
Andy Edser
Andy built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 12, when IDE cables were a thing and high resolution wasn't—and he hasn't stopped since. Now working as a hardware writer for PC Gamer, Andy spends his time jumping around the world attending product launches and trade shows, all the while reviewing every bit of PC gaming hardware he can get his hands on. You name it, if it's interesting hardware he'll write words about it, with opinions and everything.
Latest articles by Andy Edser

OpenAI announces another $110 billion in investment funding including $30 billion from Nvidia, but says Microsoft is still its best friend forever
By Andy Edser published
News Aww. Isn't it sweet when multi-billion, sometimes multi-trillion dollar businesses buddy up?

A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup
By Andy Edser published
News I wonder how the government of California plans to enforce it?

Anthropic is standing up to the US Department of War and refusing to remove AI autonomous weapon and mass surveillance safeguards: 'We cannot in good conscience accede to their request'
By Andy Edser published
News 'We will not knowingly provide a product that puts America’s warfighters and civilians at risk.'

Google says it's disrupted a super-serious 'global espionage campaign' that uses *checks notes* Google Sheets to covertly intercept telecoms data
By Andy Edser published
News It's not the sexiest spy story I've ever heard, I'll be honest.

'We expect supply constraints to be the headwind to gaming in Q1 and beyond' says Nvidia, although it claims demand and inventory levels are 'healthy'
By Andy Edser published
News A tempering of expectations, perhaps?

Best graphics cards in 2026: I've tested pretty much every AMD and Nvidia GPU of the past 20 years and these are today's top cards
By Dave James last updated
Pixel Pushers I've made a career out of prodding graphics cards and this has been the toughest set of recommendations I can remember.

Nvidia reports a truly astonishing $193.7 billion in annual data center revenue in its latest earnings call, up 75% year on year, while little old gaming brought in $16 billion
By Andy Edser published
News I think it's obvious why us gamers are perhaps not team green's top priority right now.

'The compute bottleneck is massively under appreciated' says Google AI Studio lead: 'I would guess the gap between supply and demand is growing [by a] single digit % every day'
By Andy Edser published
News 'In practice, this will be the rate limit on the impact AI will have in the economy/society.'

The future of Nacon gaming accessories looks uncertain as the company files for insolvency
By Andy Edser published
News Will Nacon's hardware wing be the first to feel the brunt of debt restructuring efforts?

This creator extraordinaire has built a gaming PC attached to a Victorian cast-iron radiator that is fully integrated into the cooling system, and I am in complete awe
By Andy Edser published
News Billet Labs, take a bow.

A plague of AI-generated Homer Simpson cover songs is reportedly swamping a popular music file sharing network with the big yellow fella's dulcet tones
By Andy Edser published
News "Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try."

'We have a new major number purely because I'm easily confused and not good with big numbers' says Linus Torvalds about Linux 7.0
By Andy Edser published
News Totally relatable, carry on.

Anthropic says it has identified thousands of 'fraudulent accounts' taking Claude and 'extracting its capabilities to train and improve their own models'
By Andy Edser published
News 'Industrial-scale distillation' is underway, apparently.

This AI bot roasts any website URL you give it and it's hilariously, scathingly mean
By Andy Edser published
News And yes, I've tried PC Gamer. It'd be unfair not to, right?

Razer's magnificent BlackShark V3 is the gaming headset we recommend time and time again, and at $120 it's the obvious choice for your next audio upgrade
By Andy Edser published
Deal Keeping things simple.

Best handheld gaming PC in 2026: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Portable PC PC gaming is officially portable now, and these handheld gaming PCs are the best around.

Der8auer has been shattering glass water block windows for testing purposes, and also because it's really fun
By Andy Edser published
News Everyone's got to have a hobby.

A UK redditor flew to New York City to buy 280 TBs worth of HDDs to avoid 'literally ridiculous' pricing, declares it was 'worth it in the end'
By Andy Edser published
News I would fly several thousand miles, and I would fly several thousand more...

Rumours are swirling once again around Intel ditching its hybrid P-core and E-core chip architectures for a single, 'unified core' design, although it looks like we might have a long wait yet
By Andy Edser published
News Are my days of typing "XX Performance, XX Efficient" soon to be over? Probably not.

Reports claim an AWS outage last year was caused by an AI coding tool deciding to 'delete and recreate the environment' from scratch, while Amazon says 'misconfigured access controls' were to blame
By Andy Edser published
News The vibes may have been off.

Security researchers claim Persona, the provider behind Discord's UK age verification 'experiment', performs '269 individual verification checks' on user data, including those for terrorism and espionage
By Andy Edser published
News I'm sure this will be well-received.

Microsoft's AI PC beginner's guide demonstrates how convoluted its branding has become, but hey, at least 'AI is not here to replace you'
By Andy Edser published
News It's very simple, let me just break out this whiteboard.

A redditor claims to have found a horrifying, AI-generated, multi-limbed figure in a rental house listing photo and it's exactly the sort of Phasmophobia-style jump scare I didn't need this morning
By Andy Edser published
News Why you so spooky, AI?
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