
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

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.

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 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?

Best handheld gaming PC in 2025: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Portable PC PC gaming has officially gone portable, and these handheld gaming PCs are mighty quick.

Call me Victor Kermit Kiam, cos I liked this mobo so much I built my new gaming PC around it
By Dave James published
Yoink If you're going to make a mini Intel build then ASRock's Phantom B860I is just the board to do it with.

I've spent weeks testing the best little gaming laptops and there's only one they're going to have to prise from my cold, dead hands
By Dave James published
Sharpie Razer's got a fight on its hands to wrestle the new Blade 14 off me.

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2025) review
By Dave James published
Gee Still a great compact gaming laptop, but the grating fan noise and sharper Blade 14 relegate it into second place.

Razer Blade 14 (2025) gaming laptop review
By Dave James published
Sharpened The 2025 update for Razer's micro machine has pretty much made it my ideal gaming laptop.

My new favorite budget gaming keyboard proves the best gaming keebs don't have to be $200 enthusiast slabs of switches
By Dave James published
SHRAK The Gamakay x NaughShark NS68, with its super low price and powerful Hall effect switches walked straight into our best gaming keyboard guide.

Best mechanical keyboards in 2025: the clacky boards I'd buy in a heartbeat
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Click Clack Make the switch with our guide to the best mechanical gaming keyboards.
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