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James Bentley

James Bentley

Hardware writer

James is a more recent PC gaming convert, often admiring graphics cards, cases, and motherboards from afar. It was not until 2019, after just finishing a degree in law and media, that they decided to throw out the last few years of education, build their PC, and start writing about gaming instead. In that time, he has covered the latest doodads, contraptions, and gismos, and loved every second of it. Hey, it’s better than writing case briefs.

Latest articles by James Bentley

Best gaming monitors in 2026: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself

By Dave James last updated 29 October 26

Eye candy The best gaming monitors balance price with panel quality, resolution and refresh rate.

A Glorious Model O and Razer Viper V4 Pro gaming mouse on a yellow background, with a PC Gamer Recommended sticker in the top right.

Best gaming mouse in 2026: We've tested the very best mice and these are the top picks

By Jacob Fox last updated 29 October 26

Pinpoint The best gaming mouse for every game, budget, grip, and size.

Asus ROG Pelta on a pink deals background

Asus' positively breezy Pelta gaming headset has been a lifesaver in the summer, and it's now a great deal at more than a third off

By James Bentley Published 29 October 26

Deal It's super comfortable, especially in the heat.

A still from Blighted Agent's YouTube video converting laptop ram into desktop ram

YouTuber buys and turns 32 GB of laptop DDR5 into desktop RAM for just $175

By James Bentley Published 29 October 26

News They then overclocked it.

Nvidia data center

$60 million AI rack cluster listed on eBay, with 1.4 petabytes of memory and almost 10,000 Nvidia AI GPUs

By James Bentley Published 29 October 26

News And it even had free shipping.

Phantom Blade Zero - Soul

Phantom Blade Zero dev says don't get the latest Nvidia drivers

By James Bentley Published 29 October 26

News Luckily, rolling back drivers is pretty easy.

Proton's Black Friday sale is already live: ditch Google with up to 70% off its VPN and 50% off unlimited plan

By James Bentley Published 28 October 26

Deals That's just $2.99 a month for Proton VPN.

ASRock and MSI gaming monitors facing each other

Best cheap gaming monitor deals today

By James Bentley last updated 28 October 26

Deals We've scoured the internet for the best deals on gaming monitors, so you don't have to.

Meta + Nvidia's super computer

Nvidia and AMD invest billions into Meta as companies egg each other on to bet even more on AI

By James Bentley Published 27 October 26

News What's $3 billion to a trillion-dollar company?

Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card on different backgrounds

Nvidia may not have discontinued the RTX 5090, but one AIB partner says it can't get hold of the parts required to make the card

By James Bentley Published 27 October 26

News And RTX 5090s weren't cheap before.

Jacob Ridley, Managing Editor for Hardware at PC Gamer, wearing the Steam Frame on his head.

Bassist plays Halloween gig wearing a Steam Frame: 'Interestingly, only one guy asked me about the Frame'

By James Bentley Published 27 October 26

News Even wearing a VR headset couldn't get anyone to talk to the bassist.

Microsoft's Internet speed test, in Bing

New Windows 11 Insider Experimental build adds the ability to check your internet speed without a browser

By James Bentley Published 26 October 26

News A small change, but a handy one.

The left and right Steam Frame controllers on the Steam Frame box.

Valve adds CD-ROM support to Steam Frame kernel less than ten minutes after saying it would look into it

By James Bentley Published 26 October 26

News That was fast.

Phantom Blade Zero kungfupunk action

Phantom Blade Zero devs say the game needs 300 GB of free space for the pre-load process, alongside updated system requirements

By James Bentley Published 26 October 26

News You might need to make some space.

Person typing on a laptop with red and blue lighting

Korean police arrest cyberhacking gang reportedly led by self-taught hacker, who allegedly used AI to breach 60 firms and received a mere $210 in ransom

By James Bentley Published 26 October 26

News In this case, crime really didn't pay. Much.

Black Friday listing image with a Steelseries headset featured

Black Friday gaming headset deals 2026

By James Bentley last updated 24 October 26

Black Friday Black Friday is just a few weeks away, but we've already spotted a few solid discounts

Black Friday listing image with an ASRock monitor featured

Black Friday gaming monitor deals 2026

By James Bentley last updated 23 October 26

Black Friday Black Friday is almost here, but deals can be found, so we're here counting up the best deals coming up to the big day.

Quake

'We probably sold millions of boards because of that game, and it was magnificent': 3dfx cofounder gives Quake a 'great deal of credit for our overall success'

By James Bentley Published 22 October 26

News It's now been 30 years since the first Voodoo card.

Mr. X looking through a door.

Capcom confirms a data breach has affected over 11 million people, with emails, IP addresses, and birthdays caught up in the mix

By James Bentley Published 22 October 26

News Make sure to check your email.

Valve Steam Deck OLED handheld PC

Redditor's mother-in-law finds missing Steam Deck on train, returns it to its rightful owner in a soap box nine months later

By James Bentley Published 22 October 26

News From Steam train to Steam pain to Steam gain.

After Dark's fish screensaver

The iconic Windows fish screensaver was inspired by a dentist's office, which makes a lot of sense when you think about it

By James Bentley Published 22 October 26

News Top ten screensaver?

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Ally X handheld gaming PCs

AMD has shipped FSR 4.1 early for RX 6000 graphics cards, and it's coming to Ryzen APUs, Vulkan, and Xbox too

By James Bentley Published 21 October 26

News Better support is always a good thing.

Acer Nitro gaming monitor on a blue deals background

Gaming monitors are the best deal in gaming right now, and you can pick up this OLED one for just $269

By James Bentley Published 21 October 26

Deal That's an astoundingly low price of an OLED monitor.

Two GameSir PC gaming controllers on a silver and white gradient background, with the "PC Gamer Recommended" badge in the top right

Best PC controllers in 2026: I've tested lots of gamepads and these get my recommendation

By Dave James last updated 20 October 26

Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.

8BitDo Ultimate on a pink deals background

For just $40, I'd pick 8BitDo's Ultimate 3-mode controller over an Xbox one any day of the week - especially with a charging dock

By James Bentley Published 16 October 26

Deal The polling rate is a little low, though.

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