Hardware Awards 2025

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PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming mouse of 2025

By Jacob Fox published

Gear of the year Three rodent contenders, but only one winner for the year.

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PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming keyboard of 2025

By Jacob Fox published

Gear of the year Three fantastic keyboards from this year, but there can only be one winner.

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Out of all the new hardware that has passed through my hands in 2025, nothing has made an impact like a certain Wi-Fi 7 router has

By Nick Evanson published

Gear of the Year No joke, it's been the best upgrade I've done in years.

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PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming motherboard of 2025

By Nick Evanson published

Gear of the year Motherboards are the only way that Intel stands any chance of winning an award this year.

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PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming CPU of 2025

By Nick Evanson published

Gear of the year It's another slam dunk for AMD, of course, but that doesn't mean there's an obvious winner.

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My fave piece of PC gaming tech to launch this year was the softest kind of hardware there is

By Jacob Fox published

Gear of the Year Yes, a humble mouse pad.

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PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best SSD of 2025

By Jess Kinghorn published

Gear of the year I see three SSD queens before me—but which one will take the crown home?

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PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming handheld of 2025

By James Bentley published

Gear of the year It's been a varied year for handhelds, with all three of the top models being from different manufacturers.

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Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro

I know I'll get rinsed by rising costs somewhere when building a PC but my favorite product this year was one of a few things that didn't ask for more money

By Jacob Ridley published

Gear of the Year Let's give it up for affordable all-in-one liquid coolers.

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PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming monitor of 2025

By James Bentley published

Gear of the year Two 4K and one 1440p monitor take the nominations this year, with one being a potential dark horse.

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