
Andy Edser
Andy built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 12, when IDE cables were a thing and high resolution wasn't—and he hasn't stopped since. Now working as a hardware writer for PC Gamer, Andy's been jumping around the world attending product launches and trade shows, all the while reviewing every bit of PC hardware he can get his hands on. You name it, if it's interesting hardware he'll write words about it, with opinions and everything.
Latest articles by Andy Edser

This undetectable AI-powered aimbot physically moves the mouse pad to cheat in Valorant, an invention so unholy I demand it be cast down to the depths of hell where it belongs
By Andy Edser published
News Out, foul bot.

Fractal Design Scape review
By Andy Edser published
Score: 86% Nordic refinement, now in gaming headset form.

Audeze MM-100 headphone review
By Andy Edser published
Score: 82% Boutique, slightly temperamental, wonderful.

Graphics card prices are totally ridiculous and it's creating a barrier to entry that makes me fear for the future of PC gaming
By Andy Edser published
Gripes week The haves, the have nots, and you.

Best gaming headsets in 2025: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
By Dave James last updated
Quality cans Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.

It's time to get over the brand snobbery because this $26 Amazon Basics model is the best budget microphone you can buy today
By Andy Edser published
Budget banger Seriously, it's that good.

Best microphone for gaming in 2025: from streaming to podcast mics, these are my top picks
By Andy Edser last updated
Mouth Noises Make your voice heard with the best microphones for streaming and gaming.

Amazon Basics USB condenser microphone review
By Andy Edser published
Score: 86% It's really hard to argue with this sort of audio quality for the price.

Budget or bust? I think this $26 Amazon Basics USB desktop microphone should make more expensive models a little nervous
By Andy Edser published
Budget or bust It sounds surprisingly good for the cash, and no one's happier about that than me.

I've just anointed the Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro as our new best gaming mouse because... well, it's simply better than the rest in almost every conceivable way
By Andy Edser published
Snek Oh, you'd like to know more? Well *cracks fingers*, let me count the ways.

Nacon Rig 900 Max HS review
By Andy Edser published
Score: 59% For this sort of price, I was expecting much more.

Financial Times report suggests chip smugglers shifted an alleged $1 billion worth of Nvidia's AI chips to China over the course of 3 months while stricter US export controls were in effect
By Andy Edser published
News "There is no evidence that [Nvidia] is involved in, or has knowledge of, its restricted products being sold to China."

'You can't raw dog it' says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: 'If you're not using AI, you're going to lose your job to somebody who uses AI'
By Andy Edser published
News 'I'll be sure to go home and tell people, you're not gonna raw dog this.'

Asus says 'all issues have been resolved' regarding Armoury Crate, MyAsus, and router vulnerabilities, so I'd jump on those updates now if you were putting them off
By Andy Edser published
News You've definitely updated your Asus gear recently, yes?

AMD's mighty 96-core Threadripper Pro has been overclocked with a car radiator and some big ol' beefy fans, and I am remarkably satisfied
By Andy Edser published
News For those who ever wondered if car parts had a place in their rig.

Palmer Luckey wants to know if you'd buy a 'Made in America' computer for 20% more than 'Chinese-manufactured options from Apple'
By Andy Edser published
News Also, what's your favourite colour, and how've you been getting on recently?

'We should change the name' Trump says of artificial intelligence: 'I actually mean that, I don't like anything that's artificial'
By Andy Edser published
News 'So could we straighten that out, please? It's not artificial, it's genius.'

'You're going to need more electricity than any human beings ever... Jensen, you're gonna have to explain that to me someday' says Trump to Nvidia's CEO as he rolls out his AI expansion plan
By Andy Edser published
News 'Double what we produce right now for everything, right?'

Trump's AI action plan claims to chart 'a decisive course to cement US dominance in artificial intelligence'
By Andy Edser published
News "We are moving with urgency to make this vision a reality."

Elon Musk's xAI is reportedly trying to borrow $12,000,000,000 for even more Nvidia GPUs, an impulse all PC gamers can truly understand
By Andy Edser published
News I've checked down the back of the sofa, and I'm not sure I can cover it.

Microsoft confirms SharePoint vulnerabilities have been exploited by suspected Chinese hackers, as reports indicate the US Nuclear Security Administration may have been among those compromised
By Andy Edser published
News 'Investigations into other actors also using these exploits are still ongoing.'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks some jobs will be 'totally, totally gone' thanks to AI, but he still wouldn't trust ChatGPT with his 'medical fate'
By Andy Edser published
News 'Maybe I'm a dinosaur here.'

A mysterious crypto account bought $54,000 worth of bitcoin in 2011 and sold it all for $9.6 billion this week, which means they can now afford one Big Mac a day for 4,971,897 years
By Andy Edser published
News How's your week going?
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