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Original
Phanteks Evolv X2 PC case review
By Zak Storey Published
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Deal
I've found great deals on some of our favorite wireless gaming mice starting at just $30, even amid the ongoing price apocalypse
By Andy Edser Published
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Teeny Peecees
Best mini PCs in 2025: The compact computers I love the most
By Al Bickham Last updated
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News
Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 announced, starting from $299: 'We can work with our partners to get these out at reasonable prices, which we are doing'
By Jacob Ridley Published
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News
Be Quiet's created the quietest mechanical gaming keyboards I've ever used, offering the striking benefit of not annoying everyone in a five meter radius
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Deals
Best cheap gaming laptop deals
By Dave James Last updated
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news
Intel is selling its 51% stake in Altera, for presumably a few billion, to private firm with over $104 billion in investments
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Explore Hardware
Controllers
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Total control
Best PC controllers in 2025: the pads I recommend for PC gamers
By Dave James Last updated
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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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Cooling
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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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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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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
These are my favorite earbuds for under $100 and they're now on sale for even cheaper
By Jacob Fox Published
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Fun buds
EarFun Air Pro 4 earbuds review
By Jacob Fox Published
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Quality cans
Best gaming headsets in 2025: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
By Dave James Last updated
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Fast charger
Turtle Beach Stealth 500 review
By Katie Wickens 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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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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Gaming Chairs
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Take a seat
Best gaming chair in 2025: the seats I'd suggest for any PC 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
Be Quiet's created the quietest mechanical gaming keyboards I've ever used, offering the striking benefit of not annoying everyone in a five meter radius
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Click Clack
Best mechanical keyboards in 2025: the clacky boards I'd buy in a heartbeat
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Deal
Logitech's pretty excellent rapid trigger keyboard has just hit its lowest ever price, making it the one I'd recommend right now
By James Bentley Published
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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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Gaming Laptops
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Deals
Best cheap gaming laptop deals
By Dave James Last updated
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News
AMD muddies the laptop CPU waters again with a Zen 4 refresh. So, where are our actual next-gen Zen 5 chips?
By Jacob Fox Published
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news
Razer has pulled the pricing and pre-order pages for its new Blade laptops and I think it's pretty obvious what's happening here
By Dave James Published
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News
This estimate that iPhones would cost $3,500 if made in the US has me terrified of tariffs and the concept of a mid-range gaming laptop costing $5,000 and high-end models hitting nearly $15,000
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Portable powerhouses
Best gaming laptop in 2025: I've put the best of this new generation head-to-head and we have a winner
By Dave James Last updated
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News
Framework is 'temporarily pausing US sales' on some of its laptops due to Trump's tariffs: 'At a 10% tariff, we would have to sell the lowest-end SKUs at a loss'
By James Bentley Published
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News
Nvidia hasn't announced them yet but laptop vendors confirm that RTX 5050 and 5060 GPUs are almost here, and they'll both have 8 GB of VRAM
By Nick Evanson Published
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FIGHT
Razer Blade 16 vs Asus Zephyrus G16 2025 edition: We're potentially picking the best gaming laptop of this generation
By Andy Edser Published
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Slim but slipping
Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 2025 review
By Andy Edser Published
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Gaming Mice
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Deal
I've found great deals on some of our favorite wireless gaming mice starting at just $30, even amid the ongoing price apocalypse
By Andy Edser Published
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News
Spot the difference: Two of our favorite Razer gaming mice are on discount and I'd happily pick either as my next battle-ready rodent
By Andy Edser Published
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News
Keychron's M5 wireless ergonomic mouse has an 8K polling rate for 'ultimate control in gaming scenarios' making it a gaming mouse with a, err, twist
By Andy Edser Published
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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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Gaming Monitors
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4K Vision
Best 4K gaming monitors in 2025: the ultra hi-res panels I highly recommend
By Dave James Last updated
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Deals
Best cheap gaming monitor deals today
By Dave James Last updated
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Eye candy
Best gaming monitors in 2025: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
By Dave James Last updated
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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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Eye candy
Best OLED gaming monitors in 2025: I can't keep my eyes off these vivid displays
By Jeremy Laird Last updated
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Deal
This $299 Acer monitor is the cheapest high-refresh 32-inch 4K gaming panel we've ever seen from a big brand
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Deal
Enter the glorious world of true HDR gaming with this massive 32-inch 4K OLED gaming monitor, now $710
By Nick Evanson Published
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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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Gaming PCs
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Teeny Peecees
Best mini PCs in 2025: The compact computers I love the most
By Al Bickham Last updated
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news
The new Asus ROG NUC is a mini PC with an Arrow Lake CPU and RTX 5080 laptop GPU, and is going to be very, very, VERY expensive
By Hope Corrigan Published
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deal
Best cheap gaming PC deals today
By Dave James Last updated
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Ruby, ruby, ruby
ABS Cyclone Ruby Gaming PC review
By Ian Evenden Published
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DIWhy?
ABS Cyclone Aqua Gaming PC review
By Ian Evenden Published
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Deal
This Ryzen 7 9700X, GeForce RTX 5070 gaming PC is the cheapest I've seen this week, which might not stay that way for long
By Nick Evanson 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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Deal
Rather than risking the shark-infested waters of GPU stocks and pricing, I'd just go for this ace $2,000 RX 9070 XT gaming PC
By Jacob Fox Published
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News
Turns out that Alienware's new upgradeable desktop is only fully upgradeable with an optional $35 conversion kit
By James Bentley Published
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Graphics Cards
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News
Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 announced, starting from $299: 'We can work with our partners to get these out at reasonable prices, which we are doing'
By Jacob Ridley Published
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news
White House claims 'the Trump Effect in action' as Nvidia announces plans to build AI chips and supercomputers in the US
By Andy Chalk Published
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News
The first leaked GPU specs for AMD's RX 9060 XT appear and it's pretty much an RX 9070 XT chopped in two
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
User reports melted power cable on an RTX 5070 and now we're wondering if any RTX 50-series GPU is safe
By Jeremy Laird Published
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News
As tariff chaos looms, Nvidia's RTX 5070 GPU is actually available below MSRP in the UK
By Jeremy Laird Published
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News
More RTX 50-series supply on the way? Rumours suggest Nvidia may have started to use SK Hynix GDDR7 in potential boost to production
By Andy Edser Published
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TUF customer
Asus TUF Gaming RTX 5070 Ti OC Edition review
By Andy Edser Published
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News
Looks like 8 GB and 16 GB versions of the RX 9060 XT and RTX 5060 Ti are fast approaching, so *please* can we have some affordable graphics cards for a change
By Jacob Fox Published
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Pixel pushers
Cheap graphics card deals this week
By Dave James Last updated
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Handheld Gaming PCs
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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
MSI will switch to AMD chips for its high-end Claw handheld PC if the rumour mill is to be believed
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
Potential Steam Deck prototype spotted in the wilds of eBay with AMD Picasso APU—and an asking price of $3,000
By Jess Kinghorn Last updated
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A worthy upgrade
ROG Ally X, Legion Go, and now the Nintendo Switch 2 are missing one important thing: Why don't more handhelds have OLED screens?
By James Bentley Published
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hit the deck
I loved the Nintendo Switch, but the Switch 2 looks like every other console now: A worse PC with a few exclusive games
By Ted Litchfield Published
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News
Nintendo has delayed Switch 2 pre-orders in the US 'to assess the potential impact of tariffs' and it feels like a straight warning of the hardware price rises to come
By James Bentley Published
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News
Nvidia says its Nintendo Switch 2 chip benefited from '1,000 engineer-years of effort' claiming a 10x performance bump with DLSS and dedicated ray tracing silicon
By Jeremy Laird 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
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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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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News
Samsung rakes in nearly $5 billion profit from companies hoarding memory chips like Smaug ahead of Trump's tumultuous tariffs
By James Bentley Published
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News
G.Skill's 128 GB golden RAM kit is the first high-capacity set to hit DDR5-8000 speeds and it's making me reconsider my views on PC hardware bling
By Andy Edser Published
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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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Motherboards
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News
I know tariff-related price increases are a thing right now but a $1,371 motherboard might be pushing it, even if it is 'Extreme'
By Andy Edser Published
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Best Mobo
Best gaming motherboards in 2025: these are the mobos I'd build a system around today
By Dave James Last updated
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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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Mid mainstream
Asus TUF Gaming B860M-Plus WiFi motherboard review
By Nick Evanson Published
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More about Hardware
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news
Intel is selling its 51% stake in Altera, for presumably a few billion, to private firm with over $104 billion in investments
By Hope Corrigan Published
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news
Trump's Secretary of Education—and former WWE CEO—may repeatedly refer to AI as 'A1' but when she calls A1 learning 'a wonderful thing' she could genuinely be onto something
By Hope Corrigan 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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