Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
Best cheap SSD deals for gaming today
deal Cheap and speedy NVMe drives to boost your gaming PC's capacity and lower those load times.
Best mechanical keyboards in 2025: the clacky boards I'd buy in a heartbeat
Click Clack Make the switch with our guide to the best mechanical gaming keyboards.
I just played Half-Life 2 RTX, a fully ray-traced overhaul of the original, and its meaty headcrabs have me hankering for more
Gordon's back It's time to dust off the ol' crowbar.
Here comes Intel's new CEO: a semiconductor veteran that won the same prestigious award as Jensen Huang and Lisa Su
News Lip-Bu Tan has a degree in physics, a masters in nuclear engineering, and won the semiconductor industry's top award, the Robert N. Noyce award.
The best audiophile headphones for gaming in 2025: my top recommendations for the best cans money can buy
Audiophile Immerse yourself in your games with the best audiophile headphones for gaming.
Best gaming headsets in 2025: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
Quality cans Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.
Best CPU coolers in 2025: I've loaded liquid and air coolers onto today's top processors and these are my favorites
Cool Breeze Our picks for the best CPU coolers will have your processor running cool with air or liquid during the hottest gaming sessions.
Best air cooler for CPUs in 2025: keep your processor chilled with one of these budget-friendly and capable coolers
Air dried Quiet, reliable and affordable—why not consider a CPU air cooler in 2025?
The best desk lighting in 2025: my recommendations for key lights and lightstrips to illuminate your gaming set-up
Light it up! Whether making your Twitch stream more professional or aiming for an ambient office environment, I've got the best lighting kits for your PC covered.
Best OLED gaming monitors in 2025: 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.
Best gaming monitors in 2025: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
Eye candy The best gaming monitors balance price with panel quality, resolution and refresh rate.
After a run of RTX 50-series launches with seemingly little availability and mega price tags, I'm left wondering 'is that it?'
If this is what a GeForce GPU launch is meant to look like from here on out, it's tough to get too excited about new products.
Best webcams in 2025: the 1080p and 4K webcams I recommend for gamers and streamers
Look Your Best These are the best webcams for streaming and video calls.
Best Steam Deck accessories in 2025: These are the add-ons that I'd let keep my handheld company on its travels
Decked out These are the best Steam Deck accessories to pair with your handheld gaming PC—peripherals, power, and protection.
I'm as excited as the next guy for AMD's 9070-series launch but the lack of reference cards has me worried about how real its MSRP will be
MSRPlease Reference designs help ensure prices around MSRP, and we've seen from Nvidia's latest launch how bad things can get without them.
You might mock Microsoft's new emoji button in Windows 11 but as someone that's explained how to quickly access emojis and special characters too many times, I get it
News Case in point: Two of my colleagues just learned about this handy shortcut from reading the draft for this article.
Best gaming chair in 2025: the seats I'd suggest for any gamer
Take a seat Treat your posterior to one of the best gaming chairs.
There's one reason I come back to this one rapid trigger gaming keyboard over the rest, and that's great software
Soft power Software is make or break for competitive gaming keyboards.
Best gaming PC builds: budget, mid-range and high-end recommendations
DIY From an $800 penny-saving PC to a $4,000 monster.
AMD confirms more affordable RX 9060 graphics cards will arrive in 'the second quarter of this year'
News AMD does have eyes for the entry-level market after all.
A match made in heaven: Buy a 1600 W MSI power supply and get Monster Hunter Wilds for free
News These guys get it.
Best PC fans in 2025: 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.
