
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

'On a scale of 0-10... the meeting was a 12': The US and China have agreed on a one-year trade truce after Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping, although Nvidia Blackwell wasn't on the table
By Andy Edser published
News 'Every year, we will review the deal, but I think the deal will go . . . long beyond a year' said Trump.

The OneXFly Apex has an optional external liquid cooling tower to help keep things chill, which kinda defeats the point of a handheld gaming PC if you ask me
By Andy Edser published
News Hoses. Just what I always wanted.

This RTX 5070 gaming laptop is cheaper than a lot of RTX 5060 machines right now and a fabulous deal even with the you-know-what-sales approaching
By Andy Edser published
Deal To the value-mobile!

Trump credits a call from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and others as to why he cancelled plans to 'surge' San Francisco with federal law enforcement this weekend
By Andy Edser published
News "They want to give it a 'shot.' Therefore, we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday."

Pumped up kicks: Nike's prototype powered footwear system aims to be 'a second set of calf muscles' to give everyday athletes a real-life sprint mode
By Andy Edser published
News Sign me up, I'm sick of these feeble pins.

'Everything is on the table': Trump administration reportedly considering curbs on exports made using US software to China
By Andy Edser published
News It looks like we won't have to wait long to find out.

'I'll even eat dog poop if it means winning': This job posting for an AI ad company is so unhinged, I'm still trying to decide if it's satire or not
By Andy Edser published
News Just imagine it in Alec Baldwin's voice.

Amazon's prototype AI smart glasses provide delivery drivers with a Pip-Boy-style HUD, also serving as further proof we live in the most dystopian timeline
By Andy Edser published
News Primarily in the name of safety, of course.

Google claims it has made a 'major breakthrough' in quantum computing with an algorithm 13,000X faster than a traditional equivalent, although not everyone is convinced
By Andy Edser published
News The algo is called 'Quantum Echoes', which coincidentally is also the name of my synthwave side project.

Samsung has launched an $1,800 XR headset and if you listen very carefully, you can hear the pained wailings of the Apple Vision Pro
By Andy Edser published
News Here come the goggles again. But better, perhaps.

One thing most of us seem to agree on, from Sir Stephen Fry to Steve Bannon, is that artificial superintelligence development should be paused while we figure out, y'know, the safety concerns
By Andy Edser published
News Because they could, not because they should, etc.

Ninja Gaiden 4 reduces DLSS to a mere on/off toggle with no built-in options to tweak it, which is a new one on me
By Andy Edser published
News To DLSS or not to DLSS. Those are your options.

This €130 gaming PC in a plastic jug churns out a whole 15 fps in Fortnite and might be the best/worst DIY build I've ever seen
By Andy Edser published
News Honestly? I kinda love it.

Estimates on the financial impact of yesterday's AWS outage range from 'hundreds of billions' to over $75 million per hour, but one thing we can all agree on is it was pretty bad, chief
By Andy Edser published
News A butterfly flaps its wings. Again.

Our old friend the RTX 5070 Ti MSI Vector is still $1,500 after Prime Day, making it the best gaming laptop deal I can find right now by some margin
By Andy Edser published
Deal It's cheaper than most RTX 5070 machines, for goodness sake.

Windows 11 25H2 has borked the mouse and keyboard controls in the Windows Recovery Environment, because what would a major update be without a fresh batch of bugs
By Andy Edser last updated
News Update: It's been fixed. Hoorah!

China accuses the US of attacking time—or being behind a series of cyberattacks on its National Time Center, anyway
By Andy Edser published
News Stop the clocks, etc.

'It really was Asus' says Microsoft about the ROG Xbox Ally X's eye-watering $1,000 price tag: 'That is all of their insight into the market'
By Andy Edser published
News Not us, guv. Honest.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: 'At the moment we are 100% out of China... it's important to be mindful that what harms China could oftentimes also harm America'
By Andy Edser published
News 'We went from 95% market share to 0%.'

PayPal's crypto partner accidentally minted $300,000,000,000,000 worth of stablecoins, which is more than twice the world's total GDP
By Andy Edser published
News Which must have made for a heart-stopping moment, I'd imagine.

Microsoft says it's making 'every Windows 11 PC an AI PC' with a dizzying array of Copilot upgrades, including voice activation
By Andy Edser published
News 'All with your permission and built upon the security of Windows 11.'

A Google AI model has discovered a promising new cancer treatment method, described as 'a milestone for AI in science'
By Andy Edser published
News A genuinely positive AI story, for a change.

I tested the beta version of MSI's beginner-friendly, AI-powered EZ PC Builder, and it told me the 9800X3D was the perfect chip for a budget gaming PC
By Andy Edser published
Are we sure? It also loves to recommend MSI components, to the surprise of no one.
Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.



