James Bentley

James Bentley

Hardware writer

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

Acer Nitro ultrawide gaming monitor on a pink deals background
At $200 on sale, this Acer ultrawide gaming monitor is the cheapest I'd actually recommend buying

By James Bentley Published

Deal It's VA, but still well worth considering.

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The Gigabyte MO27Q28GR 27-inch OLED gaming monitor floats in the funky PC G deal void.
We gave this 1440p gaming monitor a 90% two months ago and it's already received a huge $120 price cut

By James Bentley Published

Deal And it's not even Prime Day yet.

Deal
Hard Drive
17 years ago, one engineer made a very important discovery: If you shout at data centre HDDs, they slow down

By James Bentley Published

News Same, little HDD. Same.

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Hands-on with Valve's new VR headset, the Steam Frame, during an interview at Valve HQ in Bellevue, Washington.
The Steam Frame is arriving in the US, suggesting the VR headset's launch isn't far off

By James Bentley Published

News Release may be soon, but pricing still remains a mystery.

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The Biwin Black Opal NV7400 SSD out of its packaging and installed in a PC.
An SSD company has just agreed to an almost $2 billion multi-year NAND deal, which is a sign it expects the memory crisis to stick around for a while

By James Bentley Published

News It could be a very good deal for Biwin if NAND prices continue to rise.

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A split image, showing a Corsair Vengeance A7500 PC on the left and a pekingese dog on the right hand side, shot by photographer Josh Edelson
Dog tries to shoot PC gamer, but their rig (and RAM) takes the bullet instead: 'It would have hit me while I was sleeping if the PC hadn't been there'

By James Bentley Published

News Other redditors naturally claim it's just an advanced 'dog ate my homework' excuse.

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Pseudoku's fingertip mouse
This custom fingertip mouse is one of the weirdest I've seen and now you can build one for yourself, though you'll need to sacrifice another mouse first

By James Bentley Published

News There is something fitting about this spider-like mouse devouring a different mouse to function.

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Framework 13 Pro laptop
Framework has delayed its 'MacBook Pro for Linux users' by a month, citing problems with its display and touchpad

By James Bentley Published

News You can still get the Mainboard by June if you've already preordered, though.

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Hands-on with Valve's new VR headset, the Steam Frame, during an interview at Valve HQ in Bellevue, Washington.
Steam Frame's tutorial video appears to leak on Reddit, demonstrating a very brief explainer of its software

By James Bentley Published

News Here's hoping we actually see it release soon.

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Logitech Mobi Fold next to its pouch on a table
Logitech's new mouse comes with a little bag to carry it around in. Oh, and it's foldable too

By James Bentley Published

News Accessorise, accessorise, accessorise.

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KTC M27T6S gaming monitor on a pink deals background
This gorgeous budget mini-LED 1440p gaming monitor got a 90% score from us literally yesterday and it's already $50 off at Amazon

By James Bentley Published

Deal It's a beaut.

Deal
Crucial DDR5-5600 2x16GB memory ICs
'The thing that gives me hope is there is an enormous amount of capacity being built' - AMD's head of Ryzen and Radeon is pinning hopes of an end to the memory crisis on a supply ramp into 2028

By James Bentley Published

News And some companies even reckon prices will get worse before they get better.

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Montech Ten PC case selection on a black display
We got our eyes and noses on a new PC case with a magnetic essential oils diffuser to make your gaming den smell less like a gaming den

By James Bentley Published

Computex 2026 Though it has surprisingly little wood for a PC case called 'Ten Wood'.

Computex 2026
photo shows a factory tool that places lids on data center system-on-chips at an Intel fab in Chandler, Arizona, in December 2023. In February 2024, Intel Corporation launched Intel Foundry as the world’s first systems foundry for the AI era, delivering leadership in technology, resiliency and sustainability.
Google reportedly orders at least three million chips from Intel to arrive in 2028, as TSMC struggles to keep up with the AI boom

By James Bentley Published

News Could Intel's Foundry efforts be starting to pay off?

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lego batman: legacy of the dark knight
There's a wildly obscure easter egg in Lego Batman, I'm surprised anyone found it: it's hidden in BASIC code for the Commodore 64

By James Bentley Published

News Gee willikers, Batman, that's niche.

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A developer got the original Half-Life running on a 2007 Nokia N95 at a respectable 30 fps, plus it even works with a mouse and keyboard

By James Bentley Published

News Maybe it's time for that replay?

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Lara Croft in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
The Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis system requirements are here—even if the game just got further away

By James Bentley Published

News Better than nothing, I guess.

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MSI Strike Alloy submerged in water, taken from We Do Tech's video on it
MSI's new Strike Alloy has almost every gaming keyboard buzzword thrown at it, with TMR, 8k, and rapid trigger, and you can even use it underwater

By James Bentley Published

Computex 2026 H2Oh, that's kinda neat.

Computex 2026
Be Quiet! Pure base 803 LX in black, on a table
Be Quiet! unveils huge new PC case designed for 'maximum performance' with room for up to seven HDDs

By James Bentley Published

Computex 2026 Big and beautiful.

Computex 2026
Techlin's gachapon-inspired custom PC build
Check out this gachapon-inspired custom PC with a floating heart on top, and mini RAM sticks in its capsules

By James Bentley Published

Computex 2026 Don't spend all your yen in one place.

Computex 2026
MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Van Gogh edition, in a gallery
MSI somehow has both the ugliest and prettiest laptop designs this Computex

By James Bentley Published

Computex 2026 You win some and you lose some.

Computex 2026
Be Quiet! Light Mount TKL gaming keyboard on a desk
The best quiet gaming keyboard we've tried is getting a smaller TKL version this year

By James Bentley Published

Computex 2026 Here's hoping the price is lighter.

Computex 2026
Gigabyte's mATX case prototype
Gigabyte has shown off a microATX PC case with a 16-inch built-in LCD screen, which I assume would give you the most unique rig at the next LAN party

By James Bentley Last updated

Computex 2026 Everything gets a screen.

Computex 2026
A pile of colorless and colored uncut diamonds sit on a sorting table during processing at DTC Botswana, a unit of De Beers, in Gaborone, Botswana, on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. De Beers, the biggest diamond producer by revenue, is moving the sorting and trading of rough stones to Botswana from London to secure access to the world's largest supplier of diamonds by value and challenge Antwerp's dominance as the world's biggest trading hub for rough diamonds
Galax shows off 'next generation' GPU concept with actual Swarovski crystals in it, and I fear it may not have got the memo on the state of the market in 2026

By James Bentley Published

Computex 2026 I was hoping it would look a bit cleaner, though.

Computex 2026
Corsair's Frame 5000D case (in black) with wooden front panel, and side panel open
Corsair announces solid wood front panels for its Frame 5000D PC cases, including a ripple one I'm not entirely sure about

By James Bentley Published

Computex 2026 It's a bit trippy.

Computex 2026
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