Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
Thermaltake's new 2000 W PSU is too powerful to be sold in the USA and comes with four PCIe 5.0 GPU power connectors
News We're going to need a bigger power outlet.
This Jinx-inspired gaming PC is my favorite of CES 2025 and I'm head over heels for the hardware
News Just look at that distro plate…
Best capture cards for PC gaming in 2025: 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.
Hyte's new $20 processor frames are yet another way to customise your gaming PC
News Finishing touch or unnecessary add-on?
Colorful PC cases are so in this year
News Thermaltake and Hyte are serving up pastel pink and purple at CES 2025.
The ROG Zephyrus G14 is calling to me even more now it has an RTX 5080 stuffed inside it
News The new Zephyrus 2025 models are mostly the same as last year's, but that's not a bad thing.
This keyboard combines two of my favorite things: mechanical switches and bread
News This mechanical keeb is most certainly not gluten free.
The SSDs and RAM on this new Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 can be upgraded entirely without tools
News That's a welcome change from soldered memory and fiddly NVMe slots.
Nvidia announces the RTX 50-series, led by the $1,999 RTX 5090 with 'twice the performance of the 4090'
News With more AI acceleration than ever even the RTX 5070 is claimed to offer RTX 4090-level performance for $549.
Intel is 'confident' about next-gen Arc Celestial GPUs following Battlemage's success
News The Arc B570 will be available from next week, too.
AMD announces more powerful Ryzen Z2 Series processors for future PC handhelds, but Valve says 'there is and will be no Z2 Steam Deck'
News AMD says Valve will be using one of its latest processors, the Z2 Series, inside a new Steam Deck, but Valve says otherwise.
AMD's throwing the considerably hefty Ryzen 9 9950X3D at gaming laptops and calling it a Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
News That's one beefy laptop chip. If you can even call it that.
Intel unveils second round of updates intended to bring Arrow Lake desktop chips up to expectations: 'our software for the 200S has reached full performance'
News Long story short: update your BIOS.
Intel announces new mobile Core Ultra 200HX Series processors to power the next generation of gaming laptops
News New Arrow Lake chips likely to land in gaming laptops near you in the next couple months.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2024: The winners in every category of PC gaming greatness from the past 12 months of tech
The winners We've had our hands on all the best PC gaming hardware of 2024 and these are our absolute, solid gold favourites.
The biggest winners and losers of 2024: Nvidia won over Wall Street but what hardware won PC Gamer's heart?
💘 It's not about the money, money, money…
It's been a bumper year for PCs but my pick for the best new hardware in 2024 is a chassis, surprising even myself
Gear of the year Flippin' brilliant.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming laptop of 2024
Gear of the year A bumper year for gaming laptops, thanks to new CPUs and svelte designs. But only one can win.
I've lost weekends to crushing dissenters and seals in Frostpunk 2 and that's why it's my personal pick for game of the year
🏆 The frozen wastes are ripe for tyranny.
