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Legend
ASRock B850 Steel Legend Wi-Fi review
By Antony Leather Published
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Lightning
ASRock Phantom Gaming B850I Lightning Wi-Fi review
By Antony Leather Published
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Asus ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WiFi review
By Antony Leather Published
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Deal
Our favourite wireless soundbar just hit its lowest ever price in the latest Amazon deal, solving one of our biggest gripes
By James Bentley Published
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News
Nintendo is going to charge Switch 2 handheld console owners money for a glorified digital manual that doubles as a game
By Jeremy Laird Published
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News
The Nintendo Switch 2 mouse controls are a great gimmick but they don't excite me at all
By James Bentley Published
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News
Nintendo Switch 2 specs: $450 price tag, bigger 1080p LCD screen, 4K support, 256 GB storage, 'mouse' functionality and more
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Controllers
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News
The Nintendo Switch 2 mouse controls are a great gimmick but they don't excite me at all
By James Bentley Published
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Driven
Best PC racing wheels in 2025: my favorite direct drive and budget steering wheels for sim racing
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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PSPad
How to use the PS5 controller on PC
By Wes Fenlon Last updated
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Guide
How to connect a PS4 DualShock 4 controller to PC wirelessly
By Wes Fenlon Last updated
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Guide
How to use a PS3 controller on PC
By Wes Fenlon Last updated
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Switch pad
How to use a Nintendo Switch Pro controller on PC
By Wes Fenlon Last updated
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Locked On
Best PC joysticks in 2025: these are my top picks for everything from flight sims to space shooters
By Dave James Last updated
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News
Microsoft's Adaptive Joystick is geared towards 'players with limited mobility' and is available now for just $30
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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News
Nacon's promising Revosim RS Pure direct drive racing wheel lets you use your phone as a dashboard and settings tool, but it feels like it could do with a little work
By Andy Edser Published
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Cooling
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News
HP Omen is now making upgrade options, like fans and PSUs, and it makes the gaming PC builder in me quite happy
By James Bentley Published
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News
Noctua's pumpless 'thermosiphon' liquid cooling unit is expected to be released in 2026 and has already given me a free lesson in basic thermodynamics
By Andy Edser Published
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Dual wield
Endorfy Fortis 5 Dual Fan review
By Antony Leather Published
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Easy flow
MSI MAG CoreLiquid A15 360 review
By Antony Leather Published
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Cool Breeze
Best CPU coolers in 2025: I've loaded liquid and air coolers onto today's top processors and these are my favorites
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Air dried
Best air cooler for CPUs in 2025: keep your processor chilled with one of these budget-friendly and capable coolers
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Putty problems
Thermal Grizzly TG Putty review
By Nick Evanson Last updated
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Hot Tip
Best PC fans in 2025: I've put these case fans through their paces to find the coolest and quietest
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Wetware
Best liquid cooler for CPUs in 2025: I've tried all the best AIO coolers and these are my top picks
By Nick Evanson Last updated
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Gaming Audio
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Deal
Our favourite wireless soundbar just hit its lowest ever price in the latest Amazon deal, solving one of our biggest gripes
By James Bentley Published
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Deal
The best wireless gaming headset is now even better in the Amazon Big Spring Sale, boasting a more than $50 discount
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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News
'We essentially created a virtual headset': Scientists transmit inaudible sound using ultrasonic beams to create single person 'audio enclaves'
By Andy Edser Published
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Volume up
Best PC speakers in 2025: from 2.1 systems to bookshelf bangers, these are the best gaming PC speakers
By Andy Edser Last updated
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Multitalented
Mackie CR3.5BT + CR8SBT subwoofer review
By Andy Edser Published
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News
Sennheiser says it 'will not become a gaming brand' but its new HD 550 are a good excuse to use audiophile headphones for gaming
By Jacob Ridley Published
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News
This HyperX headset is quite literally for the clouds as it has the option for winged ear plates
By James Bentley Published
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Untethered
Best wireless gaming headsets in 2025: the top cans I'd buy myself
By Dave James Last updated
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Budding
Soundcore Liberty 4 Pro earbud review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Gaming Chairs
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Take a seat
Best gaming chair in 2025: the seats I'd suggest for any gamer
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Take a seat
Best office chairs for gaming in 2025: The top seats for work and gaming that I've tried and tested
By Dave James Last updated
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Deal
Are you sitting down? My favourite budget gaming chair is the cheapest it’s ever been at only $170
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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news
I honestly thought Razer's Sensa haptics stuff was just a gimmick until I tried it with a sim racing setup, and now I'm absolutely sold
By Nick Evanson Published
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Meshed
Asus ROG Destrier Core gaming chair review
By Kegan Mooney Published
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News
The best Secretlab gaming chair is getting a gorgeous new Monster Hunter Wilds crossover and it may be my favourite yet
By James Bentley Published
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Get in the robot
AndaSeat X-Air Pro Mesh Office Gaming Chair review
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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mesh me up
Ikea Matchspel gaming chair review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Painful perch
Blacklyte Kraken gaming chair review
By Nick Evanson Last updated
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Gaming Desks
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Top Desks
Best gaming desk in 2025: my top picks for standing, sitting and everything in between
By Dave James Last updated
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Thunder X3 Lab-X review
By James Bentley Published
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ALL THE SPACE
Ikea Utespelare desk review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Rising RGB
Blacklyte Atlas review
By Nick Evanson Last updated
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Tidy
Thermaltake Gaming Desk Pegboard (Medium) review
By Jacob Fox Published
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Stay Frosty
Dezctop Bifrost Elite 160 gaming desk review
By Dave James Published
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Crushing shame
Flexispot E2Q gaming desk review
By Alistair Jones Published
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Handy L
Flexispot E7L adjustable standing desk review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Full package
Corsair Platform:6 Creator Edition gaming desk review
By Dave James Published
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Gaming Keyboards
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News
In the market for a split keyboard? Why not chop a regular one in half and then attach it back together with a nightmare of wires, said no-one ever
By Andy Edser Published
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Deal
I love the 8BitDo Retro C64 keyboard but I'd pick its cheaper NES-themed model near its lowest price ever during Amazon's Big Spring Sale
By James Bentley Published
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Deal
The most adorable Razer keyboard features not only an almost half-size form factor, but an almost half-size price at only $70
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Deal
My favourite rapid trigger keyboard is back at its lowest price and comes with a cute OLED screen to show game info (or a cat)
By James Bentley Published
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Keyed in
Best gaming keyboards in 2025: the fastest, smoothest and loveliest boards I've tested
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Freedom
Best wireless gaming keyboard in 2025: my top picks for cable-free typing delights
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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News
'I made the world's worst keyboard': This YouTuber's homemade board has over 1,000 keys and types in words, not letters
By James Bentley Published
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A subtle star
Cherry MX 8.2 Wireless Xaga gaming keyboard review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Subtle? Nah
Cherry Xtrfy K4V2 TKL gaming keyboard review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Gaming Laptops
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Deal
It's tough to find a good price on a gaming laptop right now but this $900 RTX 4070 HP Victus is a tall glass of water in a desert of deals
By Andy Edser Published
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Deals
Best cheap gaming laptop deals
By Dave James Last updated
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Chomk
Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 gaming laptop review
By Dave James Published
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The focus on GPU efficiency over fps means this year's gaming laptops are capable of something they've never been good at
By Dave James Published
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Sharper than ever
Razer Blade 16 (2025) gaming laptop review
By Dave James Published
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Nvidia RTX 5090 mobile tested: The needle hasn't moved on performance but this is the first time I'd consider ditching my desktop for a gaming laptop
By Dave James Published
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Become Dragonforged, achieve dominance
By Sponsored Published
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Deal
Okay, so it's not technically in the Amazon Big Spring Sale, but this is the cheapest RTX 4070 gaming laptop you'll find today
By James Bentley Published
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News
If you've ever wanted to upgrade a laptop with 'modular AI units' then Compal might just have the very thing you're looking for
By Nick Evanson Published
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Gaming Mice
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Slick
Best mouse pads for gaming in 2025: the fabric and hard-top mats I prefer to game on
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Lefties
The best left-handed mouse for gaming in 2025: The top ambidextrous and mirrored rodents for the southpaw PC gamer
By Dave James Last updated
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Deal
The Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro is as cheap as I've ever seen it and it's even cheaper than the cut-back HyperSpeed version
By Jacob Fox Published
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Lotta dosh
Logitech G PowerPlay 2 review
By Jacob Fox Published
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Unbound
Best wireless gaming mouse in 2025: These are the rodents I love getting my mitts on
By Dave James Last updated
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Pinpoint
Best gaming mouse in 2025: I've tested the very best mice and these are my top picks
By Dave James Last updated
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Deal
The DeathAdder V3 Pro is currently so cheap it's put the usually more affordable HyperSpeed version out of a job
By Jacob Fox Published
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Smooth as butter
SteelSeries QcK Performance mouse pad review
By Jacob Fox Published
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News
The Logitech G PowerPlay charging mouse pad was my baby and now there's a new version with a lower MSRP, thinner mat, and larger charging area
By Jacob Fox Last updated
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Gaming Monitors
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Deals
Best cheap gaming monitor deals today
By Dave James Last updated
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News
AOC announces a slew of high refresh rate 1080p and 4K monitors for under €300 each
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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News
AOC announces its own 600 Hz monitor offering though the thought of such a high refresh rate just makes my eyes water
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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News
Samsung has a crack at ye olde glasses-free 3D monitor thing but its new cheaper 49-inch ultrawide OLED is far more interesting
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Expansive
Best ultrawide monitor for gaming in 2025: the immersive panels I recommend for PC gamers
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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It's bananas...
Acer Predator Z57 review
By Jeremy Laird Published
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News
Sony's fixing the wrong panel problems while showing off its new 'RGB LED' backlight tech with outrageous colours and brightness
By Jeremy Laird Published
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By Grabthar's Hammer...
Alienware 27 AW2725Q QD-OLED gaming monitor review
By Jeremy Laird Published
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news
Asus' new monitors purify 90% of airborne dust from your desktop and I've definitely seen some gnarly gaming setups that would benefit
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Gaming PCs
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Budget-ish
This nearly budget gaming PC build made me realise availability is just as important as affordability when building a cheap machine
By Jacob Ridley Published
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The tiny-but-mighty Geekom A8 mini PC can tackle big workloads – and it’s up to 22% off right now
By Lindsay Handmer Published
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deal
Best cheap gaming PC deals today
By Dave James Last updated
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Perfect PC
Best gaming PCs in 2025: these are the rigs and brands I recommend in 2025
By Dave James Last updated
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News
This Redditor rocked up to Best Buy and bought an RTX 4060 gaming PC for cheaper than its extended warranty, saving $1,195 and their friend from buying a console
By Jacob Fox Published
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OTT
This gaming PC build smashes together the very latest components but if I did it again, I'd do it differently
By Zak Storey Published
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Deal
Screw waiting for GPU restocks, with an AMD RX 9070 gaming PC going for as cheap as this I'd hop on the pre-built bandwagon
By Jacob Fox Published
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Deal
This RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC is about as cheap as we've seen so far, and it's got me all nostalgic for PC prices long past
By Jacob Fox Published
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DIY
Best gaming PC builds: budget, mid-range and high-end recommendations
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Graphics Cards
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Happy birthday Radeon
The first Radeon was superior to Nvidia's GeForce2 in almost every way but it set the tone for how AMD would fair against the jolly green giant for the next 25 years
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
The first Nvidia RTX 50-series GPU makes an appearance in the Steam hardware survey and it's the RTX 5080 that has the honour
By Jeremy Laird Published
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News
Inzoi and The First Berserker Khazan devs suggest ditching the latest Nvidia drivers if you're running an RTX 40-series graphics card
By James Bentley Published
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Spenny
Gigabyte RTX 5070 Ti Eagle OC Ice review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Price problem
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Ventus 3X OC White review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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News
Hmmm, upgrades: Nvidia App gets an optional AI assistant and custom DLSS resolution scaling
By Jeremy Laird Published
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news
AMD's CEO claims 9070 XT sales are 10x higher than all previous Radeon generations but that's just for the first week of availability
By Jeremy Laird Published
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More VRAM please
With Nvidia Ace taking up 1 GB of VRAM in Inzoi, Team Green will need to up its memory game if AI NPCs take off in PC gaming
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
The RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti are rumoured to be mere weeks away, with board partners reportedly required to ensure at least one MSRP model at launch
By Nick Evanson Published
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Handheld Gaming PCs
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News
Nintendo is going to charge Switch 2 handheld console owners money for a glorified digital manual that doubles as a game
By Jeremy Laird Published
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News
Nintendo Switch 2 specs: $450 price tag, bigger 1080p LCD screen, 4K support, 256 GB storage, 'mouse' functionality and more
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Awks
Ayaneo 3 handheld gaming PC review
By Joel Loynds Published
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News
The first non-Steam Deck SteamOS handheld is now available for preorder, and Lenovo may be aiming for the ROG Ally X's throne
By James Bentley Published
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Portable PC
Best handheld gaming PC in 2025: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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News
Microsoft is finally rolling out its controller-friendly virtual keyboard for a better Windows handheld gaming PC experience
By Jacob Fox Published
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Better... but worse?...
Lenovo Legion Go S (Windows) review
By Jacob Fox Published
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News
A new and improved desktop experience just landed on Steam Deck and SteamOS is readying 'support for non-Steam Deck handhelds'
By Andy Edser Published
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News
'The future of hardware at Valve is bright': Valve celebrates the success of Steam Deck and Steam OS
By Shaun Prescott Published
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Lighting
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Light it up!
The best desk lighting in 2025: my recommendations for key lights and lightstrips to illuminate your gaming set-up
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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As if I needed any more RGB lights, this Govee x Evangelion light kit we gave a 91% is still $60 off for Cyber Monday
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Deal
I find two key lights are much better than one for evenly lighting a stream or shoot, and here's a set from Neewer that's nearly buy one, get one free for Black Friday
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Reactive
Nanoleaf 4D Screen Mirror Kit review
By Josh Brown Published
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Sync'd
Govee AI Sync Box Kit 2 review
By Josh Brown Published
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Scripted
Elgato Light Strip Pro review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Unit 01
Govee x Evangelion gaming light kits review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Lit up
Govee Strip Light 2 Pro review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Stunner
Govee Cob Strip Light Pro review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Memory
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Dynamic
Best RAM for gaming in 2025: I've tested the best DDR4 and DDR5 RAM to find the right kits for you
By Chris Szewczyk Last updated
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Wasted potential
Corsair Vengeance DDR5-8400 CUDIMM review
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
Corsair's new 'personalised RAM' gives you the option to pick the look and speed of memory you hide in the case anyway
By James Bentley Published
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news
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
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Deal
We've more or less hit RAM price equilibrium: this 32 GB 6000 MT/s DDR5 kit is closing in on the price of a comparable DDR4 kit
By James Bentley Published
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News
G.SKILL and Kingston break the 12,000MT/s DDR5 memory barrier with Intel's new Arrow Lake CPU
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Prime Day deals
Need some speedy DDR5 for a new build or gaming PC upgrade? This Team Group 32 GB kit is just $86
By Nick Evanson Published
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news
Samsung and SK Hynix spend billions more on DRAM production to feed the never-ending hunger for AI servers
By Nick Evanson Published
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news
After claiming 8 GB on a Mac is like 16 GB on PC, Apple's rumoured to be finally making the jump to 16 GB
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Motherboards
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Legend
ASRock B850 Steel Legend Wi-Fi review
By Antony Leather Published
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Lightning
ASRock Phantom Gaming B850I Lightning Wi-Fi review
By Antony Leather Published
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🤤
Asus ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WiFi review
By Antony Leather Published
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News
Asus has finally acknowledged it's changed the Q-Release Slim mechanism, bringing the whole saga to a satisfying conclusion
By Andy Edser Published
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News
Rejoice! PCI Express 7.0 hits 'final draft' status enabling bandwidth that you probably won't notice on devices that won't appear for years
By Jeremy Laird Published
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A bit too lite
ASRock Z890 Taichi Lite motherboard review
By Nick Evanson Published
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Best Mobo
Best gaming motherboards: these are the mobos I'd build a system around today
By Dave James Last updated
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Mid mainstream
Asus TUF Gaming B860M-Plus WiFi motherboard review
By Nick Evanson Published
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B850 Blues
Asus ROG Strix B850-F Gaming WiFi motherboard review
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
Nintendo Switch 2 specs: $450 price tag, bigger 1080p LCD screen, 4K support, 256 GB storage, 'mouse' functionality and more
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Happy birthday Radeon
The first Radeon was superior to Nvidia's GeForce2 in almost every way but it set the tone for how AMD would fair against the jolly green giant for the next 25 years
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
The first Nvidia RTX 50-series GPU makes an appearance in the Steam hardware survey and it's the RTX 5080 that has the honour
By Jeremy Laird Published
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