Latest articles by Ben Wilson
Porsche-themed ultrawide curved gaming monitor leaks with the weakest sales pitch and I'm bored already — who's asking for these?
Porsche(?) A collaboration between AOC and Porsche (seriously) has leaked ahead of CES in the form of a 49-inch curved ultrawide gaming monitor.
Time's running out — This $599 RTX 3050 laptop is the PERFECT holiday gift for aspiring gamers on Cyber Monday (UPDATED)
Deal Cyber Monday is the perfect time to grab a cheap but capable laptop as a gift for first-time gamers, and Acer has just the thing.
Get the PERFECT pre-built PC for Microsoft Flight Simulator with this unmissable Cyber Monday deal before it sells out! (UPDATED)
MSFS deal This powerful pre-built gaming PC is perfect for Microsoft Flight Simulator, featuring brand-new components well over the recommended specs.
HURRY! The perfect motherboard for my favorite AMD Ryzen CPU is cheaper than ever for Cyber Monday, don't miss it!
Deal I've used MSI motherboards for years in several custom-built gaming rigs, and this is still my top pick for the Ryzen 5 5600X and Ryzen 7 5800X, cheaper than ever at Best Buy.
I build gaming PCs for a living, and EVERYTHING you need is on sale for Cyber Monday, so here are 14 picks that I'd buy
🪛Build it! Building a gaming desktop isn't as scary as it looks, and I've handpicked all the components you need for a value-focused custom PC on sale for Cyber Monday.
This is STILL the perfect mouse for FPS gaming, and now it's almost half-price in an unmissable Cyber Monday deal (UPDATED)
Deal I've said it for years: Razer makes the best PC gaming mice in the world, and the top pick for first-person shooters is almost half off for Cyber Monday.
This RTX 3050 gaming laptop is just $599 — no, that's not a typo — and is a better deal than Steam Deck (UPDATED)
Deal For less than the cost of some modern gaming handhelds, you can get a fully-fledged gaming laptop with an RTX NVIDIA GPU for an obscenely low price for Cyber Monday.
My all-time favorite streaming microphone didn't need a Black Friday deal: It's worth every cent at a 0% discount
100% worth it Not everything needs a discount to be worth buying during the Black Friday season, and my favorite XLR microphone is a prime example.
Don't buy an Elgato capture card on Black Friday! The best 4K alternative for streamers is a smarter (and cheaper) choice (UPDATED)
Deal It's tempting to spring for an Elgato USB capture card, but the affordable underdog is still a better buy on Black Friday.
The best pre-built gaming desktop PC deals for Cyber Monday 2023: Perfect picks for newcomers
Deals Building a custom PC is a rewarding experience when it works, but it's also an intimidating prospect. Here are the best deals on pre-built options.
"The motherboards are incompatible and we have overhauled the internals significantly": Valve's product designer shuts down the prospect of upgrading your OG LCD Steam Deck with a custom OLED screen — but is it actually impossible?
OLEDn't An upgraded Steam Deck OLED is a mid-generation refresh to Valve's portable PC gaming handheld, so what about manual upgrades for those who own the original?
The best mesh Wi-Fi system I've ever used just hit its LOWEST price on Amazon and I couldn't recommend it hard enough
Deal I solved all of my wireless networking issues with this mesh Wi-Fi triple pack, breaking through the thick brick walls of my old house to provide high-speed Internet to my farthest-reaching rooms.
My all-time favorite wireless gaming keyboard enjoys a 21% discount as an early Black Friday treat
Deal The best gaming keyboard I have ever tested enjoys an early Black Friday discount, bringing it down to a more reasonable cost than its initial MSRP.
Why Rockstar Games' mistreatment of the series leaves me feeling utterly unexcited for Grand Theft Auto 6
💔GTA6 GTA6 breaks the Internet, but it's not the same for me.
Revolutionary 'sweating' heatsink improves passive CPU cooling up to 32.65% with salt water
Sweaty CPU Developed by researchers in China, this experimental technology allows a porous membrane to 'sweat' and absorb moisture from the air and passively cool processors.
Surveyed PC gamers say they STILL prefer Windows 10 and mid-range 1080p over high-end parts
Steam Survey Valve's October survey shows Windows still dominates PC gaming, with Windows 10 leading the way. Is Microsoft's last-gen operating system still so popular for a specific reason?
Intel's top-tier gaming laptop CPU just leaked, and it almost beat the desktop equivalent — Here's what you need to know
Portable power Leaked Geekbench 6 benchmarks show an unreleased Intel Core 14th Gen mobile CPU almost matching the performance of its desktop 14700K counterpart.
Recommended game specs are a joke — PC devs need to temper expectations
RTX 4090 or bust My latest personal PC upgrades still don't stand a chance of running my most anticipated titles with smooth framerates, so what's the big deal with poor optimization recently?
DaVinci Resolve on ARM: Qualcomm delivers Hollywood’s most popular editing app
DaVinci on ARM DaVinci Resolve, one of the most popular video editing apps, is coming to more ARM-supported devices, including future Windows laptops, as confirmed by an announcement at Snapdragon Summit 2023.
Undervolting Steam Decks will soon be possible for everyone, but why bother?
⚡Undervolt Valve adds SteamOS 3.5.1 to its Preview branch for Steam Deck owners, sneaking undervolting controls into the BIOS while removing others. Is it worth it?
LIVE: Amazon Prime Day in October — 99 Xbox and PC handpicked deals to grab before they're gone
Live blog We're finding the hottest discounts on Windows and Xbox during Amazon's two-day Big Deal Days event and beyond, skipping the scams and price-inflated fakes.
Here are the best Xbox accessories under $75 still available now Amazon Prime Days are over
Under $75 There were plenty of deals to be had on Xbox accessories for Amazon's Prime Day 2, also known as Big Deal Days, but we've done another sweep of the deals and this is whats available TODAY.
AVerMedia's latest HDMI 2.1 capture card offers 4K60 live Xbox Series X feeds to streamers
Streaming AVerMedia takes on Elgato with HDMI 2.1 support on its new Live Gamer ULTRA 2.1 capture card using USB-C connectivity.
