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Best gaming laptops 2026: We've reviewed the best gaming laptops of this generation and these are our favorites
Portable powerhouses From our own extensive testing, rigorously benchmarking 60+ machines over the past two years, these are the best gaming laptops you can buy today.
Best cheap gaming laptop deals
Deals Our hand picked list of all the best gaming laptop deals you'll find today.
Valve on the $99 Steam Controller: 'I do know price has gone up from where we originally wanted it to be'
news Almost inevitably, Valve's new PC pad is pricier than we'd all hoped.
Valve is bullish on global Steam Controller availability: 'We have knobs we can turn to try to get things to people faster'
news "We'll have a good amount of stock around the world for the launch."
Valve will be providing Steam Controller replacement parts via iFixit after launch
news Valve ensured the new pad has a focus on modding and repairability: "We know our community."
Best handheld gaming PC in 2026: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses
Portable PC PC gaming is officially portable now, and these handheld gaming PCs are the best around.
Best graphics cards in 2026: These are the GPUs worth spending money in right now
Pixel Pushers I've made a career out of prodding graphics cards and this has been the toughest set of recommendations I can remember.
Cheap graphics card deals this week
Deals We've done the hard yards sourcing the best graphics card deals for the GPUs worth putting in your gaming PC.
I asked you lot one of the most important PC gaming questions, and only 37% got it right
Poll I feel sorry for your mothers.
Framework is building its own keyboard and will even help you make your own
news The new Framework Wireless Touchpad Keyboard can be bought whole or in bits.
Framework just announced its own 'MacBook Pro for Linux users'
news With all-day battery life, stellar gaming performance, and complete backwards compatibility.
Framework's new dev kit means you can jam a full desktop GPU into the back of its 16-inch laptop
news The OCuLink Dev Kit provides you with the electronics to create your own eGPU.
I found out the hard way that Linux is not a dad-friendly gaming OS, and maybe neither is the PC
Bad dad PC gaming still has accessbility issues, and Linux gaming doubly so.
This is all the best PC gaming gear we recommend in one techie tier list
The guide Here are PC Gamer's hardware picks, based on years of experience and expert knowledge, all in an easily digestible but admittedly big ol' list.
Of course 1440p is your favorite gaming res, but I'm kinda stunned there are as many 4K gamers as 1080p ones in PC Gamer's ranks
Poll Sure, 36% of you play at 2560 x 1440, but at 22% it's a straight tie between 4K and 1080p gamers in our latest poll.
Best wireless gaming mouse in 2026: These are the cordless rodents we love getting our mitts on
Unbound Let go of the tethers and embrace the freedom of living life cable-free.
Best gaming mouse in 2026: We've tested the very best mice and these are the top picks
Pinpoint The best gaming mouse for every game, budget, grip, and size.
Where does your PC live? There is obviously one correct answer, can you pick it out?
Poll Don't hide your gaming light under a bushel. Or a desk.
71% of you say you could never be convinced to turn on DLSS 5, with 37% saying it wouldn't matter how good it looked
Polls Back to the drawing board, Jen-Hsun?
43% of you have, or will be switching to gaming on Linux this year, but more surprising than that over a quarter of you actually don't mind Windows
Polls Aww bless, Windows is really not that bad after all is it? But Linux is fun.
I turned my gaming laptop into a PC Gamer bug out kit
Prepping Prepping for the coming apocalypse with Project NOMAD.
Best gaming PC builds: Shop all our recommended system builds as we ride out the RAMpocalypse
DIY Pick the products from our latest recommendations.
Best gaming keyboards in 2026: we've tested the latest Hall effect, mechanical, TKL, 60% and more
Keyed in The best gaming keyboards, according to our testers.
