Latest articles by Dave James
Best mini PCs in 2026: The compact computers I love the most
Teeny Peecees Searching for a new super-compact gaming machine? Look no further.
Best 4K gaming monitors in 2026: the ultra hi-res panels I highly recommend
4K Vision The best 4K gaming monitor has all the bells and whistles an enthusiast could ever want or need.
Best gaming motherboards in 2026: these are the AMD and Intel mobos I'd build a system around today
Best Mobo The best gaming motherboards from the top Intel and AMD chipsets.
Best graphics card for laptops in 2026: the mobile GPUs I'd want in my next gaming laptop
Go mobile Helping you pick the right graphics silicon for your next laptop purchase.
Best SSD for gaming in 2026: the fastest and the best value solid state drives to perk up your PC
Speedy storage Give your gaming PC a serious speed boost with the best SSD for gaming.
Best gaming desk in 2026: my top picks for standing, sitting and everything in between
Top Desks We've chosen the best gaming desks based on hours of playing on both sitting and standing desks, just to see which is worth your money.
Best gaming PCs in 2026: these are the rigs and brands I recommend today
Perfect PC Everything you need to know about buying the best prebuilt gaming PC.
Nvidia's DLSS 4.5 looks great and all but I'm surprised at just how much extra power it demands from your graphics card
news Looking at them side-by-side, you can see just how much more juice the new transformer model can demand.
The best gaming monitors in Australia for 2026: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
Eye candy The best gaming monitors offer the perfect mix of resolution, refresh rate, and size to immerse you in your favorite gaming worlds.
The best gaming laptops in Australia for 2026: I've tested the best laptops for gaming of this generation and here are the ones I recommend
Portable powerhouses Don't compromise on power or portability with the best gaming laptops.
Lego's smart new 2x4 Smart Brick packs a custom ASIC, speaker, and synthesiser created by 'an expert team from the worlds of video gaming, computing... and more'
CES 2026 "You might hear our Smart Brick roaring like a jet plane or flushing like a toilet."
Dell's CES 2026 chat was the most pleasingly un-AI briefing I've had in maybe 5 years
CES 2026 "A bit of a shift from a year ago where we were all about the AI PC."
Nvidia's promising '4K 240 Hz path traced gaming' with DLSS 4.5 but do you want 6x Multi Frame Gen?
CES 2026 It's convinced the 2nd gen Transformer model is good enough that you will.
Alienware promises it's not 'cutting corners on the things that matter the most' with its new entry-level gaming laptops
CES 2026 So, lots of RAM then, eh?
Alienware is taking on Razer and Asus with its new ultra slim 'covert' gaming laptop tease
CES 2026 "It's a little more covert" than your traditional Alienware... like a Dell laptop maybe.
'Quite frankly it was missing one thing': Alienware has fixed one of the biggest issues with its Area-51 gaming PC
CES 2026 The new Ryzen 7 9850X3D is part of the Alienware's CES 2026 party.
MSI's brilliant new QD-OLED screen fixes one of the biggest issues with OLED gaming monitors
CES 2026 Fixed front fringing, light absorption, and the best HDR we've seen to date.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025: All the winners from a bumper 12 months of PC gaming tech
winners! We've had our hands on the absolute best PC hardware the industry has had to offer in this bountiful year, and these are the winners.
Razer's little Blade has been my ride-or-die throughout the year and is my absolute favourite gaming laptop of 2025
Gear of the Year Through thick and thin.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best graphics card of 2025
Gear of the year A whole new generation of graphics cards dropped this year, but which can take the crown?
Well, this year's graphics card launches were a right shitshow, eh?
Launch malfunction This year saw the worst launch of any GPU generation I can remember in all my 20 years as a tech journo.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming laptop of 2025
Gear of the year With a whole new generation of mobile GPUs, and some sleek new designs, this has been a great year for gaming laptops. But who's the winner?
Corsair One i600 gaming PC review
Score: 83% A compact machine with high-end tech in all the right places.
