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NewsWindows 'update and shut down' reboot glitch finally fixed, saving tiny gaming laptop batteries everywhere
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DealsBlack Friday PC gaming deals UK 2025
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DealsBlack Friday gaming laptop deals 2025
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DealsBest cheap gaming laptop deals
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NewsAyaneo is teasing a 'mobile phone truly made for gamers' and I hope it keeps its promises
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NewsTechnology IP firm files lawsuits against AMD for 'its extensive and unauthorized use of our semiconductor portfolio,' citing the move as a 'business highlight'
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NewsSamsung and other memory manufacturers reportedly leave DDR5 buyers hanging as prices expected to surge 30–50% every quarter from the end of 2025 through the first half of 2026
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Controllers
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NewsCorsair announces a Hall effect stick-less fight controller with rapid trigger, in the hopes of button bashing faster than anyone else
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GuideHow to use every Xbox controller on PC
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Switch padHow to use Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 Pro controllers on PC
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Score: 76%8BitDo Pro 3 review
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Score: 83%Razer Raiju V3 Pro wireless controller review
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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NewsRazer is finally giving a PlayStation-style controller the full competitive treatment and it's called the Raiju V3 Pro
By Jacob Fox Published
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Score: 79%Scuf Valor Pro wireless controller review
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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There's competitionThe Wolverine V3 Pro is no longer the best high-end PC gamepad, because Razer's been indulging in some seriously rabid regicide
By James Bentley Published
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Total controlBest PC controllers in 2025: the pads I recommend for PC gamers
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Cooling
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NewsThermaltake's new Borg-like AIO cooler might look ridiculous with four LCD screens, but its other cool features are far more noteworthy
By Nick Evanson Published
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NewsThis Redditor is playing Battlefield 6 on an AIO cooler and I can't for the life of me figure out why
By Jacob Fox Published
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Fan-tasticBest PC fans in 2025: I've put these case fans through their paces to find the coolest and quietest
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NewsMicrosoft is resorting to laser etching AI-designed cooling channels directly into data center chips to tame their massive heat
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NewsHyte says all Thicc Q80 Trio users should 'remove the cooler from their system immediately' and get a refund after internal fault found
By Jacob Fox Published
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News'It crawls into every crevice, stains your cables, and turns teardown into a full day regret spiral.' That's what awaits you if you plan on immersing your graphics card in automatic transmission fluid for a spot of messy overclocking fun
By Nick Evanson Published
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NewsHighly intricate water blocks like this one may become the norm as server CPU power consumption soars, and could even trickle down into gaming PCs
By Nick Evanson Published
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NewsAMD scales back its CPU cooler bundles, with some older Ryzen models dropping it altogether
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Score: 67%MSI MPG CoreLiquid P13 360 review
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Gaming Audio
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DealsBlack Friday gaming headset deals 2025
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NewsLast Halloween's 'spooky' Discord notifications confused so many people that it added a pop-up explaining them this year
By Wes Fenlon Published
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Score: 64%Edifier G2000 Pro review
By James Bentley Published
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NewsRazer thoughtlessly alienates half its audience with ad showing a man blocking out a woman's 'yapping' with its latest headset
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Volume upBest PC speakers in 2025: from 2.1 systems to bookshelf bangers, these are the best gaming PC speakers
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Score: 74%Logitech G321 Lightspeed review
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Score: 64%Razer Kraken Kitty V2 Gengar Edition review
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Score: 76%Creative SoundBlaster GS3 soundbar review
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Score: 72%Creative Pebble Pro speaker review
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Gaming Chairs
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DealsBlack Friday gaming chair deals 2025
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Perfect perchesIf gamer looks aren't your thing when it comes to furnishing your PC's den, then just grab a great office chair instead, like the ThunderX3 Flex Pro
By Nick Evanson Published
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Take a seatBest office chairs for gaming in 2025: The top seats for work and gaming that I've tried and tested
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Take a seatBest gaming chair in 2025: I've tested a ton of gaming chairs and these are the seats I'd suggest for any PC gamer
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Precisely why?Secretlab's new InfinitePrecision pro-gamer armrests aren't what I thought they were going to be. Nor as precise as I expected
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Score: 81%Humanscale Freedom Chair with Headrest review
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Score: 83%LiberNovo Omni gaming chair review
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Score: 55%Flexispot OC3/BS3 review
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Score: 79%Razer Iskur V2 X review
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Gaming Desks
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Score: 86%Secretlab Magnus Evo review
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Swanky surfaceFor the boujee among us, we've just crowned this the best luxury gaming desk (though I'd be picking the budget choice)
By James Bentley Published
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Top DesksBest gaming desk in 2025: my top picks for standing, sitting and everything in between
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LuxuriousGrovemade desk review
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Score: 85%Autonomous SmartDesk 5 review
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Score: 82%Corsair Platform:4 gaming desk review
By Dave James Published
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NewsThere's a new Warhammer 40,000 version of our favorite Secretlab desk on the way but please don't paint your minis on it
By James Bentley Published
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Thunder X3 Lab-X review
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ALL THE SPACEIkea Utespelare desk review
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Gaming Keyboards
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The best gaming keyboards we've reviewed in 2025 so far
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NewsKeychron's upcoming fully ceramic keyboard is a strange choice for rapid trigger and 8K polling but it's incredibly shiny so I'll take it
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Score: 86%Lofree Flow 2 mechanical keyboard review
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SponsoredWant an ergonomic keyboard unlike any other? Experience peak performance with the ROG Falcata
By Cole Martin Published
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NewsSick of clicky-clacky keys? Google Japan offers a reminder that it could always be worse, unveiling a rotary keyboard concept
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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NewsCorsair announces Vanguard 96, a line of 96% gaming keyboards with Hall effect switches and, for some reason, Stream Deck integration
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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NewsLogitech announces a solar keyboard powered by 'any light source'—yes, even your dingily lit gamer den
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Model citizenThe keyboard that all other keyboards copied turns 40 this year: here's how the IBM Model M's legacy lives on today
By Reece Bithrey Published
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NewsA more expensive rapid trigger version of Logitech's G515 gaming keyboard has just launched and it's for low-profile fans
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Gaming Laptops
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DealsBlack Friday gaming laptop deals 2025
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DealsBest cheap gaming laptop deals
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Top techThe best gaming laptops we've reviewed in 2025 so far
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Score: 70%Acer Predator Triton 14 AI gaming laptop review
By Ian Evenden Published
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NewsGigabyte's new gaming laptops come with voice control for performance, fan, and privacy settings, so you can shout at them if they won't pipe down
By Jacob Fox Published
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Portable powerhousesBest gaming laptop 2025: I've tested the best laptops for gaming of this generation and here are the ones I recommend
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Score: 73%Gigabyte Gaming A16 gaming laptop review
By Zak Storey Published
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Prime Day DealsAmazon October Prime Day gaming laptop deals
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Prime DayThe RTX 5080 MSI Vector 16 has dropped by $200, so it's time for me to tap the 'it's a really good gaming laptop' sign once more
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Gaming Mice
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For competitive edgeIf you're still on the fence like I was, take the plunge and try a lightweight wireless gaming mouse because they're seriously fantastic
By Jacob Fox Published
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NewsThe Melt Mouse isn't some Dali-esque nightmare, but rather a touchpad and haptic-equipped squeaker with serious Apple vibes
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Score: 68%Razer HyperFlux V2 Wireless Charging System review
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Score: 87%8BitDo Retro R8 gaming mouse review
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NewsThe foldable OriMouse is a mere 5 mm thick and weighs just 38 g but the photos give me a serious case of the heebie-jeebies
By Andy Edser Published
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NewsApparently optical gaming mice can spy on what we're saying and video games are an 'ideal target'
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Float onThere's a new king of lightweight gaming mice and I'll 1v1 anyone who disses the ultralight market
By Jacob Fox Published
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PinpointBest gaming mouse in 2025: I've tested the very best mice and these are my top picks
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UnboundBest wireless gaming mouse in 2025: These are the rodents I love getting my mitts on
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Gaming Monitors
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NewsPromising new nanoscale OLED tech makes 1 mm 1080p panels possible, which could usher in an era of ultra-realistic VR, dual-4K AR glasses, tiny projectors and much more
By Jeremy Laird Published
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DealsBlack Friday gaming monitor deals 2025
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NewsNew research into human vision proves high-res PC monitors right up to 16K are worth it and comes with a handy calculator to help you choose your next screen
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newsTCL's new OLED megafactory is purpose-built to make 'high-end' screens for monitors, laptops and tablets cheaper thanks to a low-cost inkjet manufacturing process
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newsReports of OLED's death are greatly exaggerated and it's not about to be replaced by RGB mini-LED displays
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Ultra OLEDOLED monitors are the perfect match for any speedy gaming PC and if you're eyeballing a new ultrawide, we've just crowned a new champion for you to consider
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Eye candyBest OLED gaming monitors in 2025: I can't keep my eyes off these vivid displays
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Prime Day DealsAmazon October Prime Day gaming monitor deals
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NewsThis new 4K gaming monitor is so ridiculously bright I'm gonna need to wear shades
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Gaming PCs
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NewsIt looks like a NUC, it smells like a NUC, but this is not a NUC: Asus ditches the Intel naming for new AMD-powered mini PC, but restricts its GPU choice
By James Bentley Published
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DealsBlack Friday gaming PC deals 2025
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dealBest cheap gaming PC deals
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NewsThis €130 gaming PC in a plastic jug churns out a whole 15 fps in Fortnite and might be the best/worst DIY build I've ever seen
By Andy Edser Published
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Get the buildI build multiple gaming PCs a month and this is my favorite so far this year—here's what you'd need to build it yourself
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Score: 89%OcUK Gaming Mach 5R review
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Build itMoody and wooden, this PC and I have a lot in common: Asus ProArt Case PA401, Ryzen 7 9800X3D and RX 9070 XT build
By Jacob Ridley Published
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NewsOne lucky Redditor has bagged a second-hand $8,000 RTX 3080 Ti Threadripper PC for a mere $32
By Jacob Fox Published
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Build itI've taken a proper bargain of a case from Thermaltake and built a gorgeous white PC with it
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Graphics Cards
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Battlefield 6: Understanding the best settings for your GeForce GPU
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NewsAMD clarifies RX 5000 and RX 6000 GPUs will still get game-specific optimisations despite going into 'maintenance mode'
By James Bentley Last updated
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NewsThermal Grizzly's WireView Pro II keeps an eye on your 12V-2x6 GPU power connector and can turn your PC off entirely if things get... melty
By Andy Edser Published
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NewsNvidia is the world's first $5 trillion company, but CEO Jensen Huang's nifty narrative about accelerated computing and the remarkable foresight that led to today's AI revolution doesn't quite add up
By Jeremy Laird Published
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NewsNvidia's new six-trillion transistor Vera Rubin 'superchip' for AI makes the 92-billion transistor RTX 5090 gaming GPU look positively puny
By Jeremy Laird Published
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NewsNot content with dominating the market for AI GPUs, Nvidia is turning its attention to QPUs for quantum computing
By Jeremy Laird Published
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newsThis 'shunt modded' Asus RTX 4090 laptop beats the latest RTX 5090 portables but you'd be very brave to do this to your own machine
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NewsOG Doom legend John Carmack says his Nvidia DGX Spark box has thermal throttling issues, raising doubts over the viability of Nvidia's AI APU for laptop PCs
By Jeremy Laird Published
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NewsHere's an RTX 5090 that you can water cool, without worry about breaking a $2000 graphics card
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Handheld Gaming PCs
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NewsThe MSI Claw handhelds are the first non-Xbox devices to get the Windows Full Screen Experience, with more said to arrive 'in the coming months'
By James Bentley Published
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Portable PCBest handheld gaming PC in 2025: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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Steam OnThe best Steam Deck games
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NewsThe OneXFly Apex has an optional external liquid cooling tower to help keep things chill, which kinda defeats the point of a handheld gaming PC if you ask me
By Andy Edser Published
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NewsSo much for Xbox full screen experience, it looks like the ROG Xbox Ally X might get much better performance on Linux with faux-SteamOS operating system Bazzite
By Jacob Fox Published
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NewsThe ROG Xbox Ally X seems surprisingly repairable and upgradeable judging by iFixit's teardown video, which could be good news for stick drift
By Jacob Fox Published
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News'It really was Asus' says Microsoft about the ROG Xbox Ally X's eye-watering $1,000 price tag: 'That is all of their insight into the market'
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Score: 84%Asus ROG Xbox Ally X handheld gaming PC review
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ROGerNow it's in my hands the new Xbox Ally X is a far better handheld than I expected, but it's still got a lot of work to do to convince me it's a) worth $1,000 or b) that it's an Xbox
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Lighting
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Win or Bin?I didn't know I needed dedicated photography lights until this $44 set turned up, but now I'm a convert
By Andy Edser Published
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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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ReactiveNanoleaf 4D Screen Mirror Kit review
By Josh Brown Published
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Sync'dGovee AI Sync Box Kit 2 review
By Josh Brown Published
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ScriptedElgato Light Strip Pro review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Unit 01Govee x Evangelion gaming light kits review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Lit upGovee Strip Light 2 Pro review
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StunnerGovee Cob Strip Light Pro review
By Hope Corrigan Published
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SponsoredAI-generated lighting from Lepro should be setting the mood for your gaming sessions
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Memory
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Memory bluesRAM and storage is ridiculously expensive right now because of *drumroll* AI, of course, and there's little reason to think prices will drop any time soon
By Jacob Fox Last updated
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NewsDDR4 RAM prices continue to surge ahead of DDR5, now averaging $25 per DDR4-3200 module
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NewsIn case we needed a visceral reminder just how screwed memory prices are thanks to AI, Samsung and SK hynix are apparently raising prices by up to 30%
By Jacob Fox Published
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NewsLooks like the AI boom has made DDR4 RAM no better value than DDR5 as storage and memory prices continue to rise
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newsUh oh, it's happening: ADATA chairman says the perfect storm of simultaneous DRAM, SSD and HDD shortages is already upon us and it looks like prices are only going in one direction
By Jeremy Laird Published
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NewsAMD wants to patent a new DDR5 memory standard with double the bandwidth but we're not expecting to see it in PCs any time soon
By Jeremy Laird Published
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NewsIt's going to be raining dollars over at Samsung: A stamp of approval by Nvidia, plus an incoming price hike for DRAM chips, has lifted shares out of the doldrums
By Nick Evanson Published
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NewsIf you bought Corsair PC memory after 2018 you might be entitled to a share of $5.5 million from a class action over advertised DDR4 and DDR5 speeds
By Jeremy Laird Published
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NewsI can think of few things more ridiculous than a tiny OLED screen slapped on the side of some DDR5 RAM, but here we are
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Motherboards
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Best MoboBest gaming motherboards in 2025: these are the AMD and Intel mobos I'd build a system around today
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Score: 70%MSI Z890 Ace motherboard review
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Score: 87%MSI Z890 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard review
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Score: 70%ASRock X870 Nova WiFi motherboard review
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NewsPC component maker Maxsun decides the time is right for a new motherboard format, by taking a hacksaw to an mATX circuit board
By Nick Evanson Published
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NewsAI, take the wheel: Gigabyte's latest motherboards will 'intelligently dynamically' improve performance of Ryzen chips by up to 25% in games through a built-in AI model
By Jacob Ridley Published
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NewsTired of jiggling your GPU to get it to fit in a small form factor PC? Maxsun reckons it has the answer to that problem around the back
By Nick Evanson Published
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NewsMSI is celebrating 10 years of Godlike extravagance with a gold-trimmed AMD motherboard—to go with your golden graphics card and RAM, naturally
By Jacob Ridley Published
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NewsIf you're using an Intel 8–11th Gen CPU with a Gigabyte motherboard, update your BIOS to protect from a newly discovered vulnerability
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NewsSamsung and other memory manufacturers reportedly leave DDR5 buyers hanging as prices expected to surge 30–50% every quarter from the end of 2025 through the first half of 2026
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NewsIt looks like a NUC, it smells like a NUC, but this is not a NUC: Asus ditches the Intel naming for new AMD-powered mini PC, but restricts its GPU choice
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Battlefield 6: Understanding the best settings for your GeForce GPU
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