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NewsThe EFortune Cookie is an adorable e-paper fortune-telling device and I really want to give it a bite -
NewsIt's Lenovo a-go-go as the company is responsible for nearly 1 in 4 of all PCs shipped worldwide -
NewsRiot taunts would-be hackers using physical hardware to cheat: 'congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight' -
NewsIntel's freshly leaked roadmap for desktop and laptop CPUs is so complicated that it's given me a headache, but at least it all looks very promising on the Core Ultra processor front -
NewsThe US government is pumping $2,000,000,000 in CHIPS and Science Act money into quantum computing firms -
NewsIf this breakdown of the full cost of producing your favourite graphics card is accurate, then prices for certain GPUs are going to make 64 GB DDR5 kits look cheap -
NewsA single Nvidia Vera Rubin rack is estimated to cost $7,803,148 with over $2 million of that figure spent on memory alone
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NewsYou need to know the Steam Controller's charging puck is always live, so if you accidentally touch it with something conductive, you're in for a shock -
NewsHear the Steam Controller sing whole songs with haptics, including the Wii Store soundtrack, Still Alive, and even attempt a Rick Roll -
News'Average Valve W': After some Steam Controller packages were sent to the wrong country, Valve is reportedly giving 'any standard-edition title' to affected shoppers -
NewsLeaked Xbox Elite 3 controller images show at least one oddball addition, but it'll struggle to compete in a radically changed market9 Comments -
NewsHere's when the Steam Controller will be available again in Australia, and I hope you like being awake at 3am -
newsSteam Controllers to come back in stock with reprise of Steam Deck reservation system -
NewsValve releases the CAD files for the Steam Controller and its Puck, no doubt ushering in an era of unholy 3D printed creations -
Total controlBest PC controllers in 2026: the pads I recommend for PC gamers -
NewsValve says Steam Controller sold out 'faster than we anticipated' but previously told us it has knobs it can turn to get more13 Comments
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NewsNoctua's iconic beige and brown PC fan now comes in a slightly less iconic all-black version for PC builders who can't stand the original colour -
NewsYouTuber discovers dry ice can indeed cool your gaming PC, if you have a very specific model from a very specific manufacturer -
NewsMaking black versions of Noctua's beige fans is 'less like painting a wooden fence... and more like changing the colour of a carbon-fibre Formula 1 part'7 Comments -
NewsYou can now download 3D CAD models of Noctua fans, but the company warns they 'will not perform well when printed' -
NewsHardware modder connects his gaming PC to his bike and achieves 'human powered CPU cooling' -
News'I basically sprinkle water drops on top of tissue paper': One redditor's quest to cool their Mac mini -
NewsRedditor shares gaming PC build with cooling system that can only be described as 'biblically accurate' -
NewsYouTuber builds PC side panel out of 15 Noctua fans and names it the 'Superdome', cuts temps by 20 °C -
Score: 88%Thermaltake TH360 V3 Ultra ARGB Sync review
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UntetheredBest wireless gaming headsets in 2026: the top cans I'd buy myself -
Score: 70%Rig R5 Spear Max HD gaming headset review -
Score: 85%SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni review -
Score: 79%Glorious GHS Eternal wired gaming headset review -
Score: 83%HyperX Cloud Flight 2 gaming headset review -
Score: 87%Cambridge Audio L/R S review -
Score: 76%Asus ROG Kithara headset review -
Score: 71%Asus ROG Cetra Open Wireless review -
Budding gamersThe best wireless gaming earbuds in 2026: These are the buds I'd allow to whisper sweet nothings into my ears
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NewsToyota has turned a car seat into a gaming chair and it's $3,500 -
Take a seatBest gaming chair in 2026: I've tested a ton of gaming chairs and these are the seats I'd suggest for any PC gamer -
Score: 89%ThunderX3 Solo 360 Loft Air gaming chair review -
Score: 82%DXRacer Martian XL gaming chair review -
NewsThe Secretlab Pokemon Collection gaming chairs are shaping up to be a serious threat to my bank balance -
Take a seatBest office chairs for gaming in 2026: The top seats for work and gaming that I've tried and tested -
Score: 80%AndaSeat Kaiser 3E XL gaming chair review -
CES 2026'We built a breathable performance engine': Razer announces Iskur V2 gaming chair follow-up that seems a lot like the previous one -
DealsBlack Friday gaming chair deals 2025
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NewsHerman Miller introduces its first ever gaming desk and, needless to say, it is gorgeous but lavishly expensive8 Comments -
Top DesksBest gaming desk in 2026: my top picks for standing, sitting and everything in between -
Score: 86%Secretlab Magnus Evo review -
Swanky surfaceFor the boujee among us, we've just crowned this the best luxury gaming desk (though I'd be picking the budget choice) -
LuxuriousGrovemade desk review
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Score: 85%Autonomous SmartDesk 5 review -
Score: 82%Corsair Platform:4 gaming desk review -
NewsThere's a new Warhammer 40,000 version of our favorite Secretlab desk on the way but please don't paint your minis on it -
Thunder X3 Lab-X review
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NewsFramework says its Wireless Touchpad Keyboard 'is by far our most waitlisted product' -
NewsSit down, relax, and see how a magnetic keyboard switch is made with Wooting's CEO -
NewsI've spent the past month testing Keychron's concrete keeb and it's absolutely brilliant, with one small sticking point -
Score: 90%Logitech G512 X review -
NewsAttention keyboard nerds: This website lets you hear the sound of 36 different mechanical keebs, switches, and more as you type -
newsFramework is building its own keyboard and will even help you make your own -
NewsKeychron has shared the source files for all its keyboard and mice meaning you could almost build an entire kit from scratch -
Score: 76%Cherry K5 Pro TMR Compact magnetic gaming keyboard review -
NewsHere's a keycap that's also a watch, for the discerning gamer
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NewsReplacing the Viper V4 Pro's skates gave one reviewer some Razer warranty trouble after glass pad sensor issues -
Score: 82%Zowie EC2-DW review -
PinpointBest gaming mouse in 2026: We've tested the very best mice and these are the top picks -
SlickBest mouse pads for gaming in 2026: the fabric and hard-top mats I prefer to game on -
NewsKeychron calls this 'the next gen mouse switch' and I believe it: optical and magnetic all-in-one -
NewsElo Shapes reveals a speedy gaming mouse from a fresh new brand that weighs even less than the competition -
NewsSome pro gamers change mouse pads every few months, and that makes me wonder how often I should change mine9 Comments -
NewsThere's a website to competitively guess gaming mouse shapes, and it's a better use of my time than doomscrolling -
NewsEveryone's favorite egg-shaped rodent might be getting the Superlight treatment, meaning Logitech could once again snatch the budget gaming mouse crown
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These are the OLEDs you’ve been looking forSponsored by Gigabyte
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NewsLG reveals the world's first native 1,000 Hz 1080p panel but you're gonna need a beast of a rig to make good use of it -
NewsAOC's new 34-inch gaming monitor gets the same sizzling 5th Gen QD-OLED panel tech as our current favorite ultrawide but it's a whole lot cheaper -
NewsNew testing shows DisplayPort 2.1 is very picky about the monitor cable you're using8 Comments -
Score: 92%MSI MPG 322UR X24 gaming monitor review -
Score: 77%Zowie XL2586X+ 600 Hz review -
Score: 85%Alienware AW2726DM gaming monitor review -
NewsMicrosoft's latest PowerToys tool brings control of your monitor into Windows: a must-have for anyone with lots of big monitors and too little time -
NewsKeychron unleashes big, eminently bashable $65 mechanical single-key keyboard with 8K polling for ultra-low latency tantrums
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NewsIt's Lenovo a-go-go as the company is responsible for nearly 1 in 4 of all PCs shipped worldwide
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NewsYou can crank wild performance out of a MacBook Neo if only you use a giant industrial air blower and Peltier thermoelectric cooling -
NewsIf gaming laptops are just too bulky for you and you're desperate to burn an enormous hole in your wallet, the new Asus ROG NUC is surely a vision of your dreams -
NewsThis 'very distracting' PC has been filled with screens displaying 15,000 animated gifs in a glorious, migraine-inducing 13 hour+ loop -
Score: 90%Acemagic Retro X5 mini PC review -
NewsHot on the heels of Apple's iPhone-in-a-laptop, Google and Intel have teamed up to give us the Googlebook -
newsAlienware's new 'budget' laptop is a damning indictment of the current state of PC gaming hardware -
on deckHow to buy a Steam Deck in Australia -
NewsFramework says DDR5 memory costs 'remain fairly stable' but 'on SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive' as it raises prices again
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NewsIf this breakdown of the full cost of producing your favourite graphics card is accurate, then prices for certain GPUs are going to make 64 GB DDR5 kits look cheap
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NewsThe latest 100% Chinese-made GPU may still lag behind an RTX 3060 but it could be the start of something big in graphics cards -
NewsAnother quarter, another quarterly update from Nvidia that doesn't mention gaming -
Pixel PushersBest graphics cards in 2026: These are the GPUs worth spending money in right now -
NewsAdvanced Shader Delivery banishes long loads and shader stutter on first time launch, but only for certain games and there are a number of other caveats too -
NewsI really hope you weren't considering a GPU upgrade this year, as Nvidia may raise the price of the already pricey RTX 5090 by as much as $300 -
NewsNvidia's solution to the AI energy problem is mini data centers next to local power substations and, of course, selling even more GPUs -
NewsAMD bringing FSR 4.1 ML-powered upscaling to RX 7000 series in July, RX 6000 series in 2027 -
NewsEven if you have an RTX 5090, I don't recommend using ray tracing in Forza Horizon 6. Not because of the performance hit, simply because it's just not worth using12 Comments
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Light it up!The best desk lighting in 2026: my recommendations for key lights and lightstrips to illuminate your gaming set-up -
Win or Bin?I didn't know I needed dedicated photography lights until this $44 set turned up, but now I'm a convert -
ReactiveNanoleaf 4D Screen Mirror Kit review -
Sync'dGovee AI Sync Box Kit 2 review -
ScriptedElgato Light Strip Pro review -
Unit 01Govee x Evangelion gaming light kits review -
Lit upGovee Strip Light 2 Pro review -
StunnerGovee Cob Strip Light Pro review
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NewsSamsung has swerved a planned South Korean factory strike with a last-minute deal, so the memory machine rumbles on -
NewsFormer Samsung boss predicts the memory crisis could be over in the second half of next year thanks to a 'surge' in Chinese capacity -
NewsWe're getting closer to a 100% ROG rig as Asus gets into the DRAM game for its 20th anniversary -
NewsWhile I can barely find two sticks of 16 GB to rub together, Micron unveils a 256 GB memory module destined for AI servers -
NewsWe're starting to get convincing counterfeit DDR5 modules, just in case the memory crisis isn't bad enough already -
News'Regardless of the type of offer, available capacity is essentially zero right now': SK hynix is reportedly being swamped with 'unprecedented' offers to secure memory chips -
News'Our demand fulfillment rate is now at a record low' says Samsung as it makes its DRAM 90% more expensive than the previous quarter
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NewsSamsung says there are 'no supply chain issues to date' from war in the Middle East but the company is making logistical changes -
Everybody hurts'This is the first time where I'm seeing no light at the end of the tunnel': How the memory crisis is hitting PC builders7 Comments
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NewsTwenty years ago, copper was king for PC enthusiasts so Asus has brought it back for its ROG anniversary. Well, sort of -
NewsReport says motherboard manufacturers are in crisis as builders aren't building new rigs as much anymore -
NewsGigabyte's latest Intel motherboard is a little bit sideways, and it's all about reaching 10,400 MT/s with a megabucks DRAM kit -
NewsLooks like DDR3 motherboards are back on the menu, boys, though only to keep older PCs going a bit longer during the RAMpocalypse -
NewsModder uses Claude AI to code new BIOS that gets obscure all P-core Intel Bartlett Lake CPUs running on a Z790 motherboard -
NewsIf Gigabyte's original X870E X3D Wood motherboard didn't do it for you, how about this moody 'Dark Wood' respin? -
Score: 92%Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial review
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NewsIntel has published a whole host of security vulnerabilities, with mitigations rolling out, but attackers will need local access to actually do anything -
Score: 88%MSI MEG X870E Ace Max review
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need for speedThe best NBN plans for gaming in 2026 -
SLOOPSuperloop took out the best NBN provider for gaming in the 2026 Australian PC Awards—here's whySponsored by Superloop
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NewsNBN price hikes are coming on July 1, but you can delay them by a year if you act fast -
NewsIn my ongoing mission to save as much money on internet as possible, I just found the new cheapest NBN 500 provider for a full year -
News'The most boring protocol on the internet is also, quietly, one of the most abusable': Doom has been broken down into 1,964 DNS text records and can be run via a PowerShell script -
NewsAsus says it's confident in its 'strong product security' after FCC foreign-made router ban, also *checks notes* fixes major security hole in its routers -
NewsThe FCC says foreign routers 'pose an unacceptable risk' and now require special approval to be sold in the US -
NewsIf you missed out last year, Superloop is once again offering 1000 Mbps NBN for AU$79 a month -
High speedThe best gaming routers 2026: the network data drivers I'd trust with my digital life
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Best caseThe best PC cases in 2026: These are the chassis I'd use for my next gaming build -
Score: 80%Cooler Master MasterFrame 360 Panorama review -
NewsCorsair announces new Frame cases, and one comes with a classy wood finish -
Score: 84%Silverstone FLP02 case review -
Score: 83%Thermaltake View 380 WS ARGB review -
Score: 76%Lian Li Lancool 217 case review -
Score: 86%Corsair 3200D review -
Score: 88%Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition case review -
Byte of the living deadMy latest obsession is this vampire cathedral PC mod, so I spoke to the creators: 'We can do Bloodborne on the PC—not on PC, on the PC'
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NewsA single Nvidia Vera Rubin rack is estimated to cost $7,803,148 with over $2 million of that figure spent on memory alone
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NewsReplacing the Viper V4 Pro's skates gave one reviewer some Razer warranty trouble after glass pad sensor issues
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NewsYou need to know the Steam Controller's charging puck is always live, so if you accidentally touch it with something conductive, you're in for a shock
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