Latest articles by Dave James
I'm a Linux bore now, so I used my new powers to resurrect a ten year-old laptop forgotten by Windows
Resurrection It was all going so well...
'Credible and reliable contacts' claim Nvidia is releasing an RTX 5090-beating GPU around September time this year
news Sources from different countries and different companies suggest this is happening, and y'know what, I don't doubt it.
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU review
Score: 87% A factory overclocked golden sample for a modest premium.
AMD's unannounced dual-CCD 3D V-Cache monster chip appears in official AMD docs
news The new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 has shown up in an EEC listing from Friday.
Asus is NOT killing off the RTX 5070 Ti as Asus issues statment saying 'certain media may have received incomplete information'
news Hardware Unboxed cited conversations it's had with Asus over the EoL status it has applied to the RTX 5070 Ti. Asus says, no we haven't.
Asus and MSI have now both clarified the RTX 5070 Ti hasn't received an end-of-life status
new Asus has officially echoed its response to us yesterday and MSI has confirmed it has "no plans to EoL anything."
Best office chairs for gaming in 2026: The top seats for work and gaming that I've tried and tested
Take a seat Take care of your spine with the best office chairs for gaming.
Best mechanical keyboards in 2026: The clacky boards I'd buy in a heartbeat
Click Clack Make the switch with our guide to the best mechanical gaming keyboards.
The best Mini-ITX PC case in 2026: the top tiny cases I've tested so far
Mini but Mighty Go compact and cute with the best Mini-ITX PC cases.
Best curved monitors for gaming in 2026: These are the bendy displays I'd plant myself in front of
Bendy Immerse yourself to the max with these vision-enclosing panels.
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.
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.
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.
