
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

Razer BlackShark V3 gaming headset review
By Dave James published
Score: 91% Finally, a wireless headset to topple the all-conquering Cloud Alpha.

Razer BlackShark V3 Pro review
By Dave James published
Score: 79% Great audio and ANC comes at a frustrating cost.

Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro gaming mouse review
By Dave James published
Score: 90% For the budding professional gamer, the new DeathAdder has everything you could want. For everyone else it might be a stretch.

Alienware Area-51 gaming PC review
By Dave James published
Score: 81% The most impressed I've been with a modern Alienware PC in years.

The best audiophile headphones for gaming in 2025: my top recommendations for the best cans money can buy
By Dave James last updated
Audiophile Immerse yourself in your games with the best audiophile headphones for gaming.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2025) gaming laptop review
By Dave James published
Score: 83% 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
Score: 86% The 2025 update for Razer's micro machine has pretty much made it my ideal gaming laptop.

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.

Best gaming keyboards in 2025: the fastest, smoothest and loveliest boards I've tested
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Keyed in The best gaming keyboards have it all: style, ergonomics, and of course, the most satisfying clickity clacks.

The best Mini-ITX PC case in 2025: the top tiny cases I've tested so far
By Dave James last updated
Mini but Mighty Go compact and cute with the best Mini-ITX PC cases.

'Most chairs labeled as 'gaming' chairs are simply budget task chairs with colorful accent stripes': here's what annoys industry experts the most about gaming chairs
By Dave James published
Ergo I've spoken with a group of certified ergonomists about what makes the best gaming chair and what annoys them the most about modern seats.
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