
James Bentley
James is a more recent PC gaming convert, often admiring graphics cards, cases, and motherboards from afar. It was not until 2019, after just finishing a degree in law and media, that they decided to throw out the last few years of education, build their PC, and start writing about gaming instead. In that time, he has covered the latest doodads, contraptions, and gismos, and loved every second of it. Hey, it’s better than writing case briefs.
Latest articles by James Bentley

Razer PC Remote Play, a cloud streaming service based on open-source Moonlight, has finally launched and we've put it to the test
By James Bentley published
News And it's free to use.

Report estimates AI energy demands will quadruple in the next few years, with some large planned centres estimated to use the equivalent power of 5,000,000 households
By James Bentley published
News It's fairly hopeful about AI's impact on the environment, though.

Corsair's new website to update firmware means I can finally say goodbye to iCUE
By James Bentley published
News So long and thanks for the memories.

ROG Ally X, Legion Go, and now the Nintendo Switch 2 are missing one important thing: Why don't more handhelds have OLED screens?
By James Bentley published
A worthy upgrade I want my portable world to look more vibrant.

Samsung rakes in nearly $5 billion profit from companies hoarding memory chips like Smaug ahead of Trump's tumultuous tariffs
By James Bentley published
News Samsung has secured short-term success.

Framework is 'temporarily pausing US sales' on some of its laptops due to Trump's tariffs: 'At a 10% tariff, we would have to sell the lowest-end SKUs at a loss'
By James Bentley published
News The more expensive builds are still available.

Nintendo has delayed Switch 2 pre-orders in the US 'to assess the potential impact of tariffs' and it feels like a straight warning of the hardware price rises to come
By James Bentley published
News One of the horsemen of the hardware pricing apocalypse?

You won't have to leave the Amazon app even when buying from other retailers thanks to the company's new 'Buy for Me' agentic AI bot
By James Bentley published
news It will track delivery progress too.

Turns out that Alienware's new upgradeable desktop is only fully upgradeable with an optional $35 conversion kit
By James Bentley published
News And it won't work on old rigs.

Our favourite wireless soundbar just hit its lowest ever price in the latest Amazon deal, solving one of our biggest gripes
By James Bentley published
Deal It's an all-rounder, and available in tons of colours.

The Nintendo Switch 2 mouse controls are a great gimmick but they don't excite me at all
By James Bentley published
News They don't spark Joy(Con).

OpenAI finalises deal for $40 billion in investments, raising company value up to $300 billion, but there's a catch to receive it all
By James Bentley published
News OpenAI is being pushed to go for-profit.

HP Omen is now making upgrade options, like fans and PSUs, and it makes the gaming PC builder in me quite happy
By James Bentley published
News It's a pretty cool announcement.

Inzoi and The First Berserker Khazan devs suggest ditching the latest Nvidia drivers if you're running an RTX 40-series graphics card
By James Bentley published
News RTX 50-series can still update their drivers though.

I love the 8BitDo Retro C64 keyboard but I'd pick its cheaper NES-themed model near its lowest price ever during Amazon's Big Spring Sale
By James Bentley published
Deal NES or C64. Which one are you picking?

Thunder X3 Lab-X review
By James Bentley published
Great if you have the room and time.

HP settles the class action lawsuit which claimed its printer updates 'act as malware', avoiding either a big payout or admitting wrongdoing
By James Bentley published
News It's good and bad news for HP owners.

Nvidia CEO sets sights on making 'several hundred billion' dollars worth of electronics in the USA over the next four years, increasing the chance of your next GPU being made in America
By James Bentley published
News Whether that will continue after that is anyone's guess.

The first non-Steam Deck SteamOS handheld is now available for preorder, and Lenovo may be aiming for the ROG Ally X's throne
By James Bentley published
News The SteamOS model takes a price cut on the recent Windows one.

After years of complaints about Windows Task Manager displaying CPU utilization incorrectly, a fix is finally on its way
By James Bentley last updated
News You can now more accurately manage your tasks.

The Silent Hill F system requirements look pretty modest at first but that's only for all my 720p gamers out there
By James Bentley published
News All you need to get scared is a relatively modest rig (and some patience).

This HyperX headset is quite literally for the clouds as it has the option for winged ear plates
By James Bentley published
News Head in the clouds.

'I made the world's worst keyboard': This YouTuber's homemade board has over 1,000 keys and types in words, not letters
By James Bentley published
News 'Like and sign up to watch'.

Varjo Aero VR headsets seem to be not working on RTX 5090s, and its community is opting for strange solutions while waiting for an Nvidia driver release to fix it
By James Bentley published
News Putting a dampener on that new card.

Microsoft co-authored paper suggests the regular use of gen-AI can leave users with a 'diminished skill for independent problem-solving' and at least one AI model seems to agree
By James Bentley published
News 'Generating code for others can lead to dependency and reduced learning opportunities.'
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