Ian Evenden

Score: 70% A compact laptop with a muddled identity and a pricing problem.

Score: 76% An entry-level soundbar from the people who brought us the AWE32.

Score: 72% Budget desktop speakers that can go surprisingly loud.

Score: 85% Big and fast, if you’ve got the right port.

Score: 73 % MSI's Stealthy laptop blends in, but its performance takes a hit.

Score: 86% Stuck in the middle with you, and with excellent Wi-Fi reception.

Score: 81% A sturdy 16-incher that delivers a lot for the price.

Score: 88% The fastest, bluest external SSD on the block.

Score: 82% Tiny, tiny terabytes to take your gaming overspill.

Score: 79% Razer has shaved off some features for its budget chair, but it’s still comfy.

Curvy The dreaded curve comes to the 32-inch 4K OLED monitor.

Score: 75% A big noisy monster, and that's just fine by us.

Is this finally a Mac for PC gaming?

Smooth sailing A compact but chonky boi with Hall effect switches.

SOFT PRESS Clicky but quiet, the Corsair K70 Core RGB is an excellent mid-price board.

Cheap Mini-LED goes affordable in this fast, high-contrast gaming monitor.

Intergalactic Intel Core Ultra 9 185H | Nvidia RTX 4070 (80 W) | 32 GB LPDDR5X | 1 TB SSD | $3,000 | £2,849

Wi-Fi 7 without the enormous cost.

For the Pros AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 | 32GB DDR5 | $2,000 | £1,999