Hardware

Lick your way to victory with the Mouth Pad, a Bluetooth device that lets you control your PC with just your tongue

Best PC racing wheels in 2026: my favorite direct drive and budget steering wheels for sim racing

This DIY 'OpenPuck' project allows the Steam Controller to emulate Xbox, Switch, and PlayStation controllers, but no wireless charging for you

A second OG Steam Controller prototype has been found at Goodwill

Steam Controller demand is so high that new reservations won't be fulfilled until 2027

The DualSense can still drift, but Sony may be exploring magnetic tech for shape-shifting buttons in whatever comes next

DualSense PC gamers have been vindicated at last, as haptic support is finally here—though no thanks to Sony

'Basically Lego for gamers': This new game controller has modular buttons, sticks, grips, and even vibration motors

The Steam Controller's main competition isn't from Microsoft or Sony: It's from third-party vendors

Cooler Master V8 Ace 3DHP review

Arctic Freezer 36-S review

Best PC fans in 2026: I've put these case fans through their paces to find the coolest and quietest

Hardware creator makes hat that is both a 'functioning art piece' and also uses a Noctua fan to deliver six-hours of personal cooling

Be Quiet Dark Rock 6 and Dark Rock Pro 6 review

Noctua's AIO liquid cooler is here but hooo boy is it expensive

Hyte's new prototype AIO cooler looks to pack funky RGB and transparent shrouds into an affordable package

Cooler Master's concept AIO cooler looks like it could chill Venus into Pluto, and I'm already hunting down the back of my sofa to get the pennies to buy one

Cooler Master is playing around with a 2000 W CPU and GPU cooling solution with four huge 180 mm fans

PowerA LucidSound LS500/P review

Glorious GHS InfinitePlay review

Best PC speakers in 2026: From 2.1 systems to bookshelf bangers, these are the best gaming PC speakers

This free software aims to turn Sony headphones into a head tracker for '200+ PC games'

Amazon Prime Day gaming headset deals

Best gaming headsets in 2026: I'd bet my ears on these headphones

SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7X Wireless Gen 2 review

Sony Inzone H6 Air review

Five things I always tell people before they buy their first gaming headset

Secretlab Atlas review

LiberNovo Omni Pro chair review

Autonomous ErgoChair Ultra 2 review

Secretlab's new Atlas chair is cheaper, slimmer than the Titan Evo and I've been sitting comfortably in it for the past couple days

Secretlab's CEO is getting tough on copycat chairs and doesn't feel pressure to adopt AI: 'If we were owned by outside investors, you can bet that AI will be somehow jammed down our throats'

I was roasted by a physician for sitting weird but they gave me some great tips for healthier gaming

Corsair's new and supposedly affordable seat continues 'the move away from traditional gaming chair style'

Flexispot C7 Morpher chair review

Toyota has turned a car seat into a gaming chair and it's $3,500

Herman Miller introduces its first ever gaming desk and, needless to say, it is gorgeous but lavishly expensive

Best gaming desk in 2026: my top picks for standing, sitting and everything in between

Secretlab Magnus Evo review

For the boujee among us, we've just crowned this the best luxury gaming desk (though I'd be picking the budget choice)

Grovemade desk review

Autonomous SmartDesk 5 review

Corsair Platform:4 gaming desk review

There's a new Warhammer 40,000 version of our favorite Secretlab desk on the way but please don't paint your minis on it

Thunder X3 Lab-X review

Asus ROG Azoth Extreme Edition 20 review

Turtle Beach Command Series KB7 TKL gaming keyboard review

Logitech G316 X (tactile) gaming keyboard review

Melgeek Real81 review

MSI's new Strike Alloy has almost every gaming keyboard buzzword thrown at it, with TMR, 8k, and rapid trigger, and you can even use it underwater

The best quiet gaming keyboard we've tried is getting a smaller TKL version this year

We got eyes on Ducky's sleek Year of the Horse gaming keyboard, and I can say I like it more than its last horse one

Cherry attempts to change my mind about wireless gaming keyboards with world's first Ultra-Wideband button basher

Gigabyte's new gaming mouse and keyboard look great and all, but can we get a round of applause for its web software

Mchose K7 V2 Ultra+ review

Keychron's gaming mouse firmware is going open-source, while the company critiques 'firmware you can't read, can't audit, can't change'

We now have independent testing confirming Razer's latest innovative mouse sensor tech does what it says it does

Hot swappable mouse batteries might be the hot new trend as it looks like Wallhack's first ever mouse will have them

Glass mouse pads haven't won me over but gamer sleeves are a different story

We might see a new Logitech Superstrike this September, just a few months after the world's first proper analogue mouse launched

Asus ProArt Mouse MD301

Logitech Mobi Fold mouse review

Logitech G305 X Superlight review

Best OLED gaming monitors in 2026: I can't keep my eyes off these vivid displays

Alienware 34 AW3426DW gaming monitor review

Asus ROG Strix OLED XG32UQWMS gaming monitor review

LG UltraGear Evo GX9 39GX950B gaming monitor review

Best gaming monitors in 2026: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself

BOE's new $9 billion OLED monitor plant, capable of churning out 10 million panels this year alone, is now up and running—with some big names already on board

Budget OLED versus budget mini-LED: The best real-world PC gaming monitor tech tested

KTC 25M1 400 Hz gaming monitor review

It looks like monitor manufacturers can download bloatware without consent that will serve you pop-up ads

6 reasons why an Alienware 15 laptop is a great Father's Day gift for gamer dads

Considering a gaming laptop on a budget? Alienware 15 keeps things simple and powerful

Steam Machine reservation queue should be caught up by the end of 2026, Valve says

One Redditor spent four months building a 'Turkish kebab PC' with working spinning components

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

Best deals on gaming laptops

Framework 13 Pro laptop review

Best gaming PC builds: Shop all our recommended system builds as we ride out the RAMpocalypse

'Easily the dumbest thing I've ever built': Guy puts spikes and taser on Steam Deck to stop family from using it

First AMD RX 9050 8 GB review suggests RTX 3060-like performance but with some strange spec discrepancies

Best graphics cards in 2026: These are the GPUs worth spending money in right now

AMD is reportedly raising graphics card prices—it was just waiting for Nvidia to do it first

Cheap graphics card deals this week

The memory crisis keeps getting worse: Nvidia graphics card prices now rumoured to increase by as much as 30%

AMD launches the RX 9050, and it's even more entry-level than expected - update: it's $279 and limited to certain regions

After months of surprising stability in graphics card prices, apparently Nvidia is now raising the cost of its GPU kits for AIB partners

Redditor uses 'ticking time bomb' vial of gallium to stop their GPU sagging

If you're looking for ideas on how to mod your RTX 4060, maybe remove its fans and slap a ridiculously big heatsink on it like this person did

The best desk lighting in 2026: my recommendations for key lights and lightstrips to illuminate your gaming set-up

I didn't know I needed dedicated photography lights until this $44 set turned up, but now I'm a convert

Nanoleaf 4D Screen Mirror Kit review

Govee AI Sync Box Kit 2 review

Elgato Light Strip Pro review

Govee x Evangelion gaming light kits review

Govee Strip Light 2 Pro review

Govee Cob Strip Light Pro review

AI-generated lighting from Lepro should be setting the mood for your gaming sessions

Gleefully counting its billions, Samsung cries warning of a 'severe' memory supply crisis next year

RAM prices be damned, SK hynix's record-breaking $55.6 billion quarter still failed to meet investors' wild AI expectations

Consumer electronics companies were already worried about securing memory next year—now, supply is predicted to plummet by 70%

Two arrested for checking into esports hotels and stealing RAM, making off with over $2,000 in profit in just one month

Micron's low power DRAM 'consumes approximately one-third the power of DDR5' in AI data center workloads, but I'm not sure that's good news

Memory chipmaker CXMT sees shares surge 466%, becomes one of China's most valuable listed companies right below Tencent

The fourth biggest memory manufacturer could break into America soon, and chances are you've never heard of it

'There are limits to how much prices can be raised' says SK hynix chairman about memory crisis but I'm not sure the market will care

Redditor fashions a 'game cartridge' system for their Steam library out of cheap SATA SSDs

Gigabyte borrows space industry and data center tech, along with all the relevant buzzwords, for its 40th anniversary motherboards

Twenty years ago, copper was king for PC enthusiasts so Asus has brought it back for its ROG anniversary. Well, sort of

Report says motherboard manufacturers are in crisis as builders aren't building new rigs as much anymore

Gigabyte's latest Intel motherboard is a little bit sideways, and it's all about reaching 10,400 MT/s with a megabucks DRAM kit

Looks like DDR3 motherboards are back on the menu, boys, though only to keep older PCs going a bit longer during the RAMpocalypse

Modder uses Claude AI to code new BIOS that gets obscure all P-core Intel Bartlett Lake CPUs running on a Z790 motherboard

If Gigabyte's original X870E X3D Wood motherboard didn't do it for you, how about this moody 'Dark Wood' respin?

Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial review

Intel has published a whole host of security vulnerabilities, with mitigations rolling out, but attackers will need local access to actually do anything

'The most boring protocol on the internet is also, quietly, one of the most abusable': Doom has been broken down into 1,964 DNS text records and can be run via a PowerShell script

Asus says it's confident in its 'strong product security' after FCC foreign-made router ban, also *checks notes* fixes major security hole in its routers

The FCC says foreign routers 'pose an unacceptable risk' and now require special approval to be sold in the US

The best gaming routers 2026: the network data drivers I'd trust with my digital life

Out of all the new hardware that has passed through my hands in 2025, nothing has made an impact like a certain Wi-Fi 7 router has

The internet as we know it emerged out of the Protocol Wars, which is as nerdy as it sounds but also somehow involved the Pentagon

If you have one of these old Asus routers, update its firmware as it may have a critical vulnerability that 'may allow remote attackers to gain unauthorized access'

Routers don't grab headlines like graphics cards but having a good one in your home can make a world of difference to your digital life

TP-Link Deco BE25 BE5000 review

This cat-themed PC case has the best power button I've ever seen

Thermaltake Retro 360 TG case review

Phanteks XT View Matrix case review

Havn is making a smaller, lighter version of the excellent HS 420, with a few convenient upgrades too

Phanteks shows off PC case that bucks the fish tank trend in favour of greater thermal efficiency and giving your GPU its own little room

We got our eyes and noses on a new PC case with a magnetic essential oils diffuser to make your gaming den smell less like a gaming den

Be Quiet! unveils huge new PC case designed for 'maximum performance' with room for up to seven HDDs

Montech's new shuttered PC case is so odd, I can't decide whether I'm missing the sheer brilliance of it or if it really is totally pointless

Corsair's slightly-outrageous Warthog PC case is the thing I'd most like to take home from Computex 2026, and I'm not ashamed to say it