Latest articles by Nick Evanson
Best PC controllers in 2025: the pads I recommend for PC gamers
Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.
Best external hard drives in 2025: the storage media I'd take on my own gaming adventures
TB on the go Grab one of the best external hard drives to increase your storage space or backup your PC.
Best liquid cooler for CPUs in 2025: I've tried all the best AIO coolers and these are my top picks
Wetware These are the best liquid chip chillers to suit all budgets, form factors, and processors.
8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller Review
Almost ultimate 8BitDo's ultimate Ulimate controller isn't quite as ultimate as it could be, but it's pretty close.
Kinesis mWave ergonomic keyboard review
Ergo introduction The affordable and mechanical alternative to Microsoft and Logitech's ergonomic keyboards.
The best left-handed mouse for gaming in 2025: The top ambidextrous and mirrored rodents for the southpaw PC gamer
Lefties Shopping for the best left-handed mouse for gaming doesn't have to mean wading through right-handed options that might just work.
It's not an April Fool's joke anymore: Zotac goes ahead with its 'gamer fragrance' perfume, for a limited few, for a limited time
News Clean, woody, and aquatic. Doesn't shout 'gamer' to me.
'MSI Afterburner is a bit PowerColor Afterburner now' as the dev had to buy another manufacturer's GPU to build support for AMD's RDNA 4 graphics cards into the next beta
News No MSI RDNA 4 cards means no MSI RDNA 4 hardware for the Afterburner dev.
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
News The key detail here is that not all motherboard fan headers are the same.
Switch 2 teardown shows that Nintendo hasn't learned a single lesson from the OG Switch when it comes to repairing it
News Glue and stickers akimbo, with too many bits soldered directly to the main motherboard.
The Witcher 4's leafy glory is all down to Epic's Nanite Foliage, and largely so is the fact it can run ray-traced at 60 fps on a lowly PS5
That level of performance on an aging console suggests good things for the PC version.
A graphical history of id Tech: Three decades of cutting-edge graphics and game engine technologies
30 year tech It's not just about Doom. Okay, it's mostly about Doom.
Elden Ring Nightreign PC performance analysis: A bare-bones console port with glitches a-plenty
Bare bones Elden Ring's back. So is the 60 fps cap, GPU underutilisation, and random stuttering.
Hate RGB software but still want all the pretty LEDs on your AIO cooler? Lian Li might just have the very thing for you
Computex You can still control it all through an app, but I like the twist-n-go simplicity.
Noctua aims to release its first liquid CPU cooler in 2026, working with Asetek to make the quietest water pump around, though it's not the thermosiphon project
Computex But as with all of Noctua's projects, it won't really be released until it's perfect.
Asus and Noctua team up once more, this time creating a hulking three-fan, four-slot RTX 5080 chonk of a graphics card
Computex Their previous collabs look feeble in comparison, but I reckon they're better-looking.
For this year's Computex, Cooler Master showcases two new PC cases: a fresh look for the legendary Cosmos and a weird-but-cool goldfish bowl 360 Panoramic
Computex Buy a Cosmos 2025 and just move in. More space and cheaper than your average apartment.
Phison launches the first ever SSD controller to have built-in AI processing, along with some monstrous random data performance figures
Computex It probably won't appear in any gaming PC. Well, not yet, at least.
Will 2025 be the year that CAMM2 memory finally makes a proper entrance? Rambus and Team Group believe it is
Computex All aboard for the CAMM2 can-can.
Gigabyte unveils its second generation of X3D Turbo Mode, for squeezing up to 15% more performance from Ryzen X3D CPUs
Computex Up to 15% more performance with one click in the motherboard BIOS? Hmmm…
Microsoft wants everyone to use an open-source technology to create an 'agentic web' where AI agents interact with other AI agents
news Forget ChatGPT and other LLMs, agentic AI is where it's at now.
Best RAM for gaming in 2025: I've tested the best DDR4 and DDR5 RAM to find the right kits for you
Dynamic I've put the top gaming memory through its paces to find out what the best RAM to pair with your new gaming PC is.
Thanks to the Computex, we now know that there's an RTX 5070-like GPU inside Nvidia's 'supercomputer at home' DGX Spark
Computex Shame you won't be gaming with the little box because it'd make for one heck of a NUC.
