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I've reviewed a ton of PC components over the past 12 months but AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D is my pick of the year
By Chris Szewczyk published
Gear of the Year Hands down, my favorite gaming CPU.
We're on the brink of the biggest changes to computing's DNA and it's not just quantum that's coming
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Going nuclear We're not at the tipping point yet, however. The hardware is still nascent and "the thing that we haven't cracked yet is the software."
The spirit of PC building will keep our gaming machines from disappearing into the cloud
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Locals only "Similar to how muscle cars from the '50s haven't disappeared, the love for building your own desktop PC from the ground up... will make desktop PCs prevail."
Forget your fancy monitors and GPUs. The best hardware released this year is a mid range laptop CPU and I'll fight anyone who disagrees
By Nick Evanson published
Gear of the year Well, fight is a bit of a strong term. How about a stern word or two over a cup of hot tea?
Silicon won't run our gaming PCs forever but it's far from finished
By Jacob Ridley last updated
One step beyond The sheer mass of manufacturing might behind silicon will keep it thriving for a long time even if there are better options out there.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best CPUs of 2023
By Nick Evanson published
Gear of the year What's the best gaming CPU of the year? Here are the three nominees we've selected for that honour.
Cache is king when it comes to designing the gaming CPUs of the next 20 years
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Next steps Facing a power wall and the limit of physics, chip makers are in a constant battle to reengineer and re-evaluate ways to build a better CPU.
2024 could be the year the PC finally dumps x86 for Arm, all thanks to Windows 12 and Qualcomm's new chip
By Jeremy Laird published
News It's been a very, very long time coming, but it looks like it's finally happening.
Intel's unified its Arc desktop and laptop GPU drivers 'on a technical basis' but manufacturer updates are still going to lag behind
By Dave James published
news Bringing its desktop and laptop Arc drivers together means everyone will benefit from every performance bump Intel's engineers can deliver.
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