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Powercolor Radeon RX 9070 GRE pictured which means the new AMD GPU is probably arriving sooner than we expected but it may be restricted to China
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Apple and Meta have been fined a total of €700,000,000 for non-compliance with the EU Digital Markets Act. Which, in their billion-dollar world, is just chump change
By Andy Edser Published
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Intel's elderly Raptor Lake CPUs are still selling surprisingly well and the reason is simple: They're cheap
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Axial size
Thrustmaster T598 direct drive racing wheel review
By Andy Edser Last updated
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Struggle pug
Oblivion struggling to nail 60 fps on my RTX 5090 was not on my 2025 bingo card, but without frame gen Oblivion Remastered's top settings bring the card to its knees
By Dave James Published
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Razer has made a wild-looking wireless ergonomic mouse with six month battery life and it's making my eyes go funny
By Andy Edser Published
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New Intel CEO is looking 'for partnership with the industry leader to build purpose-built silicon' for AI, but is he talking about making chips with Nvidia or for OpenAI?
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Controllers
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Axial size
Thrustmaster T598 direct drive racing wheel review
By Andy Edser Last updated
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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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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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Cooling
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This water block has teeny tiny fins to better cool your CPU and is meant to be slapped right on top of your silicon
By Jacob Fox Published
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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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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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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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Gaming Audio
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Audiophile
Sennheiser HD 550 review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Don't stare
Corsair Void Wireless V2 review
By Joel Loynds 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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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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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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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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Cyber Monday gaming chair deals 2024: money off the comfiest desk thrones
By Jacob Ridley 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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If you hurry, you can pick up a set of these sweet artisan keycaps in all sorts of delicious combinations
By Andy Edser Published
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Corsair's custom shop Drop announces possibly the best thing to come out of Starfield
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Cherry's new MX Northern Light is its 'most refined linear switch to date' and a 'love letter to the keyboard community'
By Hope Corrigan Published
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There's no two ways about it—I love the Lumon blue, retro styling of this Severance-inspired keyboard
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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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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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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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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Gaming Laptops
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Morals vs your wallet
Framework 13 AMD AI 300-series review
By Dave James Published
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Deals
Best cheap gaming laptop deals
By Dave James Last updated
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Asus announces specs and price for its 2025 TUF A14 gaming laptop and do my eyes deceive me or is this a good deal?
By Hope Corrigan Published
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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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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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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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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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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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Gaming Mice
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Razer has made a wild-looking wireless ergonomic mouse with six month battery life and it's making my eyes go funny
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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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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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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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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Smooth as butter
SteelSeries QcK Performance mouse pad review
By Jacob Fox Published
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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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Eye candy
Best gaming monitors in 2025: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
By Dave James Last updated
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Bendy
Best curved monitors for gaming in 2025: These are the bendy displays I'd plant myself in front of
By Dave James Last updated
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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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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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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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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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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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It's bananas...
Acer Predator Z57 review
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Gaming PCs
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Perfect PC
Best gaming PCs in 2025: these are the rigs and brands I recommend today
By Dave James Last updated
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Masters of disaster
This subreddit dedicated to the worst computer setups on Earth makes me weirdly proud to be a PC gamer
By Rick Lane 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
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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DIY
Best gaming PC builds: budget, mid-range and high-end recommendations
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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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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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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Graphics Cards
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Powercolor Radeon RX 9070 GRE pictured which means the new AMD GPU is probably arriving sooner than we expected but it may be restricted to China
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Struggle pug
Oblivion struggling to nail 60 fps on my RTX 5090 was not on my 2025 bingo card, but without frame gen Oblivion Remastered's top settings bring the card to its knees
By Dave James Published
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Pixel pushers
Cheap graphics card deals this week
By Dave James Last updated
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AMD says it will be talking all things gaming and AI at Computex in May, and that could set the stage for the more affordable RX 9060 graphics cards
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Thermal imaging seems to show there are 'weak point' hot spots in some RTX 50-series graphics cards
By Jacob Fox Published
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A high-performance Intel Battlemage gaming GPU has allegedly been spotted and I really want it to be a $400 RTX 5070 killer
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Eep!
MSI RTX 5060 Ti 16G Gaming Trio OC review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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This single-fan RTX 5060 Ti has me *this* close to upgrading
By Jacob Fox Published
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Hold up, there's an RTX 5070 under MSRP in the UK that just dropped below £500 (by a penny, still counts)
By Jeremy Laird Last updated
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Handheld Gaming PCs
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hand hell
Oblivion Remastered is 'verified' for Steam Deck, but the original with mods is a far superior handheld experience
By Shaun Prescott Published
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Nintendo confirms the Switch 2 price is staying at $450 in the US despite tariff turmoil, with preorders starting April 24
By Lincoln Carpenter Published
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One of our favourite last-gen handheld PCs is getting a Ryzen AI HX 370 upgrade and a native landscape display
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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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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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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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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Sponsored
AI-generated lighting from Lepro should be setting the mood for your gaming sessions
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Light 'em up
Elgato Key Light Neo review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Memory
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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New Intel CEO is looking 'for partnership with the industry leader to build purpose-built silicon' for AI, but is he talking about making chips with Nvidia or for OpenAI?
By Jeremy Laird Published
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If you hurry, you can pick up a set of these sweet artisan keycaps in all sorts of delicious combinations
By Andy Edser Published
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TB on the go
Best external hard drives in 2025: the storage media I'd take on my own gaming adventures
By Nick Evanson Last updated
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