Meta announces neural AR glasses powered by AI and of course Nvidia's CEO showed up wearing a pair
News Even Jen-Hsun Huang is impressed.
Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta Quest 3S: $300 VR headset to mostly match the Quest 3, coming October 15
News 'Same defining features as Quest 3', sans pancake lenses, for up to $200 less.
Here's why I'm hoping to score Lunar Lake inside my next handheld gaming PC: Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V tested in games
Lunar Lands With performance and battery life figures like this, Intel's 200V-series is a firm favourite for my next pocket-sized PC purchase.
Best M.2 SSDs for gaming in 2024: my top picks for blazing fast storage
High speed Our choices for the best NVMe M.2 SSDs give you blisteringly fast load times.
Best webcams in 2024: the 1080p and 4K webcams I recommend for gamers and streamers
Look Your Best These are the best webcams for streaming and video calls.
Logitech's new wheels and shifter accessories look to turn its 'Pro' wheelbase into a more serious racing kit
News About time Logitech expanded the lineup.
Best PC fans in 2024: I've put these case fans through their paces to find the coolest and quietest
Hot Tip The best PC fans will keep your gaming PC cool and quiet.
Best PC racing wheels in 2024: my favorite direct drive and budget steering wheels for sim racing
Driven Speed away with the best PC racing wheel for gaming.
Best gaming desk in 2024: my top picks for standing, sitting and everything in between
Top Desks We've chosen the best gaming desks based on hours of playing on both sitting and standing desks just to see which is worth your money.
Intel announces it will 'pause' plans for a manufacturing megafab in Germany due to ongoing money trouble
News Bad news for Intel and Europe's chipmaking ambitions.
Should you buy a Steam Deck instead of a PS5 Pro? How about instead of a new car you buy a boat?—these things are not the same
Apples, oranges Even as a Steam Deck fan, I'm surprised to see Valve's handheld suggested as some sort of like-for-like replacement for Sony's newest home console.
These new Asus Lunar Lake laptops with 27+ hours of battery life kinda prove it's not just x86 vs Arm when it comes to power efficiency
News Intel's new Lunar Lake chips are helping Asus deliver battery life equaling, or even excelling, Qualcomm's ARM chips.
MSI is the first to bundle Intel's new Lunar Lake chip inside a handheld gaming PC alongside a chunky 80 Whr battery
News Combining Intel's "most efficient x86 processor" with a bigger battery might be a powerful combo.
Intel says Core Ultra 9 288V leads AMD's HX 370 in games by 16%, Meteor Lake by 31% and the less said about Qualcomm the better
News "I'm not going to call it a gaming CPU but, damn, it can play a game" claims Intel's Robert Hallock.
