Dave James
Dave has been gaming since the days of Zaxxon and Lady Bug on the Colecovision, and code books for the Commodore Vic 20 (Death Race 2000!). He built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 16, and finally finished bug-fixing the Cyrix-based system around a year later. When he dropped it out of the window. He first started writing for Official PlayStation Magazine and Xbox World many decades ago, then moved onto PC Format full-time, then PC Gamer, TechRadar, and T3 among others. Now he's back, writing about the nightmarish graphics card market, CPUs with more cores than sense, gaming laptops hotter than the sun, and SSDs more capacious than a Cybertruck.
Latest articles by Dave James
Cheap graphics card deals this week
By Dave James last updated
Pixel pushers Yes, once more there are cheap graphics card deals.
Early Prime Day PC gaming deals
By Dave James last updated
Prime Day Deals Prime Day 2024 is just a week away but the rival retailers are going to go early to get the jump on Amazon.
Best Amazon Prime Day gaming laptop deals
By Dave James last updated
Prime Day Deals The big summer sales event should see some special deals on these silicon slabs of gaming loveliness.
Best cheap gaming laptop deals
By Dave James last updated
Deals Our regularly updated list of all the best gaming laptop deals you'll find today.
Amazon Prime Day gaming PC deals
By Dave James last updated
Prime Day Deals There are always some tasty gaming PC deals on the table.
Best cheap gaming PC deals today
By Dave James last updated
deal Our simple advice: don't pay full price for a gaming PC.
Best gaming monitors in 2024: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
By Dave James last updated
Eye candy The best gaming monitors balance price with panel quality, resolution and refresh rate.
Best cheap gaming monitor deals today
By Dave James last updated
Deals We've scoured the internet for the best deals on gaming monitors, so you don't have to.
Best gaming keyboards in 2024
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Keyed in The best gaming keyboards have it all: style, ergonomics, and of course, the most satisfying clickity clacks.
Best graphics cards in 2024: the GPUs I recommend for every budget
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Pixel Pushers Our picks of the most powerful gaming GPUs and the ones that provide the best bang for your buck.
Best gaming headsets in 2024: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
By Dave James last updated
Quality cans Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.
Best wireless gaming headsets in 2024: the top cans I'd buy myself
By Dave James last updated
Untethered The best wireless gaming headsets allow you to enjoy your games and music tangle-free.
This mighty Mac Mini-a-like from Geekom is packed to the gills with tech and is $120 off with our discount code
By Dave James published
deal The Geekom A7 is no barebones and sports AMD's finest iGPU, delivering outstanding mini PC gaming performance.
It's been a frustrating 18 months since launch but we'll finally be getting PCIe 5 SSDs worth a damn this year
By Dave James published
news SiliconMotion's new controller is finally ready to roll out to SSD makers.
Nvidia loses $500 billion in the biggest short term loss in company value in all of recorded history. A year ago that would have killed it yet today it will barely notice
By Dave James published
news After briefly becoming the world's most valuable company Nvidia has now experienced the biggest three-day loss in value of any company ever.
Best Buy has jumped the gun on Amazon Prime Day by launching its Member Deals Days and here are four good reasons to avoid it
By Dave James published
news All the retailers are keen for your cash, but ideally, I'd want them to put in more effort than Best Buy.
Best gaming laptops in 2024: I've had my pick of portable powerhouses and these are the best
By Dave James last updated
Portable powerhouses Don't compromise on power or portability with the best gaming laptops.
Best gaming chairs in 2024: the seats I'd suggest for any gamer
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Take a seat Treat your posterior to one of the best gaming chairs.
Emulation proves the inevitable Achilles' Heel of Qualcomm's new PC chips when it comes to gaming
By Dave James published
news In a result that should shock no one, gaming performance comes off worst in the world of x86 emulation.
Unprecedented memory, frame rate boosting eye tracking features, and an ambitious ethos: In a surprising twist Adata had the most interesting handheld gaming PC at Computex 2024
By Dave James published
news Bet you didn't see that coming.
Gigabyte's 'Next-gen' Intel motherboard shows off the new Arrow Lake CPU socket for the first time alongside AMD's X870E
By Dave James published
news Gigabyte had both new AMD and Intel boards in its VIP suite, and also marked the return of its Project Stealth design.
Qualcomm's new Windows PC chip supports AMD's FSR… and I'm not sure AMD had any idea about it
By Dave James published
new The new Snapdragon X Elite processors, the vanguard for the AI PC boom, makes great use of the red team's upscaler.
NZXT's doing something that makes so much damned sense I don't know why it's not been done before
By Dave James published
news Yet there are still niggling fears of being first to market with something no-one has done before.
Drop wins the most satisfying sound of Computex 2024 award with its 24 carat brass keeb frame
By Dave James published
news The Drop CSTM80 is getting a whole load more customisation options soon.
The reason Framework laptops just keep getting better: 'We're blind to none of the feedback and we absorb it all'
By Dave James published
news And when it comes to the AI PC trend, Framework wants to "make sure that there are as many options as possible and we will continue to scope out new partnerships."