Tag: hardware

Budget or bust? I think this $26 Amazon Basics USB desktop microphone should make more expensive models a little nervous

Budget or bust? I…

Budget or bust? (Image credit: Future) Andy Edser is a man with a mission. It’s a mission he didn’t…
Mode claims its upcoming Encore keyboard refresh ‘delivers our most satisfying typing experience to date’ and has a neat new mounting system to boot

Mode claims its upcoming…

Mode, a high-end keyboard maker that allows you to customise caps, add a stabiliser, swap switches, plate material, PCB…
Samsung’s new 1440p gaming monitor sports a ridiculous 600 Hz refresh rate but that’s nothing compared to the 1040 Hz it can do in 1080p mode

Samsung’s new 1440p gaming…

In the world of gaming monitors, it’s quite hard to stand out in the crowd if you’re trying to…
Microsoft’s CEO insists that Xbox, ‘at its best, lifts the entire company’ and that it will ‘always’ invest in gaming

Microsoft’s CEO insists that…

To recap for those who’ve been recently resting under a cool, mossy rock, Phil Spencer has now retired from…
Modder helps Sony unwittingly beat Valve to the punch: ‘I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine’

Modder helps Sony unwittingly…

If you’ve ever looked at a PlayStation 5 and thought ‘That would be a really good budget gaming PC,…
A simple check with a magnet was the final clue that made Thermal Grizzly realise it had been hit by a 40,000 euro metal scam

A simple check with…

Last month, we reported on how the rapidly increasing cost of copper was potentially going to impact the PC…
Nintendo and Lenovo seeking refunds for tariffs, after Trump’s use of an economic powers act was found unlawful

Nintendo and Lenovo seeking…

Recently, the Supreme Court found that Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to justify tariffs…
The AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 chip in the laptop I’ve been testing just scored over 1,000,000 in Cinebench, breaking space and time and sending me whirling around my room like a nut in a blender

The AMD Ryzen AI…

Remember the Black Mesa Incident? Well that just happened in my room, thanks to a very sprightly little chip…
It’s the scantest of rumours but given AMD’s track record, I actually believe the claim that the Ryzen 9000G series will be nothing more than an 8000G refresh

It’s the scantest of…

Although they take a while to appear with each new generation of Ryzen processors, AMD always converts some of…
I’ve just anointed the Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro as our new best gaming mouse because..

I’ve just anointed the…

The best gaming mouse is perhaps the most hotly debated topic in the PC Gamer office. We test fabulous…