Nick Evanson
Nick, gaming, and computers all first met in 1981, with the love affair starting on a Sinclair ZX81 in kit form and a book on ZX Basic. He ended up becoming a physics and IT teacher, but by the late 1990s decided it was time to cut his teeth writing for a long defunct UK tech site. He went on to do the same at Madonion, helping to write the help files for 3DMark and PCMark. After a short stint working at Beyond3D.com, Nick joined Futuremark (MadOnion rebranded) full-time, as editor-in-chief for its gaming and hardware section, YouGamers. After the site shutdown, he became an engineering and computing lecturer for many years, but missed the writing bug. Cue four years at TechSpot.com and over 100 long articles on anything and everything. He freely admits to being far too obsessed with GPUs and open world grindy RPGs, but who isn't these days?
Latest articles by Nick Evanson
If you love a big laptop without a big price tag, this RTX 4070 17.3-incher is an ideal pick at $1,300
By Nick Evanson published
deal Even though CES 2025 is pumping out new laptop models, older models are still great to game on.
Best cheap SSD deals for gaming today
By Jacob Ridley last updated
deal Cheap and speedy NVMe drives to boost your gaming PC's capacity and lower those load times.
The 2025 Asus ROG NUC looks epic and has some mighty specs but a desktop gaming PC will probably be far better value for money
By Nick Evanson published
news That or a decent gaming laptop.
MSI's spangly MEG Vision X AI desktop PC is just the ticket for anyone wanting to recreate that Scotty scene in Star Trek IV
By Nick Evanson published
News 'Hello, computer? Why is everything all AI? I just want transparent aluminum.'
Nvidia RTX 50-series and dev kit show that rasterization is old news and we're now firmly in the era of AI rendering
By Nick Evanson published
news Though for now, we'll just have to make do with a video as to what it all means for in-game graphics
Intel on its next-gen laptop chip: 'Panther Lake will take everything you love about Lunar Lake to the next level'
By Nick Evanson published
news The first chip to be made on Intel's 18A node is on target for release later this year.
AMD and Intel launch mainstream and budget motherboard chipsets at CES but some of the codenames are so similar that I've already mistaken them for each other
By Nick Evanson published
news And not just once, either.
This Swedish 'gamer' puffer jacket has pockets so big you can jam a full-sized keyboard and laptop in them because why not?
By Nick Evanson published
News You'll need to be very careful how you sit down in a car or on the bus.
Microsoft plans on investing $80,000,000,000 in AI this year, with no sign of the machine learning spending spree stalling just yet
By Nick Evanson published
news More money for more servers and coders. Probably more money for Copilot and Recall too, sadly.
Corsair rolls out its first CUDIMM memory sticks for Intel Arrow Lake gaming PCs and they're as pricey as you'd expect them to be
By Nick Evanson published
news If you're rocking an AMD setup though, G.Skill reckons it has the perfect RAM for you.
It's a very happy new year when you can get this RTX 4070 gaming laptop for just $850
By Nick Evanson published
deal 2025 might be a square year but there's nothing square about this deal.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2024: The winners in every category of PC gaming greatness from the past 12 months of tech
By Dave James published
The winners We've had our hands on all the best PC gaming hardware of 2024 and these are our absolute, solid gold favourites.
Alan Wake 2 set such a high technical bar last year that few games in 2024 came anywhere near, but it wasn't all abject disappointment
By Nick Evanson published
Year of the patch A year of great games and some great graphics, but far too much not-so-great performance.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming motherboard of 2024
By Nick Evanson published
Gear of the year Last-gen doesn't mean last place as some of the best motherboards of 2024 ably demonstrate.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming CPU of 2024
By Nick Evanson published
Gear of the year AMD wins, no matter what. But which chip?
Out of all the new PC hardware in 2024, my top choice is technically over two years old. Even though it was new
By Nick Evanson published
Gear of the year Does that make it old-new or new-old?
Best Sandbox 2024: Satisfactory
By Wes Fenlon published
🏆 Take a lush, alien world. Turn it into a factory.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming SSD of 2024
By Nick Evanson published
Gear of the year Big, little, or just plain portable, which SSD will take the crown this year.
At just $170, this 30-inch ultrawide 1080p monitor is the cheapest way to get into super-immersive gaming
By Nick Evanson published
deal Decent pixel density, high refresh rate, 1500R—it's got all the gaming credentials you could ask for.
Best CPU for gaming: these are the chips I recommend for gaming, productivity and peace of mind
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Happy Cores Fire up your rig with the best CPU for gaming. More cores, more clocks, more of everything that matters.
Intel reveals the four fails of Arrow Lake in a new blog post, promising more performance fixes in January
By Nick Evanson published
news Too little, too late or just what the doctor ordered?
Critical metals for electronic components and gadgets jump in price, as China's trade restrictions with the US begin to bite
By Nick Evanson published
news Gallium, germanium, and antimony are all vital to the semiconductor industry.
Putty, not pads: Thermal Grizzly's new thermal materials might be the best thing for your graphics card just don't ask for any numbers
By Nick Evanson published
news Do you want moderate, good, or excellent?
All of today's mighty CPUs owe a debt of gratitude to the Intel 8080, which just turned 50
By Nick Evanson published
news I bet Intel would love some of Mr Faggin's engineering magic right now.
Nvidia's corporate blog goes full fan mode with its description of Jen-Hsun Huang: 'Tech Leader, AI Visionary, Endlessly Curious'
By Nick Evanson published
news Good to know that Jen-Hsun will be wearing his leather jacket at CES 2025. Along with this unwavering vision, if you were worried about it wavering.
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