Andy Edser

Andy Edser

Hardware Writer

Andy built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 12, when IDE cables were a thing and high resolution wasn't. 26 years later (yes he's getting old), he now spends his days writing about and reviewing graphics cards, CPUs, keyboards, mice, gaming headsets and much, much more. You name it, if it's PC gaming hardware he'll write words about it, with opinions and everything.

Latest articles by Andy Edser

A Fractal Design Scape gaming headset on top of its magnetic charging stand, on a blue and red Amazon Prime Day deals background
You can pry the Fractal Design Scape from my cold, dead hands—or buy your own with a $30 discount this Prime Day

By Andy Edser Published

Prime Day Convenience is underrated, trust me.

Prime Day
Three gaming laptops on a blue and red Amazon Prime Day background with the PC Gamer logo in the bottom right
32 GB gaming laptop deals are back this Prime Day, and I've found three awesome machines I'd buy with my own cash right now

By Andy Edser Published

Prime Day RAM, glorious RAM.

Prime Day
A Steam Machine with a red faceplate on a blue background, in the center of the frame
Steam Machine review

By Andy Edser Published

Score: 62% A wonderful design can't beat the ugly realities of pricing, performance, and consumer value.

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Score: 62%
A Steam Machine in front of a TV next to a Steam Controller, showing the SteamOS in the background
The Steam Machine is the biggest victim of the RAMpocalypse to date, and that's made me unreasonably annoyed

By Andy Edser Published

Steamed up Chalk another one up to AI demand, I guess.

30 Comments
Steamed up
An Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI gaming laptop on a pink and white deals background
Behold, the return of the affordable 32 GB gaming laptop deal—which bodes well for Prime Day next week

By Andy Edser Published

Deals Praise be to the RAM gods.

Deals
KOCAELI, TURKIYE - OCTOBER 14: A stack of old mobile phones are seen before recycling process in Kocaeli, Turkiye on October 14, 2024. (Photo by Cem Ali Kus/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Uni researchers plan to build a low-carbon data center hivemind from 2,000 Pixel smartphones—with Google's help, no less

By Andy Edser Published

News The omni-phone.

News
A collection of gaming headsets on a neutral background with the "Ask PCG" logo in the top right corner.
Five things I always tell people before they buy their first gaming headset

By Andy Edser Last updated

Headgear If you're eyeing up potential headset purchases, you've come to the right place.

Headgear
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ handheld gaming PC
MSI has listed the official pre-order price of its new Claw gaming handheld and I think you're going to want to sit yourself down

By Andy Edser Published

News $1,799. Eeeeeeesh.

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News
An Acer Nitro V 16S gaming laptop on a pink and white background, with "deals" text running down the right hand side
This RTX 5070 gaming laptop is already so well-priced, I'd be tempted to jump on this deal before Prime Day has officially started

By Andy Edser Published

Deals In a sea of $1,500+ RTX 5070 mobile machines, this old favourite rises to the top.

Deals
A ProtoArc EM25 ergonomic wireless mouse on a wooden desk, in front of some brightly-coloured post-it notes
ProtoArc EM25 ergonomic mouse review

By Andy Edser Published

Score: 40% Rough around the edges.

Score: 40%
A gaming chair, gaming mouse, gaming keyboard, headset, mouse pad and game controller on a grey background
Father's Day is fast approaching, so I've picked out 12 awesome gift ideas for gaming dads without a single pair of socks to be found

By Andy Edser Published

Deals Dad does not need more socks. Dad needs PC gaming gear.

Deals
Nvidia RTX Spark chip
'Reinventing the PC' is the concept Nvidia wanted to get across this Computex, but I'm not sure the AI room is being read

By Andy Edser Published

Agentic apathy Your agentic AI PC is coming.

Agentic apathy
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduces the RTX Spark laptop during his keynote speech at Computex 2026 in Taipei on June 1, 2026. Nvidia unveiled a powerful laptop chip for Windows machines on June 1, staking its claim in the market for next-generation consumer PCs integrated with artificial intelligence. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP via Getty Images)
Computex 2026 Live: The biggest PC gaming hardware announcements at this year's show

By Andy Edser Last updated

Computex 2026 It's here, it's happening, and we're on the ground covering all the latest hardware news.

Computex 2026
Corsair's new Warthog case with a light over the rear IO panel, at computex 2026.
Corsair's slightly-outrageous Warthog PC case is the thing I'd most like to take home from Computex 2026, and I'm not ashamed to say it

By Andy Edser Published

Computex 2026 Shove one in your luggage for me, would you?

Computex 2026
The ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Edition 20 is seen mounted on the open-frame ROG GR20 PC case on the showfloor of Computex 2026.
The excess of Computex feels a little more tone deaf than usual this year, as the pricing elephant in the room becomes harder to ignore

By Andy Edser Published

Computex 2026 It's all about the money.

Computex 2026
A still from the God of War Ragnarok trailer showing someone looking up at the sky in surprise
A malware dev has committed a magnificent self-own after an AI-coded malicious package leaked its own GitHub private token

By Andy Edser Published

News Whoops.

News
Logos for the new Intel Arc G-Series handheld gaming PC chips next to a handheld
Intel announces two Arc G-Series chips for handheld gaming PCs, promising 'seamless gaming experiences on the go'

By Andy Edser Published

News The G stands for "Grrrrr." Okay, I made that up.

News
A split image of Google's AI Overview results and Henry from Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
'There are two 'P's in the word Google' says the company's upgraded AI Overview, as an old LLM issue rears its ugly head

By Andy Edser Published

News Understandable, yet still amusing.

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News
A split image showing new AI labels on YouTube videos
YouTube says it's making AI-generated content labels more prominent—and to help you see them, here they are zoomed in

By Andy Edser Published

News Awesome.

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News
A DLSS 5 demonstration showing Grace Ashcroft's AI-altered face.
Potential DLSS 5 references have been found in the latest Nvidia driver, but it's all gone quiet on the AI image enhancement front

By Andy Edser Published

News *Tumbleweed.*

News
A promotional image of Gigabyte's 40th Anniversary RTX 5090 next to some gold inside a display case
Taiwanese buyers of Gigabyte's new RTX 5090 can register to receive a 'gold item', because nothing says wealth like Nvidia's most expensive gaming GPU

By Andy Edser Published

News And it's beans on toast for lunch again for me.

News
The Nvidia control panel on a pink and purple desktop background
The Nvidia Control Panel is no more, an ex-control panel, kicked the bucket, run down the curtain and joined the choir invisib... okay, it's being retired

By Andy Edser Published

News Still, who wants to pour one out?

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News
A photo of the Spotify homepage within the Spotify app
'There's a lot of rogue attempts at this': Amid AI music remixing plans, Spotify chief says he wants the company to be 'the one that's legal' and 'the one that's controlled'

By Andy Edser Published

News Y'know, the good one.

News
A promotional image from Nvidia showing two RTX 50-series gaming laptops in front of a green and black background
Nvidia's still-yet-to-be-announced N1X Arm chip is referenced on a Lenovo login page, so make of that what you will

By Andy Edser Published

News Sneaky little fella.

News
Six Secretlab Titan Evo gaming chairs of various designs at a slanted angle
From Ultramarines to Batman and Minecraft creepers, there's a dazzling selection of designs for our best gaming chair pick on discount in Secretlab's mega sale

By Andy Edser Published

Deals Sit yourself down.

Deals
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