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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.
OneXPlayer X1 Air handheld review
Score: 51% Is it a tablet, is it a handheld gaming PC, is it a laptop... you know where this is going.
The best gaming keyboards we've reviewed in 2025 so far
Here are the top 10 gaming keyboards we've tested ourselves.
The best gaming laptops we've reviewed in 2025 so far
Top tech These are the top 10 gaming laptops we've benchmarked and tested ourselves.
Five things I always tell people before they buy their first graphics card
Pixel pushers I've been professionally prodding graphics cards for the past two decades, and this is what I've learned about buying GPUs.
Cloudflare goes down, but a fix is in and ChatGPT and X are back online again
Live This is just weeks after the AWS outage.
We should all just take a moment to appreciate Valve announcing new Steam hardware in 2025 and NOT ONCE MENTIONING AI
AI-free Refreshing, ain't it?
Best PC joysticks in 2026: These are my top picks for everything from flight sims to space shooters
Locked On The best PC joysticks take you to new heights.
Valve just quietly redefined what PC gaming can be all while an increasingly delusional Microsoft desperately tries to tell everyone their PC is an Xbox now
MS no more Valve has been loosening a desperate Microsoft's grip on PC gaming one gnarled finger at a time.
Framework 16 (RTX 5070 upgrade) gaming laptop review
Score: 73% I'm happy to see you, but buddy, you're out of my league.
The best PC cases in 2026: These are the chassis I'd use for my next gaming build
Best case You'll want the best PC case if you're building your perfect gaming PC.
The kit filter: We've tracked down the gear pro-gamers use to git gud
All the kit to help you game like a professional.
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X handheld gaming PC review
Score: 84% Expensive, and one of the best handheld gaming PCs, but c'mon, Microsoft, this is no Xbox.
Now it's in my hands the new Xbox Ally X is a far better handheld than I expected, but it's still got a lot of work to do to convince me it's a) worth $1,000 or b) that it's an Xbox
ROGer It's seriously quiet, real fast, and the Windows handheld experience mostly works. Mostly. But that price...
Secretlab's new InfinitePrecision pro-gamer armrests aren't what I thought they were going to be. Nor as precise as I expected
Precisely why? I can't help but feel this is more pro-gamer placebo than anything else.
Multi-button gaming mice aren't just for MMOs as Corsair's latest rodent shows, knocking Razer off its historic perch as best MMO gaming mouse
So. Many. Buttons The Corsair Scimitar Elite Wireless SE isn't just a pretty facia of many, many buttons.
Of all that's wireless in this gaming life, gaming keyboards aren't just entirely pointless they're [expletive deleted] annoying
Wires Nope, you won't convince me this is a worthwhile thing. Wires are fine.
Humanscale Freedom Chair with Headrest review
Score: 81% An almost ludicrously expensive chair for those with discerning tastes. And spines.
Best 14-inch gaming laptop in 2026: The top compact gaming laptops I've held in these hands
Smol The 14-inch form factor is the perfect nexus point between performance and portability.
Framework's promise of an upgradeable gaming laptop has finally been made real as Nvidia steps into the void left by AMD
News The new Framework 16 has been announced with a backwards compatible RTX 5070 graphics module.
Corsair Platform:4 gaming desk review
Score: 82% Corsair's buffed the rough edges off its first desk, and some of the width too, creating the best compact gaming desk you can buy.
