Monica J. White

Monica J. White

Hardware writer

Monica started her gaming journey playing Super Mario Bros on the SNES, but she quickly switched over to a PC and never looked back. These days, her gaming habits are all over the place, ranging from Pokémon and Spelunky 2 to World of Warcraft and Elden Ring. She built her first rig nearly two decades ago, and now, when she's not elbow-deep inside a PC case, she's probably getting paid to rant about the mess that is the GPU market. Outside of the endless battle between AMD and Nvidia, she writes about CPUs, gaming laptops, software, and peripherals. Her work has appeared in Digital Trends, TechRadar, Laptop Mag, SlashGear, Tom's Hardware, WePC, and more. When not writing, she likes to stay up all night while gaming and then regret it the next morning, swearing to never do it again—until she inevitably does.

Latest articles by Monica J. White

The PC Gamer gift guide: Our favorite hardware

By Monica J. White Published

stuff We've tested every single one of these, so we know that this list will make your holiday shopping a lot easier.

stuff
Screenshot of Red Dead Redemption 2
This super cool Red Dead Redemption 2 rowing machine mod might be the only thing that could get me to work out

By Monica J. White Published

News If this doesn't make me exercise, nothing will.

News
Samsung 990 Pro 2TB on a grey background
It's not just RAM—SSDs could soon cost way more too, and it's all downhill from here

By Monica J. White Published

News Throw the GPUs in there too, why don't you?

News
Windows 11 displayed on a laptop, with a multi-coloured background
Hooray, Microsoft is making File Explorer faster, but it's still slower than Windows 10 and consumes more RAM. Boo

By Monica J. White Published

News It's a little bit better, but you won't even notice.

News
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor
AMD has just launched the Ryzen 7 9850X3D with zero fanfare, and I think I understand why

By Monica J. White Published

News The real hype may still turn out to be a fever dream.

News
Apple 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 processor inside it
In a major plot twist, Intel could soon be making chips for Apple once again, only this time, it'll be the Arm-based M-series

By Monica J. White Published

News This wasn't on my 2025 bingo card. But then neither was the Nvidia collab.

News
A Noctua NH-L12S cooler with mounting accessories.
Good news: You can hold on to that Noctua cooler a little bit longer, as it'll still work with Intel Nova Lake

By Monica J. White Published

News Good timing too, now that Intel might be a more exciting option again...

News
Maingear MG-1 | Arc A750
'The prices will continue to rise': Better get your new gaming PC or system upgrades now because this problem isn't getting any better, says Maingear's CEO

By Monica J. White Published

Shop now, because it's all downhill from here.

Hardware
Cherry KC 200 MX gaming keyboard on a wooden table.
The Cherry era of keyboards might be at an end as the company pulls the plug on German manufacturing after a $23 million loss

By Monica J. White Published

Cherry keyboards could soon be vintage.

Gaming Keyboards
The ZX Spectrum lego model with extra monitor and figure
The ZX Spectrum is one of the most iconic PCs of all time, and it could be making a fun LEGO-based comeback

By Monica J. White Published

If the project gets enough backers, that is. C'mon, show your support, Speccy people.

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Hardware
Windows 11
Surprise surprise, people are still in no hurry to switch to Windows 11, Dell reveals

By Monica J. White Published

Everyone will upgrade any day now, right?

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Windows
Asus Zephyrus M16 gaming laptop
Dangerous security flaws could potentially affect millions of Asus PC and router owners - here's how to protect yourself

By Monica J. White Published

Asus says you should grab your updates "immediately".

Hardware
MSI RTX 5090 Suprim in an open test bench
Oh great, the latest rumours suggest Nvidia might stop bundling VRAM with its GPUs, because who cares about cheap graphics cards

By Monica J. White Published

News Those smaller GPU vendors will love this.

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News
Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card on different backgrounds
Are high-end GPUs even worth buying anymore? I'm starting to have my doubts

By Monica J. White Published

High-end GPUs The best GPUs promise to give us everything we've ever dreamed of, but hear me out -- you might not need one at all.

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High-end GPUs
The Nvidia FX 5800 Ultra graphics card on a dark surface
These are the 5 most ridiculous GPUs of all time (or rather 4 GPUs and one genuine leaf blower)

By Monica J. White Published

Ridiculous GPUs These GPUs were all kinda genius, but that didn't make them any less ridiculous

Ridiculous GPUs
Phanteks Evolv X2 PC case
With the GPU market a hellscape right now, here are the PC gaming upgrades you actually CAN do

By Monica J. White Published

Alt upgrades Instead of overpaying for graphics cards, why not get something that's actually worth your money?

Alt upgrades
If you HAVE to upgrade your GPU today, these are the five graphics cards I think are worth looking at

By Monica J. White Published

Just in case your old GPU randomly decided to set itself on fire, here are a few options to consider in this dire market.

Graphics Cards

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