Latest articles by Dave James
Best gaming chair in 2025: I've tested a ton of gaming chairs and these are the seats I'd suggest for any PC gamer
Take a seat Treat your body to one of the best gaming chairs and sit like a royal on your new throne.
Picking the best GPU of 2025 has been the biggest challenge of my near 20-year PC gaming tech testing career. Now my brain hurts
GPU pain point Why do graphics cards—most especially graphics card prices—have to be such a pain in the posterior?
Best handheld gaming PC in 2025: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses
Portable PC PC gaming has officially gone portable, and these handheld gaming PCs are mighty quick.
Call me Victor Kermit Kiam, cos I liked this mobo so much I built my new gaming PC around it
Yoink If you're going to make a mini Intel build then ASRock's Phantom B860I is just the board to do it with.
I've spent weeks testing the best little gaming laptops and there's only one they're going to have to prise from my cold, dead hands
Sharpie Razer's got a fight on its hands to wrestle the new Blade 14 off me.
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2025) review
Gee Still a great compact gaming laptop, but the grating fan noise and sharper Blade 14 relegate it into second place.
Razer Blade 14 (2025) gaming laptop review
Sharpened The 2025 update for Razer's micro machine has pretty much made it my ideal gaming laptop.
My new favorite budget gaming keyboard proves the best gaming keebs don't have to be $200 enthusiast slabs of switches
SHRAK The Gamakay x NaughShark NS68, with its super low price and powerful Hall effect switches walked straight into our best gaming keyboard guide.
Best mechanical keyboards in 2025: the clacky boards I'd buy in a heartbeat
Click Clack Make the switch with our guide to the best mechanical gaming keyboards.
Best gaming keyboards in 2025: the fastest, smoothest and loveliest boards I've tested
Keyed in The best gaming keyboards have it all: style, ergonomics, and of course, the most satisfying clickity clacks.
The best Mini-ITX PC case in 2025: the top tiny cases I've tested so far
Mini but Mighty Go compact and cute with the best Mini-ITX PC cases.
'Most chairs labeled as 'gaming' chairs are simply budget task chairs with colorful accent stripes': here's what annoys industry experts the most about gaming chairs
Ergo I've spoken with a group of certified ergonomists about what makes the best gaming chair and what annoys them the most about modern seats.
Best PC controllers in 2025: the pads I recommend for PC gamers
Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.
Best gaming monitors in 2025: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
Eye candy The best gaming monitors balance price with panel quality, resolution and refresh rate.
The best left-handed mouse for gaming in 2025: The top ambidextrous and mirrored rodents for the southpaw PC gamer
Lefties Shopping for the best left-handed mouse for gaming doesn't have to mean wading through right-handed options that might just work.
Best office chairs for gaming in 2025: The top seats for work and gaming that I've tried and tested
Take a seat Take care of your spine with the best office chairs for gaming.
I built a real SteamOS Steam Machine out of the guts of an old laptop so Gabe doesn't have to go through that whole sad dance again
Steam Machine I get why you might not want to go back, but I just made myself a Steam Machine from office bits and it was (eventually) pretty damned easy.
The best wireless gaming earbuds in 2025: These are the buds I'd allow to whisper sweet nothings into my ears
Budding gamers So you finally managed to bag a Steam Deck or ROG Ally, now what are the best gaming earbuds to go with it?
Over $90,000 worth of RTX 5090 GPUs have been replaced in-box by crossbody backpacks at just one Silicon Valley Micro Center
News Micro Center says it could be an issue at source in China, which means there could be far more than 32 cases of missing GPUs.
The best gaming projectors: These are the beamers I'd use for my home gaming theatre
Beam me up Bigger and more portable than monitors, grab one of these projectors for the ultimate home gaming experience.
Best curved monitors for gaming in 2025: These are the bendy displays I'd plant myself in front of
Bendy Immerse yourself to the max with these vision-enclosing panels.
Nvidia RTX 5060 review live: looks like the 8 GB of VRAM isn't the biggest issue the new card has to face
Live! You're going to learn how the new Nvidia GPU performs alongside me, isn't that exciting? No? Just me then.
Best CPU for gaming in 2025: these are the chips I recommend for gaming, productivity, and peace of mind
Happy Cores Fire up your rig with the best CPU for gaming. More cores, more clocks, more of everything that matters.
