Budget gaming PC build guide By Jorge Jimenez, Alan Dexter Bargain Gaming It's all about performance per dollar with our budget gaming PC build guide.
The best CPU for gaming in 2021 By Alan Dexter Happy Cores Fire up your rig with the best CPU for gaming. More cores, more clocks, more of everything that matters.
Samsung unveils 870 EVO SSDs, which are about as good as SATA drives are going to get By Alan Dexter News The market for chunky SATA drives is still pretty huge.
The best VR headset in 2021 By Alan Dexter, Jacob Ridley Face on Immerse yourself in stunning game worlds with the best VR headset.
PC sales are the healthiest they've been in a decade By Alan Dexter News The fourth quarter grew 26 percent over the previous year alone.
Here's what CES 2021 taught us this year By Katie Wickens, Alan Dexter, Paul Lilly, Jeremy Laird, Jorge Jimenez, Dave James, Jacob Ridley CES 2021 Rogue AIs, shiny laptops, wonky GPUs, and things that are inexplicably not sex toys.
The most lust-worthy laptops of CES 2021 By Alan Dexter CES 2021 Here are our top five fave gaming laptops from this year's virtual showcase.
MSI is making a 7,000MB/s SSD for gamers By Alan Dexter CES 2021 Don't worry, there's plenty of space for more speedy SSD manufacturers.
AMD's new 65W Ryzen 5000 desktop chips are for OEMs only By Alan Dexter CES 2021 Lower TDPs could make for some sleek but powerful gaming PCs.
The Asus ROG Flow X13 is the most exciting laptop at CES 2021 By Alan Dexter CES 2021 It's not just ultra-portable, Asus may have finally produced gaming laptop perfection.
AMD introduces new HX mobile processors for laptop gaming By Alan Dexter CES 2021 Laptop gaming just got a massive performance boost.
How to watch AMD's CES 2021 keynote with CEO Lisa Su By Alan Dexter CES 2021 Find out what AMD has up its sleeve for 2021.
Kingston's Ghost Tree is a surprisingly cool name for a next-gen 7,000MB/s SSD By Alan Dexter CES 2021 Offering some really tasty transfer rates, this PCIe 4.0 drive is more than just a cool name.
Best gaming desk in 2021 By Dave James, Katie Wickens, Alan Dexter, Jorge Jimenez Gametops Whether you're after a sitting or standing desk, we've stuck our rigs on them to see if that makes them gaming desks.
The biggest PC gaming questions AMD needs to answer in 2021 By Alan Dexter Reflection AMD may have had a great 2020 but it'll need to keep up the momentum to really make its mark.
This is the most exciting PC gaming gear 2021 has to offer By Jacob Ridley, Alan Dexter, Dave James, Katie Wickens, Jorge Jimenez Tech of '21 2021 is here and this is the tech we can't wait to get our hands on.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2020: The best gear of the year By Dave James, Jacob Ridley, Alan Dexter, Katie Wickens, Jorge Jimenez Gear of the Year This is the best gaming hardware 2020 had to offer.
AMD's Zen 3 is the gamechanger we've needed for years By Alan Dexter Battle Royale It's been an incredible year for PC hardware, but one release stands out above all others.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: What is the best motherboard of 2020? By Alan Dexter Gear of the Year It's been a busy year for processors, but an even busier 12 months for motherboards.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: What is the best gaming CPU of 2020? By Alan Dexter Gear of the year It's been an incredible year for processors, but these are the chips that really stood out for us.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: What is the best SSD of 2020? By Alan Dexter Gear of the year SSDs just keep getting faster and cheaper, and that's exactly what you want when it comes to gaming.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands feels more self-aware than ever, and isn't as demanding on your time By Alan Dexter Staff Pick Wow doesn't have to be a time sink, and it finally feels that way too.
Hands on with Nvidia's latency-slashing Reflex technology By Alan Dexter Twitch Nvidia's Reflex aims to improve competitive gaming by taking a hard(ware) look at latency.
Cyberpunk 2077 has a hidden Cinematic RTX mode By Alan Dexter News The changes it makes aren't exactly obvious, but you might spot a few.
Asus adds AMD Ryzen 5000 CPU support to 400-series motherboards ahead of schedule By Alan Dexter News Your options for building with Zen 3 just got a lot broader.