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A Logitech G Pro Wireless and Razer Naga Left-Handed Edition gaming mouse on a blue background with a PC Gamer Recommended logo

The best left-handed mouse for gaming in 2025: The top ambidextrous and mirrored rodents for the southpaw PC gamer

By Dave James last updated

Lefties Shopping for the best left-handed mouse for gaming doesn't have to mean wading through right-handed options that might just work.

Lefties
Two external SSDs on a green background with the PC Gamer recommended badge in the top right corner

Best external SSDs for gaming in 2025: These are the portable drives I'd use for backups, game libraries, and travel storage

By Jacob Fox last updated

SSDs to go Bag one of the best USB Type-C SSDs for game storage on a PC or console.

SSDs to go
A close-up photo of an Nvidia RTX 4070, with its heatsink removed, showing the AD104 GPU die and the surrounding Micron GDDR6X VRAM chips

With Nvidia Ace taking up 1 GB of VRAM in Inzoi, Team Green will need to up its memory game if AI NPCs take off in PC gaming

By Nick Evanson published

More VRAM please Ace is a bit wasted in Inzoi but it has huge potential in other genres.

More VRAM please
Packaging for Intel Core i5 13400F and AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D on a green background with a PC Gamer Recommended logo

Best CPU for gaming in 2025: these are the chips I recommend for gaming, productivity, and peace of mind

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Happy Cores Fire up your rig with the best CPU for gaming. More cores, more clocks, more of everything that matters.

Happy Cores
A screenshot of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Shadows using the game's Photo Mode and maximum quality graphics settings

Assassin's Creed: Shadows PC performance analysis: Ray tracing, upscaling, and frame generation are all optional, but only two of them are worth using, though not the ones you might think

By Nick Evanson published

FPS in the shadows Assassin's Creed is back with epic vistas, pretty graphics, and so-so performance. Same old, same old.

FPS in the shadows
The best wireless gaming keyboards

Best wireless gaming keyboard in 2025: my top picks for cable-free typing delights

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Freedom Cut the cord with the best wireless gaming keyboards.

Freedom
AMD Radeon Sapphire Pure RX 9070 XT graphics card for PC gaming in white colourway

Ranking AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards by their visual design, cuz, you know, I can't buy one for MSRP so have to kill my time somehow

By Robert Jones published

RANKED Ranking AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards by their visual design, cuz, you know, I can't buy one for MSRP so have to kill my time somehow

RANKED
A gaming PC with RGB lighting enabled on a desk.

This gaming PC build smashes together the very latest components but if I did it again, I'd do it differently

By Zak Storey published

OTT The H9 Elite looks glorious, but with an RTX 5090 plus AMD's 9950X, it makes for a toasty little number.

OTT
Screenshots from Half-Life 2 RTX, showing the various new effects delivered by full ray tracing and enhanced assets.

I just played Half-Life 2 RTX, a fully ray-traced overhaul of the original, and its meaty headcrabs have me hankering for more

By Jacob Ridley published

Gordon's back It's time to dust off the ol' crowbar.

Gordon's back
An air cooler from Noctua and a liquid cooler from Arctic on a blue background with the PC Gamer Recommended badge in the upper right.

Best CPU coolers in 2025: I've loaded liquid and air coolers onto today's top processors and these are my favorites

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Cool Breeze Our picks for the best CPU coolers will have your processor running cool with air or liquid during the hottest gaming sessions.

Cool Breeze
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