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Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti graphics card
Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti review (MSI Ventus 3X) A GPU with performance close to an RTX 5080 that's sadly set to be priced to oblivion.
A still from a YouTube video showing The Swedish Maker cutting a piece of wood with power tools while wearing a Meta Quest 3 VR headset.
YouTuber The Swedish Maker wears a Meta Quest 3 VR headset for his entire woodworking project and miraculously emerges with all fingers intact This could have gone so much worse.
LG UltraGear 45GX950A
LG's new 45-inch 5K2K uber OLED monitor goes into mass production and will land soon on a desk near you. For $2,000 Huge size, decent pixel density, OLED tech, what's not to like?

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Arctic and Noctua CPU air coolers on an orange background with the PC Gamer Recommends badge in the upper right hand side.

Best air cooler for CPUs in 2025: keep your processor chilled with one of these budget-friendly and capable coolers

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Air dried Quiet, reliable and affordable—why not consider a CPU air cooler in 2025?

Air dried
The streamer PerriKaryal is seen concentrating via a picture-in-picture stream. She's playing Elden Ring: Nightreign via a hands-free EEG control scheme. Her hands are seen, clasped under her chin, in a contemplative gesture as she stares intently at the game screen.

After beating Elden Ring Nightreign's bosses with 'mind control,' Twitch streamer PerriKaryal may turn her big brain to Nintendo next

By Jess Kinghorn published

News If she can beat Malenia with just the power of thought, then maybe I can one day learn to parry.

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Razer BlackWidow V4 75 barebones gaming keyboard

Razer's first barebones kit is a big win for keyboard nerds and is cheaper than Corsair's new one

By Jacob Fox published

News This could be the start of a healthy customisable gaming keyboard scene.

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Best PC controllers in 2025: the pads I recommend for PC gamers

By Dave James last updated

Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.

Total control
AheadComputing chip illustration

Ex-Intel engineers are developing the 'biggest, baddest CPU in the world' by targeting IPC, not clockspeed or core counts

By Jeremy Laird published

News AheadComputing reckons the future of CPU performance is all about instructions per clock, not GHz or a zillion cores.

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CherryTree Compyers' prebuilt PC housed in the salvaged chassis of a modern GPU floats through space.

This one-of-a-kind GPU is actually an entire prebuilt PC in disguise—with a memorable codename and everything

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Double-oh-trouble.

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High angle close up view of orange laptop and a floppy disk on green background

US aviation is another industry looking to finally wave goodbye to frightfully persistent floppy disks

By Jacob Fox published

News And paper, too?

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An image of the best external hard drives on a red background with the PC Gamer recommended badge

Best external hard drives in 2025: the storage media I'd take on my own gaming adventures

By Nick Evanson last updated

TB on the go Grab one of the best external hard drives to increase your storage space or backup your PC.

TB on the go
Two of the best liquid coolers on a red background with the PC Gamer recommended badge in the top right.

Best liquid cooler for CPUs in 2025: I've tried all the best AIO coolers and these are my top picks

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Wetware These are the best liquid chip chillers to suit all budgets, form factors, and processors.

Wetware
The Nintendo Switch 2 and Steam Deck next to each other

Switch 2 vs Steam Deck: A closer battle than I expected

By James Bentley published

Head to head Is it time to make a switch? That might depend on where your game library lives.

Head to head
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