Jess Kinghorn

Jess Kinghorn

Hardware Writer

Jess has been writing about games for over ten years, spending a significant chunk of that time working on print publications PLAY and Official PlayStation Magazine. When she’s not investigating all things hardware here, she's either constructing a passionate defence of a 7/10 game, daydreaming about her debut novel, or feeling wistful about the last time she chased some nerds around a field with an oversized foam sword. 

Latest articles by Jess Kinghorn

The PowerA LucidSound LS500 and Razer BlackShark V3 wireless gaming headsets float in a red gradient void. The PC Gamer recommended badge sits in the top righ corner.
Best gaming headsets in 2026: I'd bet my ears on these headphones

By Dave James Last updated

Quality cans Treat your ears to some audio treacle with the best gaming headsets.

Quality cans
The Mackie CR3.5BT speakers and Mackie CR8SBT subwoofer on a pink background, with the PC Gamer recommended badge in the top right
Best PC speakers in 2026: From 2.1 systems to bookshelf bangers, these are the best gaming PC speakers

By Andy Edser Last updated

Volume up Treat yourself to an awesome audio experience with the best PC speakers.

Volume up
The GameSir T7 Pro Sugar Whirl Wireless Controller seen from various angles.
GameSir T7 Pro Sugar Whirl Wireless Controller for PC and Xbox

By Jess Kinghorn Published

Score: 75% Not quite the sweetest of treats.

Score: 75%
The Wooting 80HE and Gamakay NS68 on a grey background with the PC Gamer logo in the top right.
Best gaming keyboards in 2026: we've tested the latest Hall effect, mechanical, TKL, 60% and more

By Jacob Ridley Last updated

Keyed in The best gaming keyboards, according to our testers.

Keyed in
Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card on different backgrounds
It is genuinely cheaper for me to fly to QuakeCon and buy a RTX 5090 at the Nvidia booth than pick up the GPU absolutely anywhere else

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Welcome to hell.

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A Pulsar X3 CrazyLight Mini gaming mouse.
Pulsar to study how we all use our gaming mice to make them better, offering prizes to those who help them build the mouse of the future

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Finger on the pulse.

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Lisa Su, chair and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), during the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026.
'AI PCs will become more important': AMD's Lisa Su remains optimistic about the market despite runaway pricing caused by *checks notes* the AI industry

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News "I remain optimistic about the PC market as an important way for us to reach a broader set of users."

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Acer Nitro Radeon RX 9070 GRE graphics card
AMD made over 8 times as much revenue on data centers as it did gaming last quarter

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News This might suggest AI is something of a snake eating its own tail—but what else is new?

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A giant worm emerges from the sand. A person flees from this eruption.
AI worms? In your Copilot PC? According to this AI researcher, it's more likely than you think

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Throw out the whole AI agent, I say.

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Data Center
NAND and HBM have been merged into a dorky megazord for datacenters by Sandisk and SK hynix

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News I struggle to think of news less deserving of that sick guitar riff.

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The Lenovo Legion Go on a red background and playing Baldur's Gate 3.
Gamers report a BIOS update is bricking their Legion Go handhelds, and Lenovo is quoting over $250 to fix the issue outside of warranty

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Quite a handful.

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Arctic's Xtender PC case on a white desk with various parts being installed to build a functional gaming PC.
Arctic announces price rollback thanks to a US gov tariff refund, which will continue until 'every single dollar Arctic received… has been paid back to our customers'

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News What's cooler than being cool?

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Apple MacBook Neo in Citrus colour.
MacBook Neo outperforms Dell XPS 13 in Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark—though I wouldn't recommend gaming on either notebook

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Affordable AND performant.

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Hands-on with Valve's new VR headset, the Steam Frame, during an interview at Valve HQ in Bellevue, Washington.
Valve may be putting the finishing touches to the Steam Frame software stack, because Lepton and FEX are now on Steam

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News How soon is now?

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Steam Deck internals
OEM Steam Deck LCD batteries are back in stock on iFixIt, but now cost $130 for just the part

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Disappointing, but not completely surprising.

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Three of dbrand's Steam Machine skins--from left to right, 'Package,' 'Cotton Candy,' and 'Touch Grass'.
Dbrand unveils Steam Machine customization 'backup plan' after its Companion Cube got confined to the test chamber

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News That's a wrap.

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The Meta logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface onto which the Meta AI logo is projected, in Creteil, France, on July 9, 2026. Meta announces the launch of Muse Image, its first proprietary image generation model.
Meta continues to insist AI spend is totally justified, potentially blowing over $8 billion on data centers

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Just because Meta keeps saying AI is paying off doesn't necessarily make it true.

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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone.
Meta is still flinging the equivalent of a small country's annual GDP down the Reality Labs money pit each and every quarter

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Perhaps the next couple of billion will do the trick.

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SPAIN - 2021/08/11: In this photo illustration, a Steam logo seen displayed on a smartphone and in the background.
PSA: Don't execute PowerShell commands proffered by Steam forum randos, because it could infect your rig with a cryptominer

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News No judgment, just a friendly reminder.

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The SK Hynix Semiconductor Inc. logo is displayed at the company's plant during a media tour organized by Korea Industrial Complex Corp. (KICOX) in Cheongju, South Korea, on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. KICOX, which develops and manages industrial complexes and support for resident enterprises as a public company under South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy, held a media tour to the plant
RAM prices be damned, SK hynix's record-breaking $55.6 billion quarter still failed to meet investors' wild AI expectations

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News But is the runaway train actually slowing down?

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Steam Deck with menu screen
Linux kernel patch can boost the Steam Deck's 1% low frame rate by as much as 31% in early testing

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News There's life in the old handheld yet.

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Windows 11
Microsoft reportedly using TPM chips to weed out Windows piracy

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Spare a thought for the system administrators.

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Taipei, Taiwan- July 25, 2022: The office building of Nvidia Corporation in Neihu Technology Park, Taipei, Taiwan. It is an American multinational technology company.
Taiwanese authorities detain Nvidia employee for alleged attempt to smuggle AI chips into China

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News The company itself has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

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A dramatically lit close up of computer memory/ RAM on a motherboard-style background.
Consumer electronics companies were already worried about securing memory next year—now, supply is predicted to plummet by 70%

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News No end in sight.

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SPAIN - 2021/08/11: In this photo illustration, a Steam logo seen displayed on a smartphone and in the background.
You won't have to worry about limited bandwidth or data now that Valve has fixed local network game transfers on Steam

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Sharing is caring—here's how to check your Steam client is up to date.

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