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It sounds like a six-word horror story, but 'Ransomware running directly from your CPU' is now a real thing
By Hope Corrigan Published
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VPN cancels lifetime subscriptions, having previously been unaware it was selling them
By Hope Corrigan Published
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YouTube suspends major AI movie trailer accounts with over 2 million total subscribers from revenue-earning partner program
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Superstar modders have decompiled Mario Party 4, meaning native PC ports for GameCube games may one day be a reality
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Mean, not lean
MSI Raider 18 HX AI A2XW gaming laptop review
By Andy Edser Published
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If you're into ambient rainfall sounds, why not use headphones with 'two half-gallon basins' and plenty of real water sloshing around everywhere
By Jacob Fox Published
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Portable powerhouses
Best gaming laptop in 2025: I've put the best of this new generation head-to-head and we have a winner
By Dave James Last updated
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Controllers
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Nintendo Switch 2 mouse controls shown off in latest clip makes me wonder why anyone would use it on the home screen
By James Bentley Published
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Total control
Best PC controllers in 2025: the pads I recommend for PC gamers
By Dave James Last updated
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Driven
Best PC racing wheels in 2025: my favorite direct drive and budget steering wheels for sim racing
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Cheap thrills
Thrustmaster T.Flight HOTAS One Microsoft Flight Simulator Edition review
By Andy Edser Published
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'There are currently three Xbox controller prototypes': New cloud gaming-enabled controller rumour suggests everything really is an Xbox
By James Bentley Published
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UK government says Нет to British companies selling game controllers to Russia, to combat the use of drone attacks
By Nick Evanson Published
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Locked On
Best PC joysticks in 2025: these are my top picks for everything from flight sims to space shooters
By Dave James Last updated
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Axial size
Thrustmaster T598 direct drive racing wheel review
By Andy Edser Last updated
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The Nintendo Switch 2 mouse controls are a great gimmick but they don't excite me at all
By James Bentley Published
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Cooling
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Hot Tip
Best PC fans in 2025: I've put these case fans through their paces to find the coolest and quietest
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Top notch
Arctic Freezer 36 review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Apex
Cooler Master Hyper 612 Apex review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Intel is trying out on-chip water cooling too and I'm just happy I'm not the one having to place liquids so close to expensive electronics
By Jacob Fox Published
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A modder has turned an Intel CPU heatspreader into a functional water block with the help of a CNC machine. And a bucket
By Andy Edser Published
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This water block has teeny tiny fins to better cool your CPU and is meant to be slapped right on top of your silicon
By Jacob Fox Published
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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
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Noctua's pumpless 'thermosiphon' liquid cooling unit is expected to be released in 2026 and has already given me a free lesson in basic thermodynamics
By Andy Edser Published
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Dual wield
Endorfy Fortis 5 Dual Fan review
By Antony Leather Published
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Gaming Audio
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News
If you're into ambient rainfall sounds, why not use headphones with 'two half-gallon basins' and plenty of real water sloshing around everywhere
By Jacob Fox Published
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Quality cans
Best gaming headsets in 2025: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
By Dave James Last updated
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A-Blaze!
AceZone A-Blaze review
By Katie Wickens Published
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News
Sennheiser and the company that now makes its audiophile headphones have just been fined €6 million over price fixing
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Volume up
Best PC speakers in 2025: from 2.1 systems to bookshelf bangers, these are the best gaming PC speakers
By Andy Edser Last updated
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Cheap but not cheerful
Turtle Beach Recon 70 review
By James Bentley Published
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Untethered
Best wireless gaming headsets in 2025: the top cans I'd buy myself
By Dave James Last updated
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Audiophile
The best audiophile headphones for gaming in 2025: my top recommendations for the best cans money can buy
By Dave James Last updated
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Budding gamers
The best wireless gaming earbuds in 2025: These are the buds I'd allow to whisper sweet nothings into my ears
By Dave James Last updated
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Gaming Chairs
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Office life
ThunderX3 Flex Pro review
By Alistair Jones Published
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Razer's newest gaming headset goes on your chair instead of your head
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Take a seat
Best office chairs for gaming in 2025: The top seats for work and gaming that I've tried and tested
By Dave James Last updated
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Take a seat
Best gaming chair in 2025: the seats I'd suggest for any PC gamer
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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I honestly thought Razer's Sensa haptics stuff was just a gimmick until I tried it with a sim racing setup, and now I'm absolutely sold
By Nick Evanson Published
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Meshed
Asus ROG Destrier Core gaming chair review
By Kegan Mooney Published
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The best Secretlab gaming chair is getting a gorgeous new Monster Hunter Wilds crossover and it may be my favourite yet
By James Bentley Published
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Get in the robot
AndaSeat X-Air Pro Mesh Office Gaming Chair review
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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mesh me up
Ikea Matchspel gaming chair review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Gaming Desks
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Top Desks
Best gaming desk in 2025: my top picks for standing, sitting and everything in between
By Dave James Last updated
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Thunder X3 Lab-X review
By James Bentley Published
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ALL THE SPACE
Ikea Utespelare desk review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Rising RGB
Blacklyte Atlas review
By Nick Evanson Last updated
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Tidy
Thermaltake Gaming Desk Pegboard (Medium) review
By Jacob Fox Published
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Stay Frosty
Dezctop Bifrost Elite 160 gaming desk review
By Dave James Published
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Crushing shame
Flexispot E2Q gaming desk review
By Alistair Jones Published
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Handy L
Flexispot E7L adjustable standing desk review
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Full package
Corsair Platform:6 Creator Edition gaming desk review
By Dave James Published
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Gaming Keyboards
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This aluminium keyboard feels like it fell straight out of one of my abandoned sci-fi drafts—but thanks to its onboard word counter, I might just finish it now
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Click Clack
Best mechanical keyboards in 2025: the clacky boards I'd buy in a heartbeat
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Keyed in
Best gaming keyboards in 2025: the fastest, smoothest and loveliest boards I've tested
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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More Intellimouse than eXtreme gamer, Cherry's new wireless gaming mice give understated office chic in the best possible way
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Overshadowed
Be Quiet! Dark Mount modular mechanical keyboard review
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Quietly de-lightful
Be Quiet! Light Mount mechanical keyboard review
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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News
If you hurry, you can pick up a set of these sweet artisan keycaps in all sorts of delicious combinations
By Andy Edser Published
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Corsair's custom shop Drop announces possibly the best thing to come out of Starfield
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Cherry's new MX Northern Light is its 'most refined linear switch to date' and a 'love letter to the keyboard community'
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Gaming Laptops
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Mean, not lean
MSI Raider 18 HX AI A2XW gaming laptop review
By Andy Edser Published
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Portable powerhouses
Best gaming laptop in 2025: I've put the best of this new generation head-to-head and we have a winner
By Dave James Last updated
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Deals
Best cheap gaming laptop deals
By Dave James Last updated
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Powa
Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 gaming laptop review
By Dave James Published
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Smol
Best 14-inch gaming laptop in 2025: The top compact gaming laptops I've held in these hands
By Dave James Last updated
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Max noise
HP Omen Max 16 gaming laptop review
By Ian Evenden Published
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I never thought I'd say this about Alienware but its new Aurora laptops show we're truly in the sleek and smart era
By Jacob Fox Published
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Turns out Janet Jackson's laptop-crashing cursed bassline was the scourge of notebook makers for at least half a decade
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Looks like the first RTX 5060 laptop benchmark results are in and show pretty much what we expected
By Jacob Fox Published
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Gaming Mice
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Pinpoint
Best gaming mouse in 2025: I've tested the very best mice and these are my top picks
By Dave James Last updated
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Unbound
Best wireless gaming mouse in 2025: These are the rodents I love getting my mitts on
By Dave James Last updated
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Razer has made a wild-looking wireless ergonomic mouse with six month battery life and it's making my eyes go funny
By Andy Edser Published
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Slick
Best mouse pads for gaming in 2025: the fabric and hard-top mats I prefer to game on
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Keychron's M5 wireless ergonomic mouse has an 8K polling rate for 'ultimate control in gaming scenarios' making it a gaming mouse with a, err, twist
By Andy Edser Published
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Lefties
The best left-handed mouse for gaming in 2025: The top ambidextrous and mirrored rodents for the southpaw PC gamer
By Dave James Last updated
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Lotta dosh
Logitech G PowerPlay 2 review
By Jacob Fox Published
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Smooth as butter
SteelSeries QcK Performance mouse pad review
By Jacob Fox Published
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The Logitech G PowerPlay charging mouse pad was my baby and now there's a new version with a lower MSRP, thinner mat, and larger charging area
By Jacob Fox Last updated
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Gaming Monitors
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Samsung's world-first 500 Hz OLED is the ultimate no-compromise esports monitor but it's painfully pricey at nearly $1,500
By Jeremy Laird Published
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5,000 pixels per inch, beyond 8K and 15,000 nits: Samsung's new OLED for VR headsets sounds completely bananas
By Jeremy Laird Published
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I watched one video of Oblivion Remastered on a CRT and now I'm lightly obsessed with the TikTok account that did it
By James Bentley Published
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4K Vision
Best 4K gaming monitors in 2025: the ultra hi-res panels I highly recommend
By Dave James Last updated
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Eye candy
Best OLED gaming monitors in 2025: I can't keep my eyes off these vivid displays
By Jeremy Laird Last updated
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Eye candy
Best gaming monitors in 2025: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
By Dave James Last updated
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LG's new OLED technology literally stretches the boundaries of display tech and promises to turn almost any surface into a screen—or should that be the other way round?
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Glasses-free 3D
Acer Predator SpatialLabs View 27 review
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Same same
Gigabyte MO34WQC2 OLED gaming monitor review
By Kizito Katawonga Published
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Gaming PCs
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deal
Best cheap gaming PC deals today
By Dave James Last updated
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Apple Mac Studio M4 Max review
By Ian Evenden Published
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deal
Save £100 on some colourful Chillblast RTX 5070 Ti PCs
By PC Gamer Last updated
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Perfect PC
Best gaming PCs in 2025: these are the rigs and brands I recommend today
By Dave James Last updated
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Masters of disaster
This subreddit dedicated to the worst computer setups on Earth makes me weirdly proud to be a PC gamer
By Rick Lane Published
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Teeny Peecees
Best mini PCs in 2025: The compact computers I love the most
By Al Bickham Last updated
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The new Asus ROG NUC is a mini PC with an Arrow Lake CPU and RTX 5080 laptop GPU, and is going to be very, very, VERY expensive
By Hope Corrigan Published
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DIY
Best gaming PC builds: budget, mid-range and high-end recommendations
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Turns out that Alienware's new upgradeable desktop is only fully upgradeable with an optional $35 conversion kit
By James Bentley Published
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Graphics Cards
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Expert criticizes Gigabyte's alleged use of 'viscous paste with questionable long-term performance' instead of tried and tested GPU cooling solution
By James Bentley Published
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RTX 5060 retail listings spotted at Best Buy but I hope they're a placeholder as only one is at MSRP
By James Bentley Published
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'Multiple crises' in Nvidia's supply chain may see 'prices increase across the board' for its GPU partners, making your chances of ever getting an MSRP card pretty damned low
By James Bentley Published
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US senator announces a bill requiring geotracking in high-end GPUs to prevent the Chinese government from wielding the ruinous power of your Nvidia RTX 4090
By Lincoln Carpenter Published
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One day the silicon in this $7000 Asus RTX 5090 will be worthless, but you'll still have a whole 6 grams of solid gold to make up for it
By Nick Evanson Published
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AMD's upcoming RX 9060 XT GPU listed on Amazon for a depressing $449 for the 8 GB version and $529 for the 16 GB option
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Pixel pushers
Cheap graphics card deals this week
By Dave James Last updated
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One US politician wants to add trackers to Nvidia's GPUs so they can be bricked if they go to China
By Jacob Fox Published
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Gigabyte's thermal gel 'is crawling out' of place on some RTX 50-series cards
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Handheld Gaming PCs
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Apparently a new 'advanced' Zotac Zone will be announced at Computex and it looks like it might use a bespoke Linux OS
By Jacob Fox Published
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Doom Drivers
Doom: The Dark Ages is unplayable on handheld gaming PCs at the moment but it's not because the hardware isn't good enough
By Nick Evanson Published
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Valve is using Steam Deck's beta build to test 80% battery limit
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Check out this brilliant video breaking open a bricked Nintendo Switch 2 chip to see what makes it tick, and why we're looking at around Steam Deck GPU performance from the new console
By Dave James Published
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Leaked pics of a supposed Asus ROG Ally 2 show an Xbox-branded handheld gaming PC that is very peculiar to behold
By Jacob Fox Published
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Steam On
The best Steam Deck games
By Wes Fenlon Last updated
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I spent the day using GameSir's new GameHub app, potentially corrupting my phone and gaming PC, so you don't have to
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Decked out
Best Steam Deck accessories in 2025: These are the add-ons that I'd let keep my handheld company on its travels
By Katie Wickens Last updated
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hand hell
Oblivion Remastered is 'verified' for Steam Deck, but the original with mods is a far superior handheld experience
By Shaun Prescott Published
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Lighting
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Light it up!
The best desk lighting in 2025: my recommendations for key lights and lightstrips to illuminate your gaming set-up
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Reactive
Nanoleaf 4D Screen Mirror Kit review
By Josh Brown Published
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Sync'd
Govee AI Sync Box Kit 2 review
By Josh Brown Published
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Scripted
Elgato Light Strip Pro review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Unit 01
Govee x Evangelion gaming light kits review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Lit up
Govee Strip Light 2 Pro review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Stunner
Govee Cob Strip Light Pro review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Sponsored
AI-generated lighting from Lepro should be setting the mood for your gaming sessions
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Light 'em up
Elgato Key Light Neo review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Memory
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Samsung rakes in nearly $5 billion profit from companies hoarding memory chips like Smaug ahead of Trump's tumultuous tariffs
By James Bentley Published
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G.Skill's 128 GB golden RAM kit is the first high-capacity set to hit DDR5-8000 speeds and it's making me reconsider my views on PC hardware bling
By Andy Edser Published
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Dynamic
Best RAM for gaming in 2025: I've tested the best DDR4 and DDR5 RAM to find the right kits for you
By Chris Szewczyk Last updated
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Wasted potential
Corsair Vengeance DDR5-8400 CUDIMM review
By Nick Evanson Published
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Corsair's new 'personalised RAM' gives you the option to pick the look and speed of memory you hide in the case anyway
By James Bentley Published
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Corsair rolls out its first CUDIMM memory sticks for Intel Arrow Lake gaming PCs and they're as pricey as you'd expect them to be
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
G.SKILL and Kingston break the 12,000MT/s DDR5 memory barrier with Intel's new Arrow Lake CPU
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Samsung and SK Hynix spend billions more on DRAM production to feed the never-ending hunger for AI servers
By Nick Evanson Published
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After claiming 8 GB on a Mac is like 16 GB on PC, Apple's rumoured to be finally making the jump to 16 GB
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Motherboards
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This odd but surprisingly well-priced mini ITX motherboard from Minisforum packs an embedded AMD X3D processor
By Nick Evanson Published
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I know tariff-related price increases are a thing right now but a $1,371 motherboard might be pushing it, even if it is 'Extreme'
By Andy Edser Published
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Best Mobo
Best gaming motherboards in 2025: these are the mobos I'd build a system around today
By Dave James Last updated
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Legend
ASRock B850 Steel Legend Wi-Fi review
By Antony Leather Published
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Lightning
ASRock Phantom Gaming B850I Lightning Wi-Fi review
By Antony Leather Published
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Asus ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WiFi review
By Antony Leather Published
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Asus has finally acknowledged it's changed the Q-Release Slim mechanism, bringing the whole saga to a satisfying conclusion
By Andy Edser Published
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Rejoice! PCI Express 7.0 hits 'final draft' status enabling bandwidth that you probably won't notice on devices that won't appear for years
By Jeremy Laird Published
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A bit too lite
ASRock Z890 Taichi Lite motherboard review
By Nick Evanson Published
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Portable powerhouses
Best gaming laptop in 2025: I've put the best of this new generation head-to-head and we have a winner
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Apparently a new 'advanced' Zotac Zone will be announced at Computex and it looks like it might use a bespoke Linux OS
By Jacob Fox Published
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Intel has announced a load of new bugs afflicting its chips and this time it's not just CPUs but also GPUs that are involved, hooray!
By Jeremy Laird Published
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