Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
There are few easy ways to get across the incredible complexity required to build a modern computer chip: this photograph is one of them
News Makes you realise we'd have a tough job ever getting this technology back if it were, let's say, somehow forgotten.
Roccat is gone, replaced by Turtle Beach: 'We felt that time and resources would be best spent focusing under a single brand'
News The PC peripheral brand has been fully assimilated into parent company Turtle Beach.
Gaming PCs with no visible cables are the boldest design change I've seen in a decade of building computers
Look ma, no cables! From motherboards and power supplies sneakily hiding cables, to graphics cards and fans that entirely get rid of them, we're seeing the end of cluttered gaming PCs.
Here's a portable PS1 built from the remnants of an actual console and it only took folding the motherboard 'like a book'
News Does this hurt the motherboard?
Playseat's latest racing seat makes it crystal clear that you like F1, in case a cockpit in your room wasn't clear enough
News I still want one, though.
Updated Star Citizen minimum system requirements look gentle but they're more guidelines than actual rules
News You still don't want to play this game with less than 32GB of RAM or without a decent CPU.
US promises Samsung $6.4B to build more chips on US soil, which only increases the chance of a Made in USA GPU at some point
News Samsung, TSMC, and Intel are all big benefactors from the CHIPS and Science Act cash the US Government is throwing around right now.
My top TikTok account of the minute: this 'guy with two microscopes' that peeps inside computer chips
News Ready for your close-up?
Nextorage X Series (NN5PRO) 2TB review
Cost per GB The fastest SSD for random reads/writes we've ever tested, but for what purpose?
Scuf Envision Pro controller review
PC first A high-end controller actually designed for PC gaming.
President Biden says he'll hand $6.6 billion to world's largest chipmaker to stick around and expand in Arizona
News That's CHIPS Act cash headed into TSMC's pocket, and in return it'll build not one but three fabs in Arizona.
Intel Battlemage reportedly headed our way before Black Friday
News That's sometime before November 29, for non-Americans or reluctant capitalists.
Google sums up 2023's security exploits: the good news is fixes are blocking some types of zero-day attack. The bad news is Windows has seen more than most
News 2023 also saw a greater number of zero-day attacks in the wild than 2022, but still fewer than 2021.
This custom controller builder is making one in the shape of the Mysterious Artefact from Baldur's Gate 3, and it mostly works
News Shadowheart approves.
Razer Blade 14 (2024) review
Nice 'n' pricey AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (140W) | 32GB DDR5 | 1TB SSD | $2,700 | £2,700
Major Taiwan earthquake temporarily halts production at Nvidia and AMD chipmaker
News The earthquake is one of the largest in Taiwan's history, leaving at least seven dead and more trapped.
Lexar Play 2230 1TB SSD review
Handheld upgrade For a Steam Deck, ROG Ally, or Legion Go SSD update, look no further than the impressive Play 2230.
Asus ROG Falchion RX Low Profile review
Tiny champ A gaming keyboard with a lot to offer considering its small stature.
Snapdragon X Elite spotted running Baldur's Gate 3 at around 30fps, supporting claims that Windows games 'just work' on ARM chip
News Qualcomm's chip might be good for a spot of gaming on the go.
Man tries to smuggle seven-year-old AMD graphics cards through Chinese airport customs—all 44 of them
News The RX 580 wasn't even all that expensive new.
Phil Spencer, forever the optimist, hints that he's interested in a Microsoft version of Big Picture Mode for handheld gaming PCs: 'I want my Legion Go to feel like an Xbox'
News "The things that usually frustrate me are more Windows-based than device-based. Which is an area I feel some ownership of."
Intel's future multi billion dollar mega-fab is set smack-bang on top of multiple neolithic burial sites
News More digging to come before the heavy machinery rolls in.
