Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
Best gaming chair in 2026: 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.
Best gaming desk in 2026: my top picks for standing, sitting and everything in between
Top Desks We've chosen the best gaming desks based on hours of playing on both sitting and standing desks, just to see which is worth your money.
Best gaming PCs in 2026: these are the rigs and brands I recommend today
Perfect PC Everything you need to know about buying the best prebuilt gaming PC.
Secure Boot certificates used by anti-cheat software are set to expire in June but new ones are already in the mail
News You shouldn't have to worry about expired certificates if you keep your PC up-to-date.
Best gaming PC builds: budget, mid-range and high-end recommendations
DIY Component prices are rising, but it's still possible to put together a great DIY build for less than many prebuilts.
Jen-Hsun needs to up his game because we've run the numbers and AMD's CES keynote hit 1.8 mentions of AI per minute—even more than Nvidia
CES 2026 You don't want to know how many times they mentioned gaming.
Who asked for this? PC gamers left wondering after AI takes center stage at CES 2026
CES 2026 AI and fears of further price increases have made for a strange CES for gamers.
CES 2026: all the upcoming releases and announcements a PC gamer should know about
CES 2026 A taste of the year ahead.
AMD and partners confirm Ryzen CPU with dual 3D V-Cache chiplets is coming but gamers are unlikely to see the benefit
CES 2026 Even AMD had its doubts about the utility of such a chip.
AMD may resurrect some older CPUs to help users dodge the worst of the RAM crisis
CES 2026 David McAfee says it's something AMD is "very actively working on" but hasn't confirmed yet.
Intel and Samsung team up to cut OLED power consumption by up to 22% with HDR content
CES 2026 Hey, if it means better battery life for laptops, I'm in.
Be Quiet! keeps the 'consumer' in CES with new PC components including a dashing new Dark Rock 6 cooler
CES 2026 Be Quiet! has its eyes on the prize.
The latest ROG Zephyrus gaming laptop sports two screens and a unique way to play local co-op
CES 2026 I'm debating how long it'd take for the novelty to wear off.
The names of some of the most popular SSDs are changing so their new owner Sandisk gets the glory
News Bye, bye, WD Black.
Forget what you heard, there's plenty of PC hardware to be excited about in 2026
Coming up... RAM, Shmam. These are things to get genuinely excited about this year.
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
Gear of the Year Let's give it up for affordable all-in-one liquid coolers.
I almost learned something in RV There Yet? but I was too busy smoking cigarettes and driving over big rocks
🏆 Best played with friends. And cigs.
This neat Windows registry trick boosts NVMe SSD performance up to 80% but it's only officially available for enterprise users
News Random IOPS could increase by up to 80% for servers, says Microsoft.
Goodbye text fringing: LG's new RGB Stripe panel might solve one of the last remaining issues with OLED gaming monitors
News And it's fast at 240 Hz.
Micron says memory shortages will persist beyond 2026 but 'more memory is essential' for the 'AI experience'
News *Collective groaning noise*
Meta puts third-party VR headsets using Horizon OS on indefinite pause 'to focus on building the world-class first-party hardware and software needed to advance the VR market'
News There goes that, then.
Arctic's new MX-7 thermal paste looks seriously good and I'm already regretting buying a ginormous tube of MX-4
News There's a new paste in town.
