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Acer shows off the very first Intel Panther Lake laptop with what's claimed to be the world's biggest haptic touchpad
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Go mobile
Best graphics card for laptops in 2025: the mobile GPUs I'd want in my next gaming laptop
By Dave James Last updated
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Luxurious
Grovemade desk review
By Jacob Fox Published
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This new Japanese consortium wants to develop a novel method for making the next generation of interposer layers for multi-chiplet mega-processors
By Nick Evanson Published
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This Kickstarter-backed battery maker claims you can smash a nail through its solid-state USB-C pack and it will still work
By Jeremy Laird Published
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The latest Lenovo leak reveals what looks to be a new long boi laptop concept—though this one is ever so slightly less ridiculous
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Nova Lake shipping manifest confirms rumours that Intel's flagship CPU will be packing up to 52 cores, but more cores aren't all Intel needs
By James Bentley Published
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Explore Hardware
Controllers
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Score: 92%
GameSir G7 Pro Tri-Mode review
By Shaun Prescott Published
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Guide
How to use a PS3 controller on PC: Wired or Bluetooth
By Wes Fenlon Last updated
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Asus announces the Raikiri II controller with anti-drift TMR joysticks and 1000 Hz wireless polling, which should make the Razer Wolverine V3 Pro look up from its breakfast
By Andy Edser Published
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GameSir's G7 Pro has removable faceplates, TMR sticks, and 1000 Hz polling rate for under $80
By Hope Corrigan Published
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The sequel to the best high-end Hall effect controller just dropped with Razer's esports focussed Wolverine V3 Pro 8k PC
By Hope Corrigan Published
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This retro-styled programmable high-polling wireless mouse comes with a charging dock for under $60 USD
By Hope Corrigan Published
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PSPad
How to use the PS5 controller on PC
By Wes Fenlon Last updated
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I don't think they should make this
By Lincoln Carpenter Published
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Sony finally acknowledges the minor, but annoying part of using a PS5 controller on PC with an update that will make my life easier
By Tyler Colp Published
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Cooling
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'It crawls into every crevice, stains your cables, and turns teardown into a full day regret spiral.' That's what awaits you if you plan on immersing your graphics card in automatic transmission fluid for a spot of messy overclocking fun
By Nick Evanson Published
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Highly intricate water blocks like this one may become the norm as server CPU power consumption soars, and could even trickle down into gaming PCs
By Nick Evanson Published
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AMD scales back its CPU cooler bundles, with some older Ryzen models dropping it altogether
By Nick Evanson Published
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Score: 67%
MSI MPG CoreLiquid P13 360 review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Asus heard you like screens, so it put a curved '3D effect' OLED screen on your CPU water cooler
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Whoosh
Air coolers are still cool
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Score: 88%
Tryx Panorama SE ARGB 360 review
By Zak Storey Published
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If you've ever wondered if Japanese blossom-scented thermal paste in a weeb-inspired applicator is worth using, we have at long last the scientific answer to the greatest quandary of our time
By Nick Evanson Published
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AMD's mighty 96-core Threadripper Pro has been overclocked with a car radiator and some big ol' beefy fans, and I am remarkably satisfied
By Andy Edser Published
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Gaming Audio
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Microsoft adds full stereo Bluetooth LE Audio for gaming to Windows 11 because mono with mics is so last century
By Nick Evanson Published
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Get your Master Balls ready folks, the Gengar Razer Kitty Kraken V2 headset is finally availble outside of Asia
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Sony has launched a line of pro peripherals aimed at PC gamers with big budgets
By Hope Corrigan Published
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HyperX just updated one of our favorite wireless gaming headsets with a new RGB base station... and slightly worse battery life
By Andy Edser Last updated
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I'm genuinely excited to check out Beyerdynamic's first 2.4 GHz wireless gaming headsets, but they'll only be available in Canada and the EU for now
By Andy Edser Published
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Quality cans
The best gaming headsets in Australia for 2025
By Dave James Last updated
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Untethered
Best wireless gaming headsets in 2025: the top cans I'd buy myself
By Dave James Last updated
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Score: 86%
Fractal Design Scape review
By Andy Edser Published
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Score: 82%
Audeze MM-100 headphone review
By Andy Edser Published
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Gaming Chairs
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Score: 55%
Flexispot OC3/BS3 review
By James Bentley Published
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Take a seat
Best gaming chair in 2025: I've tested a ton of gaming chairs and these are the seats I'd suggest for any PC gamer
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Score: 79%
Razer Iskur V2 X review
By Ian Evenden Published
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Couch potato
Couchmaster Cycon3 review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Ergo
'Most chairs labeled as 'gaming' chairs are simply budget task chairs with colorful accent stripes': here's what annoys industry experts the most about gaming chairs
By Dave James Published
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Ow.
AndaSeat Novis gaming chair review
By Kizito Katawonga Published
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Take a seat
Best office chairs for gaming in 2025: The top seats for work and gaming that I've tried and tested
By Dave James Last updated
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Office life
ThunderX3 Flex Pro review
By Alistair Jones Published
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Razer's newest gaming headset goes on your chair instead of your head
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Gaming Desks
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Luxurious
Grovemade desk review
By Jacob Fox Published
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Take a stand
As a standing desk connoisseur, I'm happy to crown our new best budget and compact motorized gaming desks
By James Bentley Published
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Top Desks
Best gaming desk in 2025: my top picks for standing, sitting and everything in between
By Dave James Last updated
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Score: 85%
Autonomous SmartDesk 5 review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Score: 82%
Corsair Platform:4 gaming desk review
By Dave James Published
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There's a new Warhammer 40,000 version of our favorite Secretlab desk on the way but please don't paint your minis on it
By James Bentley Published
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Thunder X3 Lab-X review
By James Bentley Published
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ALL THE SPACE
Ikea Utespelare desk review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Rising RGB
Blacklyte Atlas review
By Nick Evanson Last updated
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Gaming Keyboards
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Glorious is bringing an actually customisable gaming keyboard to the 'boring entry-level market'
By Jacob Fox Published
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Quick digits
Best Hall effect keyboards in 2025: the fastest, most customizable keyboards for competitive gaming
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Score: 74%
Asus ROG Falcata
By Nick Evanson Published
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Razer's esports keyboard goes low-profile with its latest Blackwidow V4
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Razer claims optical gaming keyboards are more precise than Hall effect ones because magnets are 'hard to control'
By Jacob Fox Published
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Sound advice
I've been on a quest to find a gaming keyboard media key replacement, and like an incredibly nerdy anti-Goldilocks, I've found none of them are just right
By James Bentley Published
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This futuristic keyboard from the past and some street stylin' peripherals are the result of this latest gaming hardware collab
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Cherry brings its MX2A hot-swappable wireless keyboard and graphene fabric mousepad to the United States
By Hope Corrigan Published
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This keyboard looks like it's been plucked straight from Half-Life 1 with how well it replicates low-res classic game textures
By Jacob Fox Published
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Gaming Laptops
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Acer shows off the very first Intel Panther Lake laptop with what's claimed to be the world's biggest haptic touchpad
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Go mobile
Best graphics card for laptops in 2025: the mobile GPUs I'd want in my next gaming laptop
By Dave James Last updated
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This Kickstarter-backed battery maker claims you can smash a nail through its solid-state USB-C pack and it will still work
By Jeremy Laird Published
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A laptop brand I've never heard of beat Razer's Project Valerie to the market with a three-screen laptop
By James Bentley Published
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Score: 75%
MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI (2025) review
By Katie Wickens Published
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Score: 80%
Alienware 16 Area-51 review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Score: 80%
Alienware 18 Area-51 (2025) review
By Nick Evanson Last updated
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A PR storm has erupted around Razer's gaming laptops with reports of faulty trackpads and keyboards, glitchy software, performance issues and poor customer support
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Smol for all
If you're looking for the best bang for your buck in a 14-inch gaming laptop, you can't do any better than the new Asus TUF A14
By Andy Edser Published
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Gaming Mice
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Score: 89%
Corsair Scimitar Elite Wireless SE review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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New Logitech leak points to an MX Master 4 with haptic feedback and I think it could actually be useful
By James Bentley Published
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Score: 66%
SteelSeries Rival 3 Gen 2 Wireless review
By Jacob Fox Last updated
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This undetectable AI-powered aimbot physically moves the mouse pad to cheat in Valorant, an invention so unholy I demand it be cast down to the depths of hell where it belongs
By Andy Edser Published
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Snek
I've just anointed the Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro as our new best gaming mouse because... well, it's simply better than the rest in almost every conceivable way
By Andy Edser Published
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Pinpoint
Best gaming mouse in 2025: I've tested the very best mice and these are my top picks
By Dave James Last updated
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Unbound
Best wireless gaming mouse in 2025: These are the rodents I love getting my mitts on
By Dave James Last updated
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Score: 90%
Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro gaming mouse review
By Dave James Published
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Endgame Gear confirms it had malware-compromised mouse software on its official site but promises changes to prevent it happening again
By Jacob Fox Last updated
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Gaming Monitors
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AntGamer is releasing a 1,000 Hz gaming monitor next year, with a helping hand from AMD, though the chances are you really don't need it
By James Bentley Published
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How many Hz?
I am officially elderly because the new best budget 1440p monitor is better than my own, and I was very proud of it once upon a time
By Jacob Fox Published
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Score: 57%
Corsair Xeneon Edge review
By Dave James Published
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After running an OLED monitor for 533 days, seven hours, and 22 minutes straight, MSI claims the effects of burn-in on its displays are 'basically none'
By James Bentley Published
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Forget OLED, it was a 610 Hz TN gaming monitor that stole my heart over Gamescom week
By Jacob Fox Published
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Score: 82%
KTC H27T22C-3 review
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Samsung says you'll soon be able to see Stellar Blade in, err, all its glory on its glasses-free 3D monitor, which I'm sure absolutely no-one will be weird about
By Andy Edser Published
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Asus just grabbed the fastest OLED crown with this 540/720 Hz dual mode beast of a monitor
By Jacob Fox Published
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Asus' new monitor brings tandem OLED into the fray and promises brighter panels with a whopping 60% increased lifespan
By Jacob Fox Published
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Gaming PCs
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DIY
Best gaming PC builds: budget, mid-range and high-end recommendations
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Valve's rumoured 'Fremont' SteamOS console spotted on Geekbench... running Windows 11
By Jeremy Laird Published
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HP announces an updated set of Omen Max 45L RTX 5090 rigs with Ryzen CPUs, but no word on price yet leaves me worried
By James Bentley Published
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This is not an Xbox 360, it's a gaming PC in disguise
By Jacob Fox Published
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'Just a tap water, please': Starbucks Korea asks customers to stop bringing desktop PCs, printers, and pop-up dividers into its coffee shops for a cheeky work session
By Andy Edser Published
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Small but mighty
The Framework Desktop's small footprint is deceptively cute, as it's actually sequestering serious compute power that makes it the best mini AI PC
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Teeny Peecees
Best mini PCs in 2025: The compact computers I love the most
By Al Bickham Last updated
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Top of the pile
RTX 5090 prices are so ludicrous that Alienware gaming PCs actually feel, dare I say, reasonable
By James Bentley Published
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Perfect PC
Best gaming PCs in 2025: these are the rigs and brands I recommend today
By Dave James Last updated
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Graphics Cards
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AMD's PC graphics card market share falls to a worrying 6% according to the latest analyst data putting Nvidia at 94% and probably an all-time high
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Nvidia's RTX 5070 is the most popular current-gen GPU in the latest Steam hardware survey but AMD's RDNA 4 cards don't even make the top 100
By Jeremy Laird Published
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I've tested the simple config file tweaks to improve Metal Gear Solid Delta's ray tracing and add frame gen, but the mod to ditch the 60 fps cap is what you really need
By Nick Evanson Published
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Armed with AMD's latest SDK, DLSS Swapper, and one renamed file, you can apparently just drop FSR 4 into games that run FSR 3
By Nick Evanson Published
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The RTX 50-series has delivered a record-breaking $4.28B in gaming revenue for Nvidia... no matter what you think about VRAM levels, launch pricing, and availability
By James Bentley Published
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Fresh rumours claim that AMD is planning a 16 GB version of its RX 9070 GRE graphics card, though there are still no signs of a global release yet
By Nick Evanson Published
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The latest AMD RDNA 5 rumours are complicated but it looks like there really is going to be a high-end next-gen GPU to take on Nvidia's best graphics card
By Jeremy Laird Published
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AMD just revealed that its current RDNA 4 GPUs have a clever 'modular' architecture—here's hoping it signals a broader range of next-gen graphics cards
By Jeremy Laird Published
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You can grab an RTX 5070 for less than AU$800 in this banging Amazon deal, which is an all-time low for Australia
By Shaun Prescott Published
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Handheld Gaming PCs
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This 3D-printed mini arcade cabinet turns the humble Lenovo Legion Go into a bartop Street Fighter machine
By James Bentley Published
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GPD shows how its Strix Halo handheld gaming PC battery fits in your pocket, but I'm still not convinced it's portable enough
By James Bentley Published
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I got a look at the first AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme handheld, and no, that's not an ROG Ally you're looking at, it's the MSI Claw A8
By Jacob Fox Published
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The ROG Xbox Ally borrows a heck of a lot from the Steam Deck, proving that the old gated console concept is a thing of the past
By Shaun Prescott Published
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'This is the Ally 2, 100%': Asus says the ROG Xbox Ally is a bona fide successor to the first two handhelds, but the originals will still get new Xbox features
By Jacob Fox Published
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I just got my hands on the ROG Xbox Ally and can confirm the sheer comfort is worth that peculiar grip design
By Jacob Fox Published
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Dreaming of an Nvidia Steam Deck? This modder converted an RTX 4090 laptop GPU into 4K 'portable' handheld gaming PC
By Hope Corrigan Published
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The ROG Xbox Ally will reportedly launch in October, but I'm still not convinced there's a good enough reason to buy it yet
By James Bentley Published
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Modders are trying their hardest to add an NVMe SSD to the Switch 2, which is both impressive and something I'm not going to do
By James Bentley Published
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Lighting
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Win or Bin?
I didn't know I needed dedicated photography lights until this $48 set turned up, but now I'm a convert
By Andy Edser Published
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Light it up!
The best desk lighting in 2025: my recommendations for key lights and lightstrips to illuminate your gaming set-up
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Reactive
Nanoleaf 4D Screen Mirror Kit review
By Josh Brown Published
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Sync'd
Govee AI Sync Box Kit 2 review
By Josh Brown Published
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Scripted
Elgato Light Strip Pro review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Unit 01
Govee x Evangelion gaming light kits review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Lit up
Govee Strip Light 2 Pro review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Stunner
Govee Cob Strip Light Pro review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Sponsored
AI-generated lighting from Lepro should be setting the mood for your gaming sessions
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Memory
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Overclocked memory speed records usually don't mean squat to me but this one does because of the sheer amount of RAM involved
By Nick Evanson Published
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Team Group joins the mega memory kit clan, launching a set of 256 GB DDR5-6000 for gamers and creators who just never have enough RAM
By Nick Evanson Published
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Score: 70%
Crucial 128 GB DDR5-6400 CUDIMM review
By Nick Evanson Published
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Computex
Will 2025 be the year that CAMM2 memory finally makes a proper entrance? Rambus and Team Group believe it is
By Nick Evanson Published
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Dynamic
Best RAM for gaming in 2025: I've tested the best DDR4 and DDR5 RAM to find the right kits for you
By Chris Szewczyk Last updated
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Samsung rakes in nearly $5 billion profit from companies hoarding memory chips like Smaug ahead of Trump's tumultuous tariffs
By James Bentley Published
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G.Skill's 128 GB golden RAM kit is the first high-capacity set to hit DDR5-8000 speeds and it's making me reconsider my views on PC hardware bling
By Andy Edser Published
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Wasted potential
Corsair Vengeance DDR5-8400 CUDIMM review
By Nick Evanson Published
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Corsair's new 'personalised RAM' gives you the option to pick the look and speed of memory you hide in the case anyway
By James Bentley Published
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Motherboards
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Tired of jiggling your GPU to get it to fit in a small form factor PC? Maxsun reckons it has the answer to that problem around the back
By Nick Evanson Published
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MSI is celebrating 10 years of Godlike extravagance with a gold-trimmed AMD motherboard—to go with your golden graphics card and RAM, naturally
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Best Mobo
Best gaming motherboards in 2025: these are the AMD and Intel mobos I'd build a system around today
By Dave James Last updated
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If you're using an Intel 8–11th Gen CPU with a Gigabyte motherboard, update your BIOS to protect from a newly discovered vulnerability
By Jacob Fox Published
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Score: 79%
NZXT N7 Z890 review
By Antony Leather Published
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Score: 80%
NZXT N9 X870E review
By Antony Leather Published
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Score: 84%
NZXT N9 Z890 review
By Antony Leather Published
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Budget steel
This B860 motherboard is what I'd pair with a Core Ultra 265K to make a powerful pairing for about $500
By Jacob Fox Published
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Yoink
Call me Victor Kermit Kiam, cos I liked this mobo so much I built my new gaming PC around it
By Dave James Published
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Nova Lake shipping manifest confirms rumours that Intel's flagship CPU will be packing up to 52 cores, but more cores aren't all Intel needs
By James Bentley Published
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Intel spent so much cash on research and development last year that it outspent Nvidia by 28% and AMD by a whopping 156%
By Nick Evanson Published
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TSMC, the biggest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, has special export privileges revoked as US continues to crack down on Chinese importers
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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