Tag: hardware

Global PC sales forecast to dip by 5% in 2026 due to spiralling memory prices

Global PC sales forecast…

Last week I reported on data from JPR claiming that gaming PC sales are booming and that the high…
The new HyperX SoloCast 2 looks like a return to gaming microphone simplicity, whereas its bigger brother is covered in all the bells and whistles you could think of

The new HyperX SoloCast…

A good microphone doesn’t need to have a million features to make an impact. Wrap a high-quality capsule in…
HyperX just updated one of our favorite wireless gaming headsets with a new RGB base station..

HyperX just updated one…

Until very recently, the HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless was our favourite wireless gaming headset, right up until the magnificent…
HP announces an updated set of Omen Max 45L RTX 5090 rigs with Ryzen CPUs, but no word on price yet leaves me worried

HP announces an updated…

Image 1 of 2 (Image credit: HP) Image 2 of 2 The 45L on the left and the Max…
Samsung has announced the world’s first 500 Hz OLED monitor, but it’s the new 5K2K panel that’s got my wallet twitching

Samsung has announced the…

Samsung has announced what it claims is the world’s first 500 Hz OLED monitor. Predictably, it’s a 27-inch 1440p…
Intel launches the Arc Pro B70 graphics card based on the Big Battlemage GPU we’ve been waiting for forever but it’s for AI, not gaming

Intel launches the Arc…

The rumours were right, after all. But it doesn’t actually matter. Intel has finally launched the fabled Big Battlemage…
This is not an Xbox 360, it’s a gaming PC in disguise

This is not an…

The Xbox 360 was the first console I bought after becoming a PC gamer a few years prior, and…
White House says it’s still working on the ‘legality’ of 15% China tax for Nvidia and AMD GPU sales as it threatens similar deals with other companies

White House says it’s…

The White House’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, says the 15% export tax that has been agreed with Nvidia and…
Razer claims optical gaming keyboards are more precise than Hall effect ones because magnets are ‘hard to control’

Razer claims optical gaming…

I’ve been using a Hall effect keyboard for quite a while, and I’m keenly aware that this switch technology…
Autonomous SmartDesk 5 review

Autonomous SmartDesk 5 review

The Autonomous SmartDesk 5 is no more expensive than Ikea’s Utespelare, a non-motorised desk, and yet it does all…