James Bentley
James is a more recent PC gaming convert, often admiring graphics cards, cases, and motherboards from afar. It was not until 2019, after just finishing a degree in law and media, that they decided to throw out the last few years of education, build their PC, and start writing about gaming instead. In that time, he has covered the latest doodads, contraptions, and gismos, and loved every second of it. Hey, it’s better than writing case briefs.
Latest articles by James Bentley

Scuf Omega review
By James Bentley Published
Score: 70% Closer to an Alpha or Beta than an Omega.

Gaming monitors are one of the only good things about PC hardware right now, but one niche feature is underloved
By James Bentley Published
Seeing double. Doubling your refresh rate with just a few clicks? Yes please.

Owner of nearly decade-old Dell laptop reportedly wore through the wrist rest and is 'being stabbed by carbon fibers'
By James Bentley Published
News Ouch.

This video of a power supply blowing up shows why you should never cheap out on your PSU
By James Bentley Published
News New fear unlocked.

Linux manages to avoid the age verification apocalypse, but SteamOS isn't in the clear yet
By James Bentley Published
News Linux gamers stay winning (unless you ask them to fix their audio).

Fable system requirements seem reasonable but with a 30 fps target and no mention of upscaling it's hard to say for sure
By James Bentley Published
News And you may want to make some on your SSD too.

I tried the sequel to Task Manager and it has too many special effects
By James Bentley Published
News If Task Manager is so good, why isn't there a Task Manager 2?

Chinese memory maker YMTC wants to dethrone Samsung and SK hynix by the end of 2027
By James Bentley Published
News YMTC has some big plans.

Pulsar's new mouse is sliced in half to make it genuinely 'crazy-light'
By James Bentley Published
News 'I swear it came like that,' I say as I chew through half a mouse.

'I'm done. I used up my luck for this timeline': Redditor accidentally saves $5,000 on RTX 5090 Razer Blade 18 thanks to labelling error
By James Bentley Published
News Why can't this kind of thing ever happen to me?

Xbox discs will now grant digital access to games as part of Microsoft's self-proclaimed 'broader commitment to game preservation'
By James Bentley Published
News Microsoft saw Sony's open goal and took the shot.

Linus Torvalds details his 'debug session from hell' pushing an AI to fix an error it repeatedly said was 'impossible and unsolvable'. He then made it write the report
By James Bentley Published
News Even with AI, Torvalds seems to want a hands on approach.

Nvidia says it would be making a whole lot more money if it weren't for the memory crisis it's contributing to
By James Bentley Published
News And gaming doesn't even get a mention in its earnings call.

Micron, the trillion-dollar memory company, refused to replace a crucial drive for current market value until Reddit got mad
By James Bentley Published
News 'Pushing back actually worked.'

Lenovo says it is 'clear' Legion Go faults 'not user error' and even devices out of warranty could be repaired 'free of charge'
By James Bentley Published
News Users have been complaining about this problem for a few weeks now.

Microsoft had to change the anti-piracy hologram on the Windows 95 box because an undisclosed government assumed the baby on it was naked
By James Bentley Published
News Microsoft says the government "shall remain nameless for obvious reasons".

Two architectures on one chip: Arm and IBM team up in a legendary crossover, but alas it's for 'enterprise infrastructure'
By James Bentley Published
News It will reportedly operate at more than 5.7 GHz.

Redditor sent empty box instead of Ryzen 5 9600X from Amazon... twice
By James Bentley Published
News They call it the 9600X ghost edition.

Creative XF1 speaker review
By James Bentley Published
Score: 87% A small but mighty package.

This wild new PC pro controller runs its own custom OS across a 2.79-inch color display slapped beneath the thumbsticks
By James Bentley Published
News Genki says it is "Beyond the Pro Controller".

The latest Windows 11 update is borking some multiplayer games, but Arc Raiders' developer has a quick workaround
By James Bentley Published
News If you've been affected, it might be worth rolling back your Windows version.

Razer Naga V3 Pro review
By James Bentley Published
Score: 84% An upgrade in pretty much every way (if you ignore the audible ping of the switches).

Asus ROG Harpe II Extreme Edition 20 review
By James Bentley Published
Score: 72% The most luxurious gaming mouse I've managed to get grubby.
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