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. After spending over 15 years in the production industry overseeing a variety of live and recorded projects, he started writing his own PC hardware blog for a year in the hope that people might send him things. Sometimes they did.
Now working as a hardware writer for PC Gamer, Andy can be found quietly muttering to himself and drawing diagrams with his hands in thin air. It's best to leave him to it.
Latest articles by Andy Edser
Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2024) review
By Andy Edser published
Power Brick Intel Core i9 14900HX | RTX 4090 (175W) | 32GB DDR5-5600 | 2TB SSD | $3,900 | £4,000
AMD's Anti-Lag+ looks to have been rehabilitated after the previous version gave some players a nasty case of the bans
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news I don't like to use the word disastrous, but the launch of the first iteration…it didn't go all that well, let's put it that way.
An AI-generated image of a rat with unfeasibly large genitals made it into a peer-reviewed article, along with the caption 'dck'
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news Peer-reviewed it may have been, but I get a feeling those peers may have scanned a little too quickly over the images here.
Still running an AM4 mobo? The mighty 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 5950X is down to $380 with this Presidents' Day deal
By Andy Edser published
Deal This beastly CPU is a rendering and creative powerhouse, and it'll still storm your games too.
One of the best gaming laptops we've ever tested is down to $2,100 this Presidents' Day weekend
By Andy Edser published
Deal It's a firm favorite around here, and tops our list for the best gaming laptop overall.
Nightingale's system requirements reveal it offers an upscaler for every GPU but it'll gobble up 70GB of storage space
By Andy Edser published
news It seems like it might be demanding, this new survival game, but luckily the graphics look pretty stunning with it.
Even the US Department of Defence is not immune to data breaches as 20,000 individuals are notified of a Microsoft cloud email leak
By Andy Edser published
news The US government still relies on cloud email servers like the rest of us, and a certain amount of beans appears to have been spilled.
A leaked Lenovo laptop comes with a transparent display and I can't get my head around why anyone would think that's a good idea
By Andy Edser published
news Good news! Now everyone in the departure lounge can read your emails, backwards.
Steelseries Alias Pro microphone review
By Andy Edser published
Sonic Headaches Begone It might be pricey, but the Alias Pro aims to make studio-style recording and streaming easy, and that's no mean feat.
SteelSeries Alias microphone review
By Andy Edser published
Small but Svelte A decent sounding mic in a very compact package, but whether it justifies its price tag might take some serious thought.
An experimental AI wearable recognises objects and tells visually-impaired users details of what they're holding
By Andy Edser published
news AI image recognition and bone-conduction technology unites in the name of accessibility.
Audacity now has a free AI-powered noise suppressor but the machine isn't going to replace a sound engineer anytime soon
By Andy Edser published
news AI noise reduction is nothing new, but free is free after all.
The quality of USB drives is getting worse thanks to re-used and often defective NAND chips including some from known brands
By Andy Edser published
news Nope, it's not just you, USB sticks really do seem to be on the decline.
Turns out AMD's 'Compressonator' tool for artists and devs was named after The Governator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger
By Andy Edser published
news Big Arnie doesn't often turn up in PC hardware news, but would you look at that.
The solution to space junk might be space lasers because lasers solve everything obviously
By Andy Edser published
news If my early sci-fi obsession taught me anything, it's that most problems can be resolved with a laser.
Here's path tracing running on the Steam Deck at 30 fps thanks to some settings tweaks
By Andy Edser published
news If you thought path tracing was limited to high-end GPUs, think again.
Passively cooling an RTX 3080 FE with 10 CPU coolers makes it look like a steampunk spaceship, and I'm a fan
By Andy Edser published
news Wildly impractical? Check. Fantastic to look at? Also check.
City-wide Wi-Fi networks spanning literal miles could soon be possible thanks to 'HaLow' devices
By Andy Edser published
news Long range Wi-Fi looks like it might be on its way, with some impressive interference rejection to boot.
This 9.5g gaming mouse is so small I'd be worried about inhaling it, cable and all
By Andy Edser published
news The smollest boi, a mini-meese, a tiny rodent of insignificant heft.
Windows Defender let me down, so I thought I'd try some popular free antivirus alternatives. They left a lot to be desired
By Andy Edser published
Antiviral Free third-party AVs have always been a bit ropey, and my journey back into the murky world of free protection was far from pleasant.
You too can run a functional 16-bit CPU inside Microsoft Excel thanks to one YouTube hobbyist with more willpower than I shall ever possess
By Andy Edser published
news Excel fans rejoice! There are Excel fans, aren't there? I know you're out there somewhere.
Fresh AMD Zen 5 CPU details leak suggesting a likely launch date between April and June of this year
By Andy Edser published
news The next AMD CPUs are well on their way it seems, as Intel's Arrow Lake follows behind.
For under $1,000, a Ryzen 5 5600 and an RTX 4060 Ti makes this machine a bit of a budget superstar
By Andy Edser published
deal A solid prebuilt with great specs for less than a grand means you might have some money for, y'know, games and stuff.