Tag: hardware

After 15 months and 3,800 hours of ‘worst case’ usage, one independent test finds OLED burn-in is now almost a non-issue

After 15 months and…

OLED is very nearly the perfect display technology. But two possible problems remain. The first, limited full-screen brightness looks…
MSI MPG 322URX gaming monitor review

MSI MPG 322URX gaming…

If familiarity breeds perhaps not contempt but at least apathy, the MSI MPG 322URX has its work cut out.…
Introducing ‘The Rig’: Everything under the hood of the PC Gaming Show’s top of the line PC build

Introducing ‘The Rig’: Everything…

If you paid attention during the PC Gaming Show 2025, you’ll have spotted the illustrious Frankie Ward and myself…
GIGABYTE AORUS: the premier choice for an AMD gaming PC

GIGABYTE AORUS: the premier…

The motherboard is the heart of your PC, the nexus into which everything else connects. Using a good quality…
I spoke with Arm about PC gaming and was told that Windows software compatibility is ‘largely a solved problem’

I spoke with Arm…

Last week, I got the chance to speak to Chris Bergey, Senior VP and General Manager for the Client…
Lian Li’s new Hydroshift AIO cooler doesn’t work properly on some motherboards but it will send you a replacement part if you can’t get around the issue in the BIOS

Lian Li’s new Hydroshift…

At this year’s Computex event, cooler manufacturers went somewhat overboard with new models touting all kinds of flashy new…
If you fondly remember the wonders of terrible graphics card box art like me, there’s now a book available with a collection of some of the greatest hits

If you fondly remember…

At some point in the future, I look forward to telling my grandchildren that their new holo-GPUs are nothing…
Having spent time testing the Switch 2 mouse controls I no longer think it’s a gimmick, but it just cannot compare to a gaming mouse

Having spent time testing…

Nintendo is a company that seems to thrive on strange hardware choices. From the look of the GameCube to…
This camo-wrapped RTX 5060 has a real nostalgic flair, but I prefer the screen-integrated prototype GPU MSI showed me at Computex 2025

This camo-wrapped RTX 5060…

It’s not often a GPU cooler design makes me do a double-take, but here we are. The MSI GeForce…
Corsair Nautilus 360 RS review

Corsair Nautilus 360 RS…

It’s not often that a liquid cooler flies under the radar these days. Many on the market are adorned…