
Nick Evanson
Nick, gaming, and computers all first met in the early 1980s. After leaving university, he became a physics and IT teacher and started writing about tech in the late 1990s. That resulted in him working with MadOnion to write the help files for 3DMark and PCMark. After a short stint working at Beyond3D.com, Nick joined Futuremark (MadOnion rebranded) full-time, as editor-in-chief for its PC gaming section, YouGamers. After the site shutdown, he became an engineering and computing lecturer for many years, but missed the writing bug. Cue four years at TechSpot.com covering everything and anything to do with tech and PCs. He freely admits to being far too obsessed with GPUs and open-world grindy RPGs, but who isn't these days?
Latest articles by Nick Evanson

I spend hours every week tracking GPU prices and I've finally found a bunch of Prime Day graphics card deals at or below MSRP. And they're not just the 8 GB models, either
By Nick Evanson published
Prime Day There's a 16 GB and a 12 GB option in there, too.

It's that classic Prime Day conundrum of 'Do I buy a big boi RTX 5090 graphics card or an entire Ryzen 9800X3D, RTX 5080 gaming PC with a monitor to boot?'
By Nick Evanson published
Prime Day Err, wait. That's not much of a brain-scratcher.

The best budget AIO liquid cooler is 10% more budget-friendly in the Prime Day sales, making it 10% better than best
By Nick Evanson published
Prime Day Cooler Master's cooler is even cooler thanks to a cool little discount. Cool.

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.

Bringing joy to wallets and wrists alike, two of my favorite ergonomic keyboards are both discounted in the Prime Day sales
By Nick Evanson published
Prime Day The only painful bit is choosing which one to buy.

Wood you look at that, the PC case I've been using every day since it launched is sporting a 19% discount in the Prime Day sales
By Nick Evanson published
Prime Day It's just like me: big, bold, and very classy. I wish.

If you're planning on buying an AM5 upgrade bundle, I've got one for you that's $60 cheaper than Micro Center's in the Prime Day deals
By Nick Evanson published
Prime Day Get a new CPU, motherboard, RAM kit, and AIO liquid cooler for less than $544.

DRAM or DRAM-less, both these 2 TB WD_Black SSDs are great deals, thanks to their big beautiful Bezos discounts of up to 25% off
By Nick Evanson published
Prime Day It's the DRAM-equipped one for me but either drive will be perfect for your gaming PC.

The best gaming mouse I've ever tested is just $85 for Prime week but Jeff's going to be upset when he gets back off honeymoon to see the better Razer gaming mouse is only 98 cents more at GameStop
By Nick Evanson published
Prime Day The choice between the Pro and the Hyperspeed used to be an easy one. It still is, but it used to be, too.

The latest and greatest games are more core-hungry than ever, so here are the cheapest 8-core CPUs you can drop into your gaming rig
By Nick Evanson published
Prime Day Don't let some cheapo console beat your lovely gaming PC on core count.

Once you're above a certain speed, it's all about CAS latency with your RAM and there are my top early Prime Day picks so far
By Nick Evanson published
Prime Day Make your gaming PC responsive and slick with a great set of low-latency DDR5.

Turn your gaming PC's cables about face with this 750 W Corsair Shift PSU and save $65 at the same time
By Nick Evanson published
Prime Day I have the 1000 W version and it's a cracking power supply.

The European Commission wants Europe to become the world leader in quantum computing within the next five years
By Nick Evanson published
News The AI ship has already sailed and the fusion boat is still stuck in the docks, so is this the next best thing?

No PC gamer actually needs this 3000 W power supply unit but like Gollum and the one ring, I wants it
By Nick Evanson published
News Must have the precious.

The recently launched Legion Go S SteamOS edition is our new king of handheld PCs and with this deal, you get $50 off already
By Nick Evanson published
Deal Lenovo's Steam Deck-on-steroids is the best handheld gaming PC you can buy right now.

Newegg has 13 RTX 5050 models ready for the baby Blackwell's release, but no one in their right mind should be paying $250 for one, let alone $290 for a measly overclock
By Nick Evanson published
News Someone make it make sense.

All change at the top: Corsair's founder and long-running CEO steps down after 31 years as former company president Thi La takes over the reins
By Nick Evanson published
News Before you ask, no he wasn't Gelsingered.

After more than a year of conflict woes between Bigscreen Beyond VR headsets, Nvidia GPUs and Linux, there's good news at long last as a fix is nearly in sight
By Nick Evanson published
News Windows drivers had the same issue, but they've already been sorted.

To the surprise of nobody, sales of the 16 GB RTX 5060 Ti at retailer Mindfactory outstrip the 8 GB version by a factor of 16
By Nick Evanson published
News It's a different story when it comes to OEMs and system builders, though.

When Microsoft finally pulls the plug on Windows 10 its successor will be four years old, and for three of those, it was never the OS of choice amongst Steam users
By Nick Evanson published
News Windows 11 has yet to crack 60% of any Steam Hardware Survey.

Anthropic tasked an AI with running a vending machine in its offices, and it not only sold some products at a big loss but it invented people, meetings, and experienced a bizarre identity crisis
By Nick Evanson published
News It's all funny to watch an AI have an existential moment in a little experiment, but it's a stark reminder of the limitations that LLMs have.

Anker recalls a number of power banks amid safety fears, though it says that 'the likelihood of malfunction is considered minimal'
By Nick Evanson published
News Minimal or not, when the problem involves lithium-ion cells, it's better to be safe than very, very sorry.

Right to repair bill in Texas has been signed into law after winning by a landslide victory, with not a single vote against it
By Nick Evanson published
News That's seven states done, only another 43 to go.
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