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Managing editor of Club386, he started his long journey with PC hardware back in 1989, when his Dad brought home a Sinclair PC200 with an 8MHz AMD 8086 CPU and woeful CGA graphics. With over 25 years of experience in PC hardware journalism, he’s benchmarked everything from the Voodoo3 to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090. When he’s not fiddling with PCs, you can find him playing his guitars, painting Warhammer figures, and walking his dog on the South Downs.
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Best PC hardware components of 2025

Based on our expert analysis and tests, here are the best PC components and accessories in 2025, from GPUs and CPUs to SSDs and monitors.
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Corsair modular PSUs are astoundingly cheap on Amazon right now, but you need to be really quick

You can get a Corsair RM750e PC PSU for just £75 right now, and an RM1000e for £109.99, but these deals will expire on New Year's Day.
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MSI Cubi vs full-size desktop: is a mini PC enough now?

We benchmark this mini PC against several CPUs in our desktop test rig, and it's surprisingly powerful for its size.
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MSI Cubi Z AI 8M review: a mini PC with a mighty CPU

With an 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS under the hood, this tiny PC has plenty of processing power, and it can even handle some gaming.
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This 200Hz MSI gaming monitor is now a steal for just £78.97

With a 200Hz refresh rate and AMD FreeSync support, this Christmas MSI gaming monitor deal is outstanding for the price.
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Hey AMD, it’s now time to resurrect Ryzen 7 5800X3D

With DDR5 prices rocketing, a new AM4 CPU with 3D V-cache would be good for both AMD and gamers.
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At just £399, this 240Hz MSI OLED gaming monitor is a bargain right now

MSI MAG 273QP QD-OLED X24 offers a 1440p resolution, Nvidia G-Sync compatibility, and a QD-OLED screen - a bargain in this Christmas monitor deal.
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Gigabyte Gaming A16 Pro review: RTX 5080 in a slim laptop chassis

This thin-and-light gaming laptop has an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 GPU inside it, but there's not enough power to let it stretch its legs.
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The 10 worst PC gaming GPUs ever

There have been some terrible Nvidia GeForce and AMD Radeon graphics cards over the years, and they're not the only ones. Here are the worst GPUs ever.
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