Latest articles by Dave James
Best mechanical gaming keyboards in 2024
Click Clack Make the switch with our guide to the best mechanical gaming keyboards.
Best gaming motherboards in 2024
Best Mobo The best gaming motherboards from the top Intel and AMD chipsets.
OneXPlayer X1 handheld gaming PC review
No jack I guess a fat tablet can still be a handheld gaming PC.
Best CPU for gaming in 2024
Happy Cores Fire up your rig with the best CPU for gaming. More cores, more clocks, more of everything that matters.
Best gaming headsets in 2024: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
Quality cans Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.
Best wireless gaming headsets in 2024: the top cans I'd buy myself
Untethered The best wireless gaming headsets allow you to enjoy your games and music tangle-free.
Best handheld gaming PC in 2024: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses
Portable PC PC gaming has officially gone portable, and these handheld gaming PCs are mighty quick.
Qualcomm is actually releasing a Snapdragon X Elite desktop PC on June 18 and dammit I want one
news Though the Snapdragon Dev Kit is quite obviously only aimed at developers, it's still sporting the fastest version of Qualcomm's new chips.
Intel's Lunar Lake is here to remind you x86 still has a place in laptops: 'You've never seen x86 power characteristics quite like this'
news It's coming out swinging, promising faster AI, CPU, and gaming performance than AMD and Qualcomm
Google's new AI search feature has been recommending people drink urine ('light in color')
news Thankfully there are a couple different ways to opt-out of the new Google AI service it's automatically opting you into.
Razer Blade 16 (2024) review
Screen dreams Intel Core i9 14900HX | Nvidia RTX 4080 (175W) | 32GB DDR5-5600 | 1TB SSD | $3,600 | £3,600
Asus' tone deaf response to ongoing RMA support issues isn't going to encourage me to keep recommending Asus tech
news Asus has apologised 'for any confusion' RMA customers might have experienced and is implementing three 'actions to optimize the customer repair experience' effective from today.
AMD will reportedly stop supporting Windows 10 starting with its new Strix Point APUs and you can all blame AI for that
news If you wants the AI goodness from AMD's new NPU, you'll need Windows 11 and nothing else will do.
Best gaming desk in 2024: my top picks for standing, sitting and everything in between
Top Desks We've chosen the best gaming desks based on hours of playing on both sitting and standing desks just to see which is worth your money.
Best 4K gaming monitors in 2024
4K Vision The best 4K gaming monitor has all the bells and whistles an enthusiast could ever want or need.
Best gaming monitors in 2024: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
Eye candy The best gaming monitors balance price with panel quality, resolution and refresh rate.
Grab an overclocked version of our favourite AMD graphics card for under its stock price with our exclusive PC Gamer code
deal Get the RX 7800 XT OC for just £480 at CCL today.
AMD's CTO has written about 55 years of AMD innovation. And the most common topic is obviously 'AI' despite not really saying much about 'AI' for the previous 54 years
news Maybe keep that one for 'Celebrating the next 55 years of AMD innovation.'
The tech I'm most psyched to see this year is anything but traditional PC silicon, and certainly isn't x86
SNAP! Qualcomm's ARM-based chips are promising gaming-capable thin and light laptops with battery lives measured in decades. One of those things is true.
Dough Spectrum Black 27 OLED gaming monitor review
Doh When a 32-inch 4K OLED is effectively the same price, why would you?
The full Snapdragon X CPU line-up has now been unveiled, and according to Qualcomm's numbers it should put the fear of ARM into AMD and Intel's laptop divisions
news Qualcomm has shown the full specs of both its Snapdragon X Elite and the new, presumably cheaper X Plus processors.
Best PC joysticks in 2024: these are my top picks for everything from flight sims to space shooters
Locked On The best PC joysticks take you to new heights.
Best VPN for gaming in 2024
Stealth Mode Prevent DDoS attacks, secure your devices, boost your speed, and get games for bargain prices—all with a gaming VPN. Here are my top picks.
