Andy Edser

Andy Edser

Hardware Writer

Andy built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 12, when IDE cables were a thing and high resolution wasn't. 26 years later (yes he's getting old), he now spends his days writing about and reviewing graphics cards, CPUs, keyboards, mice, gaming headsets and much, much more. You name it, if it's PC gaming hardware he'll write words about it, with opinions and everything.

Latest articles by Andy Edser

A split image of a screenshot from the game Portal, and a PlayStation 5 console
A whole host of Steam PC games can now run locally on a jailbroken PlayStation 5, including Portal, Left 4 Dead 2, and many more

By Andy Edser Published

News I never thought I'd see the day.

News
A still from a YouTube video of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaking at the Standford Graduate School of Business
'I no longer think we’re going to be able to patch all bugs' says AI Pandora's box opener Sam Altman: 'We're going to have to completely switch the defense model'

By Andy Edser Published

News Cool, I'll get right on it.

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News
A split image of a character from The Sims looking shocked opposite a close up of the RTX 5090 text on a graphics card
Leaked video shows hundreds, possibly thousands of brand-new RTX 5090s being dismantled for AI server usage in Chinese factory

By Andy Edser Published

News So that's where they're going.

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News
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor
AMD says the re-release of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D was 'like a final gift to our loyal [AM4] users' and it was CEO Dr. Lisa Su who first came up with the idea

By Andy Edser Published

News It timed itself rather nicely with the deepening memory crisis, too.

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News
A Philips Evnia 36-inch ultrawide gaming monitor on a desk
In a rare instance of good news, Philips has announced the world's first 36-inch, 260 Hz gaming monitor. So that's nice

By Andy Edser Published

News Let's all look upon it with wonder.

News
Four budget graphics cards lined up in a row on a wooden desk
Graphics card wholesale prices are on the rise once again in China, so it's time to brace yourself for even more GPU pricing pain

By Andy Edser Published

News And I thought I was as braced as I could get.

News
A still from the Uncharted movie, showing several pallets of wares strung together out the back of an airplane in flight
Two entire pallets of RTX 5090s have 'gone missing' from a Brazilian airport—$495,000 worth of unobtanium graphics cards now presumably at large

By Andy Edser last updated

News Own up, which one of you was it?

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News
A split image of a forklift in Abiotic Factor and an RTX 5090 graphics card
Stolen RTX 5090 from Brazilian airport forklift heist reportedly turns up on second hand market for $6,400, but the rest remain AWOL

By Andy Edser Published

News These things have serial numbers, you know.

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News
A Klim Everest laptop cooler with a comic strip on top of it
I've never seen a laptop cooler come with its own comic strip before, but it still hasn't convinced me this noisy beast is worth $50

By Andy Edser Published

Win or Bin? Not so cool.

Win or Bin?
An MSI graphics card, an AMD CPU, and a Corsair PC case
Best gaming PC builds: Shop all our recommended system builds as we ride out the RAMpocalypse

By Andy Edser last updated

DIY Pick the products from our latest recommendations.

DIY
A stock photo of a hacker with computers in dark room. The devices are displaying computer code on the screens.
'We expect mass attacks to start within 15 minutes of the release': Web admins braced for emergency PHP updates to plug leaked high-severity holes

By Andy Edser Published

News Batten down the virtual hatches.

News
A photograph of a monitor showing DLSS Swapper, an upscaling DLL swapping program
DLSS Swapper now lets you update all your upscalers in multiple games at once, adds Nvidia's new Frame Generation Preset C

By Andy Edser Published

News Everything, everywhere, all at once.

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News
PC Game Pass
Microsoft won't like this open source project to get Game Pass working on SteamOS and Linux, but I think it's pretty neat

By Andy Edser Published

News If it doesn't exist, build it yourself.

News
Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card on different backgrounds
RTX 5090 not dead, says Nvidia—but it's mysteriously vanished from the company's official marketplace

By Andy Edser Published

News Another Schrödinger's graphics card?

News
The Razer Basilisk V4 Pro gaming mouse shot from various angles at Gamescom 2026
79% of you think Razer's new gaming mouse feature counts as cheating

By Andy Edser Published

Poll I doubt it will do a 180, though. Hey-hey!

11 Comments
Poll
A Razer Wolverine V4 Pro gaming controller on top an RGB-lit gaming keyboard
Razer Wolverine V4 Pro wireless gaming controller review

By Andy Edser Published

Score: 93% Claws, sharpened.

Score: 93%
Images of an RTX 4090 and RTX 5090 graphics card split in the middle with a diagonal line
The RTX 4090 launched four years ago today, and now the RTX 5090 is rumoured for the chop, I can't help but look upon it with a warm glow

By Andy Edser Published

A true giant Times, they have a-changed.

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A true giant
Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Gen 8 gaming PC
Worldwide PC shipments have plummeted by over 20%, to the surprise of absolutely no one

By Andy Edser Published

News Could it be something to do with.... the memory crisis?

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News
A screenshot from a video of Marvel Rivals, demonstrating Razer's "Perfect 180" mouse enhancement feature
Does Razer's 'Perfect 180' insta-turning mouse feature count as cheating? You decide

By Andy Edser Published

Poll A spin to the left, a flip to the right.

13 Comments
Poll
A Razer Basilisk V4 Pro gaming mouse on a desk at the Razer booth at Gamescom 2026
New Razer Basilisk V4 executes perfect 180 degree turns at the click of a button, all while looking like a Power Ranger's foot

By Andy Edser Published

News It also feels rather fancy, but I can hear the protests about its quick spinning feature from here...

News
A Logitech MX Master 4 and Razer Cobra HyperSpeed mouse next to a gaming keyboard
In my quest to find the perfect mouse for me, I've ended up with two completely different ones

By Andy Edser Published

Meeces, plural I guess I'm just picky.

Meeces, plural
A Steam Frame VR headset being used as night vision goggles
TIL: The Steam Frame can be used as a pair of night vision goggles

By Andy Edser Published

I am the night Just call me Sam Fisher.

I am the night
An extra cushion on top of a gaming chair, in front of a gaming keyboard, with a Lego minifig sitting on top
This arse cushion is the biggest upgrade I've made to my gaming setup in 2026, which says a lot about where we're at right now

By Andy Edser Published

Bottom line In short, I've been sitting on it.

Bottom line
This picture taken 26 December 2011 shows the Pentagon building in Washington, DC. The Pentagon, which is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense (DOD), is the world's largest office building by floor area, with about 6,500,000 sq ft (600,000 m2), of which 3,700,000 sq ft (340,000 m2) are used as offices. Approximately 23,000 military and civilian employees and about 3,000 non-defense support personnel work in the Pentagon. AFP PHOTO (Photo by STAFF / AFP) (Photo by STAFF/AFP via Getty Images)
The Pentagon says 'hold my beer,' falls victim to massive data breach affecting roughly 3,000,000 people

By Andy Edser Published

News We'll show the FBI what a hack looks like.

News
A pair of Amazon Basics Desktop Stereo Speakers on, what else, a desktop, with the RGB lit up in blue and the PC Gamer Budget Win or Recycle Bin badge in the top right
Amazon's $25 self-propelling speakers gave me the giggles as they tried to walk off the edge of my desk, and that's almost worth the price of entry alone

By Andy Edser Published

Win or Bin? Should I make them race?

Win or Bin?
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