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Computex
Pump noise, what pump noise? Asetek's new liquid cooler pump is so quiet 'it's on a level where you can't hear it'
By Jacob Ridley 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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Computex
A fabric-covered PC case was not on my Computex 2025 bingo card but I'm surprisingly into it
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Computex
Computex 2025 made me realise I have no time for extravagant PC parts, just give me a simple, solid design and function
By Jacob Fox Published
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Computex
I've seen every PC case that Computex has to offer and this new Havn chassis is my top pick thanks to its abnormally large fans, front grille and airflow optimisation
By Jacob Ridley Published
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news
Zoom's Eric Yuan becomes second CEO to use AI avatar on important investment call, ahead of the platform's new custom avatar addon release
By Hope Corrigan Published
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news
MSI shows off new weirdly flat PinSafe Design motherboards at Computex, possibly saving lives
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Explore Hardware
Controllers
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Computex
The Scuf Envision Pro and non-Pro will finally get Hall effect from May 29, and if you already own a non-HE one you'll get a free calibration buff
By Jacob Fox Published
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News
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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News
'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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News
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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Cooling
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Computex
Pump noise, what pump noise? Asetek's new liquid cooler pump is so quiet 'it's on a level where you can't hear it'
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Computex
Tryx's new AIO cooler features two LCD screens and a display shelf, because it's Computex
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Computex
This ginormous caricature of a U cooler screen just about sums up Computex 2025, I think
By Jacob Fox Published
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Computex
If the endless stream of AIOs with big screens coming out of Computex is making your air cooler jealous, Tryx has you covered
By Jacob Fox Published
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Computex
Hate RGB software but still want all the pretty LEDs on your AIO cooler? Lian Li might just have the very thing for you
By Nick Evanson Published
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Computex
Noctua aims to release its first liquid U cooler in 2026, working with Asetek to make the quietest water pump around, though it's not the thermosiphon project
By Nick Evanson Published
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Computex
Lian Li's new water cooler with a curved and motorised screen is basically pointless but you're still going to want one
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Computex
Cooler Master's new liquid cooler has modular tops, which have been used to show off a crying face on a screen and now I'm sad
By James Bentley Published
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Computex
Hyte's ludicrous liquid cooler will soon be able to show entire system monitoring charts on its screen
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Gaming Audio
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Deal
The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless headset is now at the best price I've seen at only $229
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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sponsored
Logitech G522 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Headset: gaming just got louder
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Good buds
Soundcore Liberty 5 earbuds review
By Katie Wickens Published
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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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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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Gaming Chairs
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Office life
ThunderX3 Flex Pro review
By Alistair Jones Published
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news
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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news
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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News
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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News
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
By James Bentley Published
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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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Gaming Keyboards
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Computex
Ducky's year of the snake keyboard is my favourite shown off at Computex so far, and it's limited to just 2025 units
By James Bentley Published
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Computex
Cherry proclaims a 'new era' for keyboard switches: induction is 'half the cost of a regular mechanical switch', more reliable, and less power hungry than analog alternatives
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Computex 2025
Wooting is adding knobs to its gaming keyboards and the good news is existing Wooting owners can knob themselves too
By Jacob Ridley Published
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news
Cherry debuts new mechanical, magnetic, and inductive switches with a whole new naming scheme to match
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Computex
Corsair introduces do-it-yourself gaming keyboard MAKR 75, and says 'hello' to a new era of web-based peripheral customization
By Jess Kinghorn Published
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Computex
These Godzilla and Mechagodzilla custom keycaps stopped me dead in my tracks, like a nuclear lizard caught in a headlock from an oversized monkey
By Andy Edser Published
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Computex
Asus is bringing two great features to ergonomic keyboards with its ROG Falcata
By Jacob Ridley Published
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Freedom
Best wireless gaming keyboard in 2025: my top picks for cable-free typing delights
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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News
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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Gaming Laptops
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News
Looks like the latest Nvidia driver has given some RTX 5080 and 5090 laptops a little performance boost
By Jacob Fox Published
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Computex
Razer's new super-skinny Blade 14 gaming laptop is a serious threat to my wallet, but I want a GPU with more than 8 GB VRAM for $2,700
By Jeremy Laird Published
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News
Ancient ThinkPad laptops, beloved by a certain kind of hardcore hardware fan, can be resurrected with a bespoke Meteor Lake mainboard, bringing the 2000s machine right up to date
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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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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News
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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News
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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Gaming Mice
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Computex
'It's not just a gimmick': Noctua is working with Pulsar on a gaming mouse that has a fan in it to cool your sweaty palm
By Jacob Fox Published
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Computex
Corsair's new MMO mouse has a neat function that can entirely replace your Stream Deck
By James Bentley Published
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News
The new SteelSeries Rival 3 Gen 2 is the perfect reminder of the benefits of removable batteries in gaming mice
By Jacob Fox Published
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Straight up
Keychron M5 review
By Nick Evanson Published
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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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News
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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News
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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Gaming Monitors
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Computex
If there was one non-AI Computex trend this year it's that everything needs a damned screen in or on it
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Bendy
Best curved monitors for gaming in 2025: These are the bendy displays I'd plant myself in front of
By Dave James Last updated
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Beaming
Hisense C2 Ultra projector review
By Kizito Katawonga Published
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Computex
ASRock outs new 400 Hz 1440p gaming monitor and we're hopeful the price is going to be punchy
By Jeremy Laird Published
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News
Samsung OLED TVs are finally getting Nvidia G-Sync , should you ever want to hook your rig up to a 60+ inch screen
By James Bentley Published
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Computex
Asus has announced the world's first 610 Hz gaming monitor, and a 'Super TN' is the price you pay for that speed
By James Bentley Published
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Computex
MSI's clever new 500 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor can detect when you leave the screen and turn itself off to begin its anti-burn-in cycle
By Andy Edser Published
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Computex
The new Acer Nitro PG1 is the first portable monitor I actually want thanks to 4K resolution and up to 144 Hz refresh
By Jeremy Laird Published
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news
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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Gaming PCs
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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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Apple Mac Studio M4 Max review
By Ian Evenden Published
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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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news
The new Asus ROG NUC is a mini PC with an Arrow Lake U and RTX 5080 laptop GPU, and is going to be very, very, VERY expensive
By Hope Corrigan Published
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News
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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Budget-ish
This nearly budget gaming PC build made me realise availability is just as important as affordability when building a cheap machine
By Jacob Ridley Published
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The tiny-but-mighty Geekom A8 mini PC can tackle big workloads – and it’s up to 22% off right now
By Lindsay Handmer Published
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Graphics Cards
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news
'Majority of gamers are still playing at 1080p': AMD chief claims there's still a place for 8GB GPUs, and he's got a point
By Stevie Bonifield Published
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Computex
PNY and Palit have stolen my heart at Computex with their clean and shiny RTX 50-series graphics cards
By Jacob Fox Published
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Computex
Nvidia's CEO says attempts to control chip exports to China are a failure: 'If they don’t have enough Nvidia, they will use their own.'
By Jeremy Laird Published
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Computex
'We want to be as aggressive as possible, right?' says AMD GPU boss of the Nvidia-baiting pricing of the RX 9060 XT, calling it 'a tremendous value proposition to all our fellow gamers'
By Andy Edser Published
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Computex
Asus and Noctua team up once more, this time creating a hulking three-fan, four-slot RTX 5080 chonk of a graphics card
By Nick Evanson Published
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Computex
AMD just gave us our first glimpse of FSR 4's 'Redstone' update, with a host of machine learning-based improvements
By Andy Edser Published
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Computex
AMD announces the long-awaited RX 9060 XT starting at $299, says it's 6% faster than the RTX 5060 Ti at 1440p in 40 games
By Andy Edser Published
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news
One of tech's best leakers drops the GPU specs for the RTX 5080 Super, likely confirming that 24GB VRAM update
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Live!
Nvidia RTX 5060 review live: looks like the 8 GB of VRAM isn't the biggest issue the new card has to face
By Dave James Last updated
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Handheld Gaming PCs
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Gettin steamy
I've swapped Windows for the latest SteamOS build on my Legion Go S and I'm not going back
By Jacob Fox Published
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news
Valve certifies the Lenovo Legion Go S for SteamOS, improves AMD compatibility, controller , and officially brings 80% limiting to SteamOS in 3.7.8 update
By Hope Corrigan Published
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Portable PC
Best handheld gaming PC in 2025: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses
By Jacob Ridley Last updated
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News
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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Decked out
Best Steam Deck accessories in Australia for 2025: Our favorite docks, powerbanks and gamepads
By Shaun Prescott Last updated
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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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news
Valve is using Steam Deck's beta build to test 80% battery limit
By Hope Corrigan Published
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News
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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News
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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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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Computex
Will 2025 be the year that CAMM2 memory finally makes a proper entrance? Rambus and Team Group believe it is
By Nick Evanson 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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News
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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News
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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Wasted potential
Corsair Vengeance DDR5-8400 CUDIMM review
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
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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news
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 U
By Jeremy Laird Published
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news
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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Motherboards
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Mini marvels
Best Mini-ITX motherboards in 2025: My pick from all the mini mobo marvels I've tested
By Chris Szewczyk Last updated
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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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Computex
Gigabyte unveils its second generation of X3D Turbo Mode, for squeezing up to 15% more performance from Ryzen X3D Us
By Nick Evanson Published
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News
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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News
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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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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News
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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More about Hardware
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news
MSI shows off new weirdly flat PinSafe Design motherboards at Computex, possibly saving lives
By Hope Corrigan Published
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news
Moza releases replica Essenza SCV12 wheel, giving us poors a chance at going hands on with a Lamborghini
By Hope Corrigan Published
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news
Gabe Newell co-founded a neuroscience company in 2019 and its first brain chip is expected to ship later this year
By Andy Chalk Published
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