
Dave James
Dave has been gaming since the days of Zaxxon and Lady Bug on the Colecovision, and code books for the Commodore Vic 20 (Death Race 2000!). He built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 16, and finally finished bug-fixing the Cyrix-based system around a year later. When he dropped it out of the window. He first started writing for Official PlayStation Magazine and Xbox World many decades ago, then moved onto PC Format full-time, then PC Gamer, TechRadar, and T3 among others. Now he's back, writing about the nightmarish graphics card market, CPUs with more cores than sense, gaming laptops hotter than the sun, and SSDs more capacious than a Cybertruck.
Latest articles by Dave James

Prime Day gaming deals live: The end is nigh, but as a lifelong PC gaming expert, I'm handpicking the very best Prime Day deals still live
By Dave James last updated
Live We're into the home stretch here on Prime Day Episode 4: A New Hope.

If you'd told me RTX 50-series gaming laptops would deliver the best Prime Day deals I would have laughed in your stupid face. And yet here we are at the end...
By Andy Edser published
Prime Day ...with gaming laptop deals at almost every price point.

Pour one out for the stunning RTX 5080 gaming laptop deal that is now merely a good one. I mean, it remains the cheapest RTX 5080 notebook you'll find, but still 🥲
By Jeremy Laird published
Prime Day HP's Omen Max 16 is the laptop in question and it's still significantly cheaper than any other RTX 5080 gaming notebook.

Amazon Prime Day gaming laptop deals
By Dave James last updated
Prime Day Deals Prime Day is almost over but the gaming laptop deals are still flowing. Come peruse with me.

Prime Day deals live: I'm bringing you the perfect PC gaming impulse buys still available as these Prime Days draw to a close
By Dave James last updated
Live If you don't want to spend a ton of cash there are still some great ways to upgrade your PC gaming setup on a budget.

For as little as $28 these 25-piece electric screwdrivers are a must for your Prime Day PC building toolkit
By Jess Kinghorn published
Prime Day Upgrade your desktop AND your tool belt.

Cheap graphics card deals this week
By Dave James last updated
Pixel pushers We've done the hard yards sourcing the best prices for all the best graphics cards you should fit into your gaming PC.

Prime Day deals live: I'm on a tight budget this year, so join me as I track down the best PC gaming deals under $100
By Dave James last updated
Live Money might be too tight to mention, but there are already great deals out there if you know where to look.

To celebrate the announcement of the Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro, the old best gaming mouse is now down to its lowest ever price for Prime Day
By Dave James published
Prime Day The king is cheap, hail to the king.

Get a cracking deal this Amazon Prime Day on the best of the best from our techie tier list
By Jess Kinghorn published
Prime Day The cream of the crop is all the sweeter at a cut price.

You'll never have to uninstall a game again* because at $0.05 per GB these Prime Day SSDs are the solution to all your storage woes
By Dave James published
Prime Day *I mean, if it's rubbish and you just want to rage-uninstall I'll accept that.

I would take this Prime Day Razer gaming laptop deal over literally any other right now
By Dave James published
Prime Day With $400 knocked off the recently released Blade 14, I think this is the best gaming laptop deal around today.

Prime Day deals live: I'm still on the hook, hand-picking the best PC gaming deals as we hit Day 2: The revenge of Jeff
By Dave James last updated
Live It's Prime Day Day 2 of a four day deals marathon. Thanks, Mr. Bezos.

Tell us what you're buying, or agonizing over this Prime Day week... we'll go first
By Dave James published
Prime Day The PC Gamer team has got its sights set on some tasty Prime Day deals.

One of the best gaming chairs has just dropped to its lowest ever price at $147: Corsair's TC100 is what Prime Day deals are all about
By James Bentley published
Prime Day $123 off for Prime Members makes this a reason to join the gang.

Best cheap gaming laptop deals
By Dave James last updated
Deals Our regularly updated list of all the best gaming laptop deals you'll find today.

Best cheap gaming monitor deals today
By Dave James last updated
Deals We've scoured the internet for the best deals on gaming monitors, so you don't have to.

Best cheap gaming PC deals
By Dave James last updated
deal Our simple advice: don't pay full price for a gaming PC.

Best graphics cards in 2025: I've tested pretty much every AMD and Nvidia GPU of the past 20 years and these are today's top cards
By Dave James published
Pixel Pushers I've made a career out of prodding graphics cards and this has been the toughest set of recommendations I can remember.

Best gaming laptop in 2025: I've put the best of this new generation head-to-head and we have a winner
By Dave James published
Portable powerhouses Don't compromise on power or portability with the best gaming laptops.

Best gaming chair in 2025: I've tested a ton of gaming chairs and these are the seats I'd suggest for any PC gamer
By Jacob Ridley published
Take a seat Treat your body to one of the best gaming chairs and sit like a royal on your new throne.

Picking the best GPU of 2025 has been the biggest challenge of my near 20-year PC gaming tech testing career. Now my brain hurts
By Dave James published
GPU pain point Why do graphics cards—most especially graphics card prices—have to be such a pain in the posterior?

This is all the best PC gaming gear we recommend in one techie tier list
By Dave James last updated
The guide Here are PC Gamer's hardware picks, based on years of experience and expert knowledge, all in an easily digestible but admittedly big ol' list.
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