Latest articles by James Bentley
After years of complaints about Windows Task Manager displaying CPU utilization incorrectly, a fix is finally on its way
News You can now more accurately manage your tasks.
Best PC speakers in 2025: from 2.1 systems to bookshelf bangers, these are the best gaming PC speakers
Volume up Treat yourself to an awesome audio experience with the best PC speakers.
Best mechanical keyboards in 2025: the clacky boards I'd buy in a heartbeat
Click Clack Make the switch with our guide to the best mechanical gaming keyboards.
This water-cooled gaming laptop packs a full-size desktop RTX 5090 and even fits in a backpack, but I sure wouldn't want it in mine
News I'm pretty sure I saw this once as an Xbox 720 'leak'.
Gigabyte seemingly mocks Asus' recent Q-release debacle with a video swapping out an RTX 5070 Ti 100 times
News That's some cheeky marketing.
The latest Windows 11 dev build gives you the ability to snap together commonly paired apps for access in a single click, and I'm already sold
News Now I can open Solitaire and Spotify even quicker.
I never thought a handheld PC bloated with Windows could replace my Steam Deck, but after gaming on an old OneXPlayer 2 Pro I can see now I judged it too harshly
All hands off Deck Full Steam ahead.
I've never wanted a keyboard with cheese keycaps and a little mouse on it until I saw this one
News A brieboard? Charcuterkey? Key(cheese)board? Okay, maybe not that last one.
Google is rolling out an even more AI-heavy search engine mode because 'power users want AI responses for even more of their searches'
News I, for one, absolutely do not welcome our new AI overlords.
Nvidia RTX 5060 graphics cards are said to be revealed 'in about 10 days' and are expected to 'be on the shelf a month later'
News Nvidia's entry-level RTX 50 cards will soon be here. Or not if there aren't any stocks, like the rest of the Blackwell range.
Nvidia loses over $200 billion in valuation in a single day, as Trump's tariffs continue to roll out
News Though Nvidia is still up year over year.
Best webcams in 2025: the 1080p and 4K webcams I recommend for gamers and streamers
Look Your Best These are the best webcams for streaming and video calls.
Best Steam Deck accessories in 2025: These are the add-ons that I'd let keep my handheld company on its travels
Decked out These are the best Steam Deck accessories to pair with your handheld gaming PC—peripherals, power, and protection.
Saying what we're probably all thinking, Zotac cautions, 'Do not use third-party cables, angled adapters, or other cable accessories'
News Don't want that $2,000 card overheating.
uBlock and a handful of other popular Google Chrome extensions have been axed overnight, but some of them just require turning off and on again
News uBlock, more like you are blocked (temporarily).
After AMD's RX 9070 XT presentation, I can safely say even this Nvidia die-hard believes the hype
Worth the hype? I just hope the hype is worth believing in.
Skype is being shut down in favour of Microsoft Teams, and with it dies the best ring tone in the business
News An end of an era.
Lost Soul Aside system requirements suggest Sony's upcoming RPG is a breeze to run, but you may want to make some room on your SSD
News Oh, and you may need to actually get an SSD.
With some RTX 50-series cards missing precious ROPs, one PC builder guarantees their systems' GPUs will all have the right number
News Less than 0.5% of manufactured cards are reportedly hit by this problem.
8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard review (C64 Edition)
This Commodore-themed keyboard has a commanding presence.
With RTX 50 series cards not supporting 32-bit PhysX, some owners are taking to shoving a secondary card into their rig just to run older games better
News We've gone back in time to PhysX-dedicated GPUs again.
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater system requirements are here, and it's yet another game that requires an RTX graphics card and tonnes of free storage to play
News Pour one out for those still on a GTX card.
One educational company accuses Google's AI summary of leading to a 'hollowed-out information ecosystem of little use and unworthy of trust' in latest lawsuit
News 'We believe this isn’t just about Chegg'.
