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
China's AI chip industry shows signs of strain as two key players look like they might be in trouble
By Andy Edser published
news US export restrictions continue to bite, as China's AI industry starts to show signs of stress.
Sony may have figured out how to block notorious cheating device the Cronus Zen on PS5. Take that cheaty-cheaters
By Andy Edser published
news Cheaters never prosper, so we're told, but whether this is an intentional block or a simple accident remains unclear.
'The mother of all breaches'—26 billion records leaked including stolen user logins, so may we suggest you finally change that old password?
By Andy Edser published
news Let's face it, pokemonenjoyer1994 wasn't exactly bulletproof to begin with.
Type, you fools! Drop has new artisan LOTR keycaps available for pre-order and they have my axe
By Andy Edser published
news Lord of the Pings? I don't know, I got nuthin'.
Our favorite gaming monitor for $850 is the perfect opportunity to go OLED ultrawide
By Andy Edser published
deal The Alienware AW3423DWF might be a mouthful to say but when it comes to gaming monitors, you won't find much better than this.
'Today our systems hallucinate, tomorrow if we're going to use them broadly, they have to be right' – Intel's CEO thinks AI needs a lesson in reasoning to move forward
By Andy Edser published
news The machine may well be dreaming, but Pat Gelsinger thinks AI needs to be both "fast, and right."
'I think this is a 10-year gap' – Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says China is majorly behind in chip manufacturing thanks to export restrictions and looks to stay that way for the foreseeable future
By Andy Edser published
news The Intel head honcho seems convinced that China is seriously off the pace, and will remain that way while export restrictions continue.
Mastodon users are crowd-running programs on a BBC Micro emulator in 2024 and the results look as spectacular as they did in '81
By Andy Edser published
news Listen up kids because I'm here to say, BBC BASIC is here to…stay?
Have you discussed pirating media on the internet? These film studios might like a word
By Andy Edser published
news First Amendment rights have protected these piracy-discussing redditors from identification up until now, but that hasn't stopped studios from trying.
Running 8GB of RAM? Now's the time to upgrade, as Microsoft seems set to make 16GB the minimum for AI PCs and Copilot
By Andy Edser published
news 16GB has arguably been the realistic minimum for gaming for some time, but Microsoft looks set to make the requirement official for its new Windows features.
The president of Sony Honda is allowed to drive an electric car on-stage with a DualSense yet I'm not allowed to play games while I drive. Typical
By Andy Edser published
news I reckon fakery was likely involved, but as a CES 2024 highlight, it's pretty hard to top this.
Frore's AirJet Mini Slim seems like a significant fanless cooling upgrade, but the lack of adoption for the original AirJet is worrying
By Andy Edser published
news The AirJet seemed to hold a lot of promise for smaller cooling solutions, but as things stand the adoption is virtually non-existent.
Next-generation batteries may be coming faster than you think, thanks to an AI helping hand
By Andy Edser published
news Lithium-ion batteries might be everywhere, but they're starting to feel a bit old hat. The future of battery tech, however, may well be on its way already.
Ducky has released a limited edition Doom keyboard but I can't help but feel it's missed the mark
By Andy Edser published
news Even hardcore Doom fans might think this is a bit much.
These are the 5 AI features at CES 2024 we will absolutely never use (and 3 we might)
By Andy Edser published
AI or Bye-bye? AI integration in just about everything was the talk of CES this year, but as for the ones we think we might use? Slim pickings...
MSI stuck a transparent LED crystal film screen in its new fishbowl case and it looks genuinely impressive in action
By Andy Edser published
CES 2024 CES 2024 seems to be the year of the transparent display, but this implementation actually looks kind of fantastic.
Hyte just announced the most RGB keeb we've ever seen, and it's even called it the Keeb
By Andy Edser published
CES 2024 So much glow it looks virtually radioactive, which should divide the room somewhat.
Cooler Master has just unveiled the most oxymoronic small form factor PC chassis I've ever seen
By Andy Edser published
CES 2024 I've been staring at it for the past hour, and only one question remains: why?
MSI demos a monitor that gives you an AI helping hand in League of Legends and it might stretch the boundaries of what's considered fair
By Andy Edser published
CES 2024 AI features are coming to almost every piece of hardware you can think of, but when it gives you this much of an advantage wouldn't it be considered…cheating?
We didn't realise Lenovo's solar/mechanical charging peripherals were a wind up, but they absolutely are
By Andy Edser published
CES 2024 When we're wrong, we're wrong, but my goodness who could have possibly predicted this.
This mouse and keyboard set harnesses the power of the sun and your furious typing to stay charged
By Andy Edser published
CES 2024 Furious typists and clicky ARPG enthusiasts might be closer than you think to powering devices all by themselves.
Alienware's new x16 R2 laptop comes with a choice of Meteor Lake processors and an RGB trackpad, so you can bask in your own personal light show
By Andy Edser published
CES 2024 The specs look impressive, but I can't take my eyes off that glorious RGB pad.
MSI has launched a new gaming handheld, and there are two things you should know: It's the first to launch with an Intel Core Ultra processor, and for some reason it's called 'Claw'
By Andy Edser published
CES 2024 Sounds less like a handheld and more like a Marvel villain, but at least the hardware's intriguing.
Cooler Master's new X Silent family of PSUs promise high wattage without the high noise
By Andy Edser published
CES 2024 If you're looking for high power and low noise, these passively cooled units' interesting use of heatpipes might be just the ticket.
Twitch's new beta combines the encoder in your Nvidia GPU with some nifty OBS integration to take the pain out of streaming
By Andy Edser published
CES 2024 Higher bit-rates, resolutions and AV1 encoding are coming for RTX 40-series GPU owners, while streamers on older cards still get some tasty new hardware encoding features.