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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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Black Friday listing image with a Silicon Power SSD featured

Black Friday SSD deals 2025

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Black Friday is just over the horizon, but if you're looking for the ultimate storage upgrade, then here are all the best SSD deals still live.

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Two of the best PC joysticks, the Thrustmaster Warthog flight stick alongside a Logitech G X56 HOTAS, on a two-tone grey background

Best PC joysticks in 2025: These are my top picks for everything from flight sims to space shooters

By Dave James last updated

Locked On The best PC joysticks take you to new heights.

Locked On
A collection of NVMe SSDs on orange.

Best SSD deals for gaming today

By Jacob Ridley last updated

deal Cheap and speedy NVMe drives to boost your gaming PC's capacity and lower those load times.

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Valve's new and improved Steam Controller during a visit to Valve's HQ in Bellevue, Washington.

How grip sensing was added to the new Steam Controller is a 'typical Valve story' involving a passionate employee moving desks

By Jacob Ridley last updated

News One Valve employee essentially made it happen.

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Valve's new and improved Steam Controller during a visit to Valve's HQ in Bellevue, Washington.

I can't live without the Steam Deck's trackpads anymore, and I hope the Steam Controller forces the competition to adopt them

By Shaun Prescott published

on track Trackpads could be the 21st century’s analog sticks.

on track
Black Ops 7 release times: A close up of David Mason and another character looking alarmed.

AMD's FSR 4 Redstone Ray Regeneration update finally arrives in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which is better late than never

By Andy Edser published

News Good things come to those who wait. Probably.

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An image of a Nextorage NEM-PAC gaming SSD against a colorful background, with a set of Black Friday and PC Gamer logos on the sides.

It's designed for the PS5 but this $120 super-fast 2 TB SSD will work just fine in your gaming PC

By Nick Evanson published

Deal Probably best to grab one now before SSD prices start to go the same way that RAM has.

Deal
Valve's new Steam Machine during a visit to Valve HQ in Bellevue, Washington. The Steam Machine is a compact living room gaming PC.

Seriously people, it's fine the Steam Machine has just 8 GB of VRAM, but Valve ought to chill out on the 'play every game at 4K60' chat

By Jacob Fox published

VRAM concerns But I'll eat my words if that price tag is too high.

VRAM concerns
Asus RT-BE88U Wi-Fi 7 router

If you have one of these old Asus routers, update its firmware as it may have a critical vulnerability that 'may allow remote attackers to gain unauthorized access'

By Jacob Fox published

News Oh yeah, router firmware, I forgot that was a thing.

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Valve's new Steam Machine during a visit to Valve HQ in Bellevue, Washington. The Steam Machine is a compact living room gaming PC.

I reported on the failure of Valve's first Steam Machines 8 years ago—this time I think they have it right

By Tyler Wilde published

Round 2 The original Steam Machines didn't kick off a new era of PC gaming, but Valve's second attempt just might.

Round 2
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