James Bentley
James is a more recent PC gaming convert, often admiring graphics cards, cases, and motherboards from afar. It was not until 2019, after just finishing a degree in law and media, that they decided to throw out the last few years of education, build their PC, and start writing about gaming instead. In that time, he has covered the latest doodads, contraptions, and gismos, and loved every second of it. Hey, it’s better than writing case briefs.
Latest articles by James Bentley

Two arrested for checking into esports hotels and stealing RAM, making off with over $2,000 in profit in just one month
By James Bentley Published
News And that's from just 16 sticks.

'Easily the dumbest thing I've ever built': Guy puts spikes and taser on Steam Deck to stop family from using it
By James Bentley Published
News Yes, they tried putting a password on it first.

Jensen Huang's first-ever post on X is in defense of open access to AI models, alongside Google, OpenAI, and Meta
By James Bentley Published
News Many companies argue a bad guy with an open AI is best fought by a good guy with an open AI.

More bad news for Valve and its still unreleased Steam Frame as Qualcomm is set to raise the price of its chips, like everyone else
By James Bentley Published
News Valve's new VR headset is due to launch soon.

Asus ROG Azoth Extreme Edition 20 review
By James Bentley Published
Score: 70% The type of keyboard you buy because you can, and boy does it shine.

Halo: Campaign Evolved early adopters were unable to play the game on Steam as it kept forcing them to look at the art book instead
By James Bentley Published
News I mean, it is a pretty art book.

Forget Ultra settings, Halo: Campaign Evolved looks nearly as good with everything set to Low
By James Bentley Published
News From testing the game on four rigs and a handheld, I'd be picking Low.

I would only play Halo: Campaign Evolved on handheld with upscaling
By James Bentley Published
News It's a bit choppy running natively.

Halo: Campaign Evolved's motion blur is terrible. Just look at it
By James Bentley Published
News I know motion blur is the devil, but it's particularly… devilish here.

The day has finally come where you can get OLED gaming monitors for $300, and this Samsung Odyssey is my pick
By James Bentley Published
Deal It's the best I've seen all year.

Dell Pro 5 Webcam review
By James Bentley Published
Score: 67% A corporate webcam with Windows Hello functionality and a frustrating lack of customisation to go with it

The best gaming headset out there right now has just received a tidy $19 discount at Best Buy
By James Bentley Published
Deal $19 off isn't huge, but it's a decent chunk off our favorite headset.

Meta says its working on 'multiple next-generation headsets' despite the struggles of VR and the heat death of the metaverse
By James Bentley Published
News Down but not out.

'Finally a card I can afford': Nvidia announces GeForce-themed trading cards, which are free but you'll need to travel or get lucky to win some for yourself
By James Bentley Published
News More of this, and less AI, please.

Legendary dad fixes their kid's dead RTX 3070 by ripping the capacitor out of an old radio and slapping it on the side, saving over $100 in the process
By James Bentley Published
News Is he looking for customers? I have a friend looking for some repairs.

Valve's Steam Frame launch looks imminent, with new 'Great on Frame' category spotted
By James Bentley Published
News Though there are only four games as of right now.

AMD Zen 6 server CPUs are launching this month, which has me hopeful for a desktop release this year
By James Bentley Published
News Here's hoping the swap to 2 nm is huge.

New IDC report claims worldwide PC shipments fell by 5% but revenue didn't, as 'vendors are pushing through price increases faster than demand is dropping'
By James Bentley Published
News Thanks, AI.

It looks like monitor manufacturers can download bloatware without consent that will serve you pop-up ads
By James Bentley Published
News Here's hoping this doesn't become a trend.

YouTuber gets Minecraft running on an original Game Boy Color, and it even looks kinda playable
By James Bentley Published
News Has the 'can it run Minecraft' arms race begun?

An alleged member of a hacking group was caught, thanks to one hated Windows feature
By James Bentley Published
News Good news and bad news then?

This Chrome extension hides 'knockoff' brands on Amazon: 'Sorry to brands like WNPETHOME, EHEYCIGA, YXY'
By James Bentley Published
News This would have been handy last Prime Day.

'Slopfix': A software team is charging up to $10,000 to clean up AI-generated code, with the help of *checks notes* AI
By James Bentley Published
News Who fixes the fixes?
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