Author: [email protected] (Alan Dexter)

[ad_1] If you’ve ever pieced together your own gaming PC, then you’ll know how important a quality motherboard is. While you can often get by with a basic board, and in fact for a budget gaming machine that makes sense, when it comes to mid-range and high-end builds, spending a bit more here can make…

[ad_1] You couldn’t have guessed how things would end up for AMD or Intel’s best CPUs at the start of the year. Twelve months ago AMD was struggling to meet the demand for its new Ryzen 5000 chips, and basically, everything from the wonderful Ryzen 5 5600X right up to the Ryzen 9 5950X was…

[ad_1] Staff Picks (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2021, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We’ll post new staff picks, alongside our main awards, throughout the rest of the month. Magic: The Gathering Arena, or…

[ad_1] While I have a lot of time for big bulky gaming PCs—you know, the type that light up like a Christmas tree and hum with the sweet sound of whirring fans—there is room in my life for other types of PC as well. Not much room to be fair, but room all the same.…

[ad_1] Dell had some cracking deals over the Black Friday season, particularly when it came to desktops and laptops. It’s good to see that it hasn’t run out of stock then, because this particular Dell XPS desktop deal still makes for a great way of getting your hands on some decent gaming performance. The notable…

[ad_1] The MSI Pulse GL66 is an odd beast. It adheres to old-school gaming laptop styling—all plastic and chunky aesthetics—while also packing some of the latest technology. This model’s spec, however, makes it a little odd. It has a powerful 11th Gen Core i7,  paired with the lowest take on Nvidia’s Ampere architecture. It errs…

[ad_1] HP produced one of the most affordable ways of getting an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 this Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with its Pavilion TG01-2170m gaming PCs. The pricing has shifted around a bit, but for a long time, it was the cheapest way of getting a GPU that will handle 1080p gaming maxed…

[ad_1] Here’s a Cyber Monday gaming monitor deal that’s only gotten sweeter since we originally highlighted it two weeks ago. This 32-inch 1440p MSI monitor has gotten yet another discount for the finale of big weekend deals, going from the original discount $299 all the way down to $259 at 46% off. A quality screen…

[ad_1] Cyber Monday deals are here, and what that means is it’s still a good time to grab yourself a new gaming headset. It’s going to be the best time of year to replace your aging pair of cans with something a bit flashier and offering more kick. Consider Cyber Monday as your last call…