
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's been jumping around the world attending product launches and trade shows, all the while reviewing every bit of PC 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

Microsoft announces changes to the Blue Screen of Death as rumours of an ominous Black Screen of Death stalk the land
By Andy Edser published
News I can't handle the suspense.

I'm collecting the best Amazon Spring Prime Day PC gaming deals like a bargain-hunting treasure goblin
By Andy Edser last updated
Live Amazon's Big Spring Sale is still running and I'm finding great prices on some seriously brilliant PC gaming gear.

Asus has finally acknowledged it's changed the Q-Release Slim mechanism, bringing the whole saga to a satisfying conclusion
By Andy Edser published
News You can all sleep well in your beds tonight.

Nacon Rig M2 Streamstar review
By Andy Edser published
Fusspot On paper, it makes all the right noises. In reality? It's complicated.

'No real human would go four links deep into a maze of AI-generated nonsense': Cloudflare's AI Labyrinth uses decoy pages to trap web-crawling bots and feed them slop 'as a defensive weapon'
By Andy Edser published
News Follow me, horrible scrape bot.

'We essentially created a virtual headset': Scientists transmit inaudible sound using ultrasonic beams to create single person 'audio enclaves'
By Andy Edser published
News Beam me tunes, Scotty.

Dune: Awakening system requirements are here, complete with Razer Sensa HD haptic support to 'feel the rumble of your ornithopter's seat'
By Andy Edser published
News The bum rumbler strikes again.

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
News Turns out you don't need a pump after all.

A Jensen Huang-signed version of this golden Asus RTX 5090 will be auctioned off to support relief efforts for the California wildfires
By Andy Edser published
News All together now, in our best Mike Myers: Goooooooooooooold...

You can win an MSI RTX 5080 in Taiwan if you collect nine dragon figurines given away with *checks notes* MSI RTX 50-series GPUs
By Andy Edser published
News You can also collect the figures on the second-hand market, which sounds like Pokémon with extra steps.

Mackie CR3.5BT + CR8SBT subwoofer review
By Andy Edser published
Multitalented Forget plain gaming speakers, this set can do it all.

It might be a bit of a chonk, but this 240 Hz RTX 4070 Dell gaming laptop is a seriously powerful machine for $1,300
By Andy Edser published
Deal It's all about the angles.

This MSI Afterburner file unlocks 36 Gbps RTX 50-series memory overclocks for, y'know, the few people that actually own a card
By Andy Edser published
News All of the speed, all at once.

A new and improved desktop experience just landed on Steam Deck and SteamOS is readying 'support for non-Steam Deck handhelds'
By Andy Edser published
News That'll be the Legion Go S then, presumably.

Would you like to taste fish soup in VR? Me neither, but this electronic tongue does it anyway
By Andy Edser published
News It can also replicate cake, lemonade, and fried egg. Mmmm.

A rather pleasing Windows 11 update bug automatically uninstalls Copilot and unpins it from the taskbar, which is jolly nice of it
By Andy Edser published
News Ah, the eternal developer debate: Bug, or feature?

Fortnite comes to Snapdragon: Epic Games announces upcoming Arm support for its Easy Anti-Cheat software
By Andy Edser published
News Soon you can build forts and fight knights in... look, I'm getting old, okay?

Penne for your thoughts: This pasta display can show three individual frames and it's trying its best, okay
By Andy Edser published
News There cannelloni be one. I'll stop now.

Asus appears to have quietly changed the design of its Q-Release PCIe slot after claims of potential GPU pin damage
By Andy Edser published
News A subtle change, but a change nonetheless.

Super Nintendo consoles appear to be running ever-so-slightly faster as they age and speedrunning detectives are hot on the case
By Andy Edser published
News I'm definitely getting slower with every passing year, so no worries there.

Nvidia says it really has sorted RTX 50-series black screen issues this time around as yet another driver fix finds its way to release
By Andy Edser published
News It can't hurt to be sure, can it?

Warner Bros says it will replace certain DVDs damaged by 'disc rot', but you might not get the same movie you sent in for replacement
By Andy Edser published
News Send in The Matrix, receive The Goonies. Or something like that.

This Amazon-bought fake AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is actually a 14-year-old Bulldozer chip with a cheap sticker on it
By Andy Edser published
News Never mind the wrong chip, it's not even the right socket.
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