James Bentley
James is a more recent PC gaming convert, often admiring graphics cards, cases, and motherboards from afar. It was not until 2019, after just finishing a degree in law and media, that they decided to throw out the last few years of education, build their PC, and start writing about gaming instead. In that time, he has covered the latest doodads, contraptions, and gismos, and loved every second of it. Hey, it’s better than writing case briefs.
Latest articles by James Bentley

Hyte has announced another Persona-themed gaming PC case, and as a Persona die-hard, even I think it's a bit much
By James Bentley published
News The keycaps are gorgeous though.

The best Secretlab gaming chair is getting a gorgeous new Monster Hunter Wilds crossover and it may be my favourite yet
By James Bentley published
News The Arkveld looks Svelt.

Morbid curiosity made me swap from Chrome to Opera's 'gaming browser' but its early 2000s custom ringtone vibes give me the ick
By James Bentley published
Losing its Edge Browser maximalism.

Nvidia has quietly ended support for 32-bit PhysX on its new RTX 50-series, so games like Batman: Arkham City might look and run better on older GPUs
By James Bentley published
News An end of an almost lifelike era.

One lucky Walmart employee bought two Ryzen 7 7800X3D chips for $99 each and immediately cashed them out for over $700 on eBay
By James Bentley published
News I'm not jealous. You're jealous.

3DMark benchmarks show off AMD's big daddy Strix Halo laptop chip in action and I'm a little underwhelmed
By James Bentley published
News It's still pretty decent for an integrated GPU though.

A web3 free-to-play survival game found to be a front for installing malware on your PC has finally been removed from Steam
By James Bentley published
News Valve recommends considering "fully reformatting your operating system".

AMD is finally spilling the beans about the RX 9070 series during a live stream on February 28
By James Bentley published
News And there's a lot riding on it.

Monster Hunter Wilds PC performance: From Nvidia's latest, past AMD's greatest, to Intel's failing silicon, this is what the game does to PCG's own rigs
By Dave James published
We put our own machines through the ringer with the Monster Hunter Wilds benchmark, to lesser or greater success.

With great self-awareness WinRAR releases official $150 merch: 'What better way to support the software you’ve NEVER paid for than by buying a WinRAR bag?'
By James Bentley published
News $150 may make up for a lifetime of not paying.

The Steam Deck 2 doesn't need to happen because Valve will win either way (though I hope it does)
By James Bentley published
Full Steam! Valve is thinking of the Big Picture (literally).

If you failed to get an RTX 5090 and still want an upgrade, all signs suggest the RTX 5070 Ti will launch on February 20
By James Bentley published
News You will be saving a good bit of money going for the cheaper model too.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii system requirements suggest it could be your next Steam Deck must-play
By James Bentley published
News The Mad Dog is back.

Newly unveiled Nintendo Switch 2 patent confirms mouse functionality and gives more details on exactly how it will work, and I don't know if I like it
By James Bentley published
News Though I am interested in trying it.

If you installed Windows 11 with certain security updates and a USB stick, you may not get any more security updates warns Microsoft
By James Bentley published
News The fix is to reinstall Windows 11 with different security updates.

OXS Storm G2 review
By James Bentley published
Budget but unbalanced With an RGB-laden wireless gaming headset on a budget, something's gotta give. Unfortunately, it's the sound here.

Opera has unveiled 'the world’s first browser with mindfulness at its core' and, to my surprise, I might be convinced
By James Bentley published
News Mindful, head empty.

Man charged with $65,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency heists was reportedly discovered through chatting on Discord with a company they allegedly stole from
By James Bentley published
News The funds have been found, the man alleged to have committed the crimes has not.

This 4090-equipped water-cooled copper PC 'looks like a steam engine' and I'm in love
By James Bentley published
News It may not be a steam engine but it is a Steam engine.

One YouTuber has been poisoning AI tools that access her videos with .ass subtitle files and you can too
By James Bentley published
News AI bots are a real pain in the subtitle format.

eBay users are getting back at graphics card scalping bots by listing pictures of the RTX 5090 for $2000, occasionally framed
By James Bentley published
"I got the frame from Target."

I'm still waiting for a high-end VR headset good enough to make me ditch my Quest 3
By James Bentley published
On a quest And I'm not happy about that.

The best noise cancelling gaming headset we've tried is now over $100 off at Amazon and I'm tempted
By James Bentley published
Deal With this sort of discount I would... ahem... A-Spire to get the AceZone cans.
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