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Click Clack
Best mechanical keyboards in 2025: the clacky boards I'd buy in a heartbeat
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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News
Amid tariff woes, 8BitDo stops shipping product from China-based warehouse to US customers
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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News
The RX 9060 XT rumour mill flip-flops again: we shall have an 8 GB version of AMD's card after all
By Jacob Fox Published
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Same same
Gigabyte MO34WQC2 OLED gaming monitor review
By Kizito Katawonga Published
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Cheap but not cheerful
Turtle Beach Recon 70 review
By James Bentley Published
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Keyed in
Best gaming keyboards in 2025: the fastest, smoothest and loveliest boards I've tested
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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News
LG's new 'Hybrid Tandem' tech apparently solves the blue light problem which could mean near-flawless OLED gaming monitors
By Jacob Fox Published
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Controllers
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Driven
Best PC racing wheels in 2025: my favorite direct drive and budget steering wheels for sim racing
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Cheap thrills
Thrustmaster T.Flight HOTAS One Microsoft Flight Simulator Edition review
By Andy Edser Published
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News
'There are currently three Xbox controller prototypes': New cloud gaming-enabled controller rumour suggests everything really is an Xbox
By James Bentley Published
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News
UK government says Нет to British companies selling game controllers to Russia, to combat the use of drone attacks
By Nick Evanson Published
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Locked On
Best PC joysticks in 2025: these are my top picks for everything from flight sims to space shooters
By Dave James Last updated
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Axial size
Thrustmaster T598 direct drive racing wheel review
By Andy Edser Last updated
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Total control
Best PC controllers in 2025: the pads I recommend for PC gamers
By Dave James Last updated
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News
The Nintendo Switch 2 mouse controls are a great gimmick but they don't excite me at all
By James Bentley Published
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PSPad
How to use the PS5 controller on PC
By Wes Fenlon Last updated
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Cooling
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Intel is trying out on-chip water cooling too and I'm just happy I'm not the one having to place liquids so close to expensive electronics
By Jacob Fox Published
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A modder has turned an Intel CPU heatspreader into a functional water block with the help of a CNC machine. And a bucket
By Andy Edser Published
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This water block has teeny tiny fins to better cool your CPU and is meant to be slapped right on top of your silicon
By Jacob Fox Published
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Hot Tip
Best PC fans in 2025: I've put these case fans through their paces to find the coolest and quietest
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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News
HP Omen is now making upgrade options, like fans and PSUs, and it makes the gaming PC builder in me quite happy
By James Bentley Published
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News
Noctua's pumpless 'thermosiphon' liquid cooling unit is expected to be released in 2026 and has already given me a free lesson in basic thermodynamics
By Andy Edser Published
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Dual wield
Endorfy Fortis 5 Dual Fan review
By Antony Leather Published
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Easy flow
MSI MAG CoreLiquid A15 360 review
By Antony Leather Published
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Cool Breeze
Best CPU coolers in 2025: I've loaded liquid and air coolers onto today's top processors and these are my favorites
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Gaming Audio
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Cheap but not cheerful
Turtle Beach Recon 70 review
By James Bentley Published
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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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Audiophile
The best audiophile headphones for gaming in 2025: my top recommendations for the best cans money can buy
By Dave James Last updated
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Budding gamers
The best wireless gaming earbuds in 2025: These are the buds I'd allow to whisper sweet nothings into my ears
By Dave James Last updated
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Audiophile
Sennheiser HD 550 review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Don't stare
Corsair Void Wireless V2 review
By Joel Loynds Published
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Quality cans
The best gaming headsets in Australia for 2025
By Dave James Last updated
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Fun buds
EarFun Air Pro 4 earbuds review
By Jacob Fox Published
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Fast charger
Turtle Beach Stealth 500 review
By Katie Wickens Published
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Gaming Chairs
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Take a seat
Best gaming chair in 2025: the seats I'd suggest for any PC gamer
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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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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I honestly thought Razer's Sensa haptics stuff was just a gimmick until I tried it with a sim racing setup, and now I'm absolutely sold
By Nick Evanson Published
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Meshed
Asus ROG Destrier Core gaming chair review
By Kegan Mooney Published
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News
The best Secretlab gaming chair is getting a gorgeous new Monster Hunter Wilds crossover and it may be my favourite yet
By James Bentley Published
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Get in the robot
AndaSeat X-Air Pro Mesh Office Gaming Chair review
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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mesh me up
Ikea Matchspel gaming chair review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Painful perch
Blacklyte Kraken gaming chair review
By Nick Evanson Last updated
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Cyber Monday gaming chair deals 2024
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Gaming Desks
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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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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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Tidy
Thermaltake Gaming Desk Pegboard (Medium) review
By Jacob Fox Published
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Stay Frosty
Dezctop Bifrost Elite 160 gaming desk review
By Dave James Published
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Crushing shame
Flexispot E2Q gaming desk review
By Alistair Jones Published
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Handy L
Flexispot E7L adjustable standing desk review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Full package
Corsair Platform:6 Creator Edition gaming desk review
By Dave James Published
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Gaming Keyboards
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Click Clack
Best mechanical keyboards in 2025: the clacky boards I'd buy in a heartbeat
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Keyed in
Best gaming keyboards in 2025: the fastest, smoothest and loveliest boards I've tested
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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news
More Intellimouse than eXtreme gamer, Cherry's new wireless gaming mice give understated office chic in the best possible way
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Overshadowed
Be Quiet! Dark Mount modular mechanical keyboard review
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Quietly de-lightful
Be Quiet! Light Mount mechanical keyboard review
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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News
If you hurry, you can pick up a set of these sweet artisan keycaps in all sorts of delicious combinations
By Andy Edser Published
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Corsair's custom shop Drop announces possibly the best thing to come out of Starfield
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Cherry's new MX Northern Light is its 'most refined linear switch to date' and a 'love letter to the keyboard community'
By Hope Corrigan Published
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There's no two ways about it—I love the Lumon blue, retro styling of this Severance-inspired keyboard
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Gaming Laptops
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Turns out Janet Jackson's laptop-crashing cursed bassline was the scourge of notebook makers for at least half a decade
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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News
Looks like the first RTX 5060 laptop benchmark results are in and show pretty much what we expected
By Jacob Fox Published
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Gruntwork
MSI Vector 16 HX AI gaming laptop review
By Dave James Published
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Morals vs your wallet
Framework 13 AMD AI 300-series review
By Dave James Published
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Asus announces specs and price for its 2025 TUF A14 gaming laptop and do my eyes deceive me or is this a good deal?
By Hope Corrigan Published
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AMD muddies the laptop CPU waters again with a Zen 4 refresh. So, where are our actual next-gen Zen 5 chips?
By Jacob Fox Published
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Razer has pulled the pricing and pre-order pages for its new Blade laptops and I think it's pretty obvious what's happening here
By Dave James Published
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News
This estimate that iPhones would cost $3,500 if made in the US has me terrified of tariffs and the concept of a mid-range gaming laptop costing $5,000 and high-end models hitting nearly $15,000
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Framework is 'temporarily pausing US sales' on some of its laptops due to Trump's tariffs: 'At a 10% tariff, we would have to sell the lowest-end SKUs at a loss'
By James Bentley Published
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Gaming Mice
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Razer has made a wild-looking wireless ergonomic mouse with six month battery life and it's making my eyes go funny
By Andy Edser Published
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Slick
Best mouse pads for gaming in 2025: the fabric and hard-top mats I prefer to game on
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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News
Keychron's M5 wireless ergonomic mouse has an 8K polling rate for 'ultimate control in gaming scenarios' making it a gaming mouse with a, err, twist
By Andy Edser Published
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Lefties
The best left-handed mouse for gaming in 2025: The top ambidextrous and mirrored rodents for the southpaw PC gamer
By Dave James Last updated
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Lotta dosh
Logitech G PowerPlay 2 review
By Jacob Fox Published
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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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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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Smooth as butter
SteelSeries QcK Performance mouse pad review
By Jacob Fox Published
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News
The Logitech G PowerPlay charging mouse pad was my baby and now there's a new version with a lower MSRP, thinner mat, and larger charging area
By Jacob Fox Last updated
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Gaming Monitors
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Same same
Gigabyte MO34WQC2 OLED gaming monitor review
By Kizito Katawonga Published
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News
LG's new 'Hybrid Tandem' tech apparently solves the blue light problem which could mean near-flawless OLED gaming monitors
By Jacob Fox Published
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News
This colour E-ink monitor is very pretty but the price means you may be better off strapping 7 Kindle Colorsofts together
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Expansive
Best ultrawide monitor for gaming in 2025: the immersive panels I recommend for PC gamers
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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news
AMD and Samsung demo 8K 120 Hz gaming and I am really, really struggling to care
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Bendy
Best curved monitors for gaming in 2025: These are the bendy displays I'd plant myself in front of
By Dave James Last updated
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4K Vision
Best 4K gaming monitors in 2025: the ultra hi-res panels I highly recommend
By Dave James Last updated
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Eye candy
Best OLED gaming monitors in 2025: I can't keep my eyes off these vivid displays
By Jeremy Laird Last updated
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News
AOC announces a slew of high refresh rate 1080p and 4K monitors for under €300 each
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Gaming PCs
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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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Masters of disaster
This subreddit dedicated to the worst computer setups on Earth makes me weirdly proud to be a PC gamer
By Rick Lane 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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news
The new Asus ROG NUC is a mini PC with an Arrow Lake CPU and RTX 5080 laptop GPU, and is going to be very, very, VERY expensive
By Hope Corrigan Published
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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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News
Turns out that Alienware's new upgradeable desktop is only fully upgradeable with an optional $35 conversion kit
By James Bentley Published
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Budget-ish
This nearly budget gaming PC build made me realise availability is just as important as affordability when building a cheap machine
By Jacob Ridley Published
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The tiny-but-mighty Geekom A8 mini PC can tackle big workloads – and it’s up to 22% off right now
By Lindsay Handmer Published
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News
This Redditor rocked up to Best Buy and bought an RTX 4060 gaming PC for cheaper than its extended warranty, saving $1,195 and their friend from buying a console
By Jacob Fox Published
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Graphics Cards
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The RX 9060 XT rumour mill flip-flops again: we shall have an 8 GB version of AMD's card after all
By Jacob Fox Published
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A Japanese retailer is only selling RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs for domestic use, which feels like a policy that is impossible to enforce
By James Bentley Published
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Forget the rumoured 18 GB RTX 5070 Super, this utterly epic 96 GB Nvidia GPU will solve all your VRAM worries, kinda
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Nvidia has just released yet another GPU driver hotfix to add further fixes to the other hotfix driver it released last week. And it still hasn't really fixed things
By James Bentley Published
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News
This Doom-themed Asus RTX 5080 is here just in time for some medieval ripping and tearing in Doom: The Dark Ages
By Andy Edser Published
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News
AMD's RX 9000M-series mobile GPUs are rumoured to top out with an RX 9080M featuring 64 CUs and 16 GB of VRAM
By Andy Edser Published
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Powercolor Radeon RX 9070 GRE pictured which means the new AMD GPU is probably arriving sooner than we expected but it may be restricted to China
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Struggle pug
Oblivion struggling to nail 60 fps on my RTX 5090 was not on my 2025 bingo card, but without frame gen Oblivion Remastered's top settings bring the card to its knees
By Dave James Published
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News
AMD says it will be talking all things gaming and AI at Computex in May, and that could set the stage for the more affordable RX 9060 graphics cards
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Handheld Gaming PCs
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I spent the day using GameSir's new GameHub app, potentially corrupting my phone and gaming PC, so you don't have to
By Hope Corrigan Published
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hand hell
Oblivion Remastered is 'verified' for Steam Deck, but the original with mods is a far superior handheld experience
By Shaun Prescott Published
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News
Nintendo confirms the Switch 2 price is staying at $450 in the US despite tariff turmoil, with preorders starting April 24
By Lincoln Carpenter Published
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news
One of our favourite last-gen handheld PCs is getting a Ryzen AI HX 370 upgrade and a native landscape display
By Hope Corrigan Published
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on deck
How to buy a Steam Deck in Australia: Valve's handheld is finally shipping down under
By Shaun Prescott Last updated
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Portable PC
Best handheld gaming PC in 2025: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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News
MSI will switch to AMD chips for its high-end Claw handheld PC if the rumour mill is to be believed
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
Potential Steam Deck prototype spotted in the wilds of eBay with AMD Picasso APU—and an asking price of $3,000
By Jess Kinghorn Last updated
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A worthy upgrade
ROG Ally X, Legion Go, and now the Nintendo Switch 2 are missing one important thing: Why don't more handhelds have OLED screens?
By James Bentley Published
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Lighting
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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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Light 'em up
Elgato Key Light Neo review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Memory
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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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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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Wasted potential
Corsair Vengeance DDR5-8400 CUDIMM review
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
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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news
Corsair rolls out its first CUDIMM memory sticks for Intel Arrow Lake gaming PCs and they're as pricey as you'd expect them to be
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
G.SKILL and Kingston break the 12,000MT/s DDR5 memory barrier with Intel's new Arrow Lake CPU
By Jeremy Laird Published
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news
Samsung and SK Hynix spend billions more on DRAM production to feed the never-ending hunger for AI servers
By Nick Evanson Published
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news
After claiming 8 GB on a Mac is like 16 GB on PC, Apple's rumoured to be finally making the jump to 16 GB
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Motherboards
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This odd but surprisingly well-priced mini ITX motherboard from Minisforum packs an embedded AMD X3D processor
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
I know tariff-related price increases are a thing right now but a $1,371 motherboard might be pushing it, even if it is 'Extreme'
By Andy Edser Published
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Best Mobo
Best gaming motherboards in 2025: these are the mobos I'd build a system around today
By Dave James Last updated
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Legend
ASRock B850 Steel Legend Wi-Fi review
By Antony Leather Published
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Lightning
ASRock Phantom Gaming B850I Lightning Wi-Fi review
By Antony Leather Published
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🤤
Asus ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WiFi review
By Antony Leather Published
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News
Asus has finally acknowledged it's changed the Q-Release Slim mechanism, bringing the whole saga to a satisfying conclusion
By Andy Edser Published
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News
Rejoice! PCI Express 7.0 hits 'final draft' status enabling bandwidth that you probably won't notice on devices that won't appear for years
By Jeremy Laird Published
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A bit too lite
ASRock Z890 Taichi Lite motherboard review
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
LG's new 'Hybrid Tandem' tech apparently solves the blue light problem which could mean near-flawless OLED gaming monitors
By Jacob Fox Published
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News
This colour E-ink monitor is very pretty but the price means you may be better off strapping 7 Kindle Colorsofts together
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Take a seat
Best gaming chair in 2025: the seats I'd suggest for any PC gamer
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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