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Best Gaming Monitors 2025: Budget, Curved, G-Sync and More

By Christian Eberle, Brandon Hill last updated 19 May 25

Here are the best gaming monitors for PC available in 2025, from budget displays to 144Hz, 4K and curved.

Gaming Monitors

Best Ultrabooks and Premium Laptops 2025

By Andrew E. Freedman last updated 10 May 25

Our picks for the best ultrabooks (super thin and light notebooks), along with other premium laptops now.

Ultrabooks and Ultraportables

Best Gaming Microphones 2025

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal last updated 9 May 25

Whether you're chatting with teammates or streaming on Twitch, these are the best gaming microphones to buy in 2025.

Microphones

CPUs

AMD Computex 2025 Keynote Live Blog

By Paul Alcorn last updated 21 May 25

AMD to release new products at Computex 2025.

CPUs

AMD's 9600X drops down to $208 ahead of Memorial Day Weekend Sale — Plus free 16GB of DDR5-6000 RAM

By Sayem Ahmed published 19 May 25

Get on AMD's AM5 train without breaking the bank

CPUs

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Graphics Cards

Zotac preps low-profile GeForce RTX 5060, Mini-ITX RTX 5060

By Anton Shilov published 21 May 25

Zotac is showcasing compact low-profile and Mini-ITX versions of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5060 at Computex, plans to ship them later this year.

GPUs

RTX 5080 Super rumored with 24GB of memory — Same 10,752 CUDA cores as the vanilla variant with a 400W+ TGP

By Hassam Nasir published 20 May 25

Nvidia reportedly has an RTX 5080 Super in the making that ups the memory capacity by 50% over the base model from 16GB to 24GB.

GPUs

Where to buy Nvidia's RTX 5060 8GB GPU

By Stephen Warwick published 19 May 25

After some strange preview reviews, the Nvidia 5060 is now available to buy.

GPUs

Laptops

Colorful unveils new RTX 50-Series laptops, wild G-Helmet PC case, and more at Computex

By Stephen Warwick published 21 May 25

Colorful has shown off a raft of new products at Computex 2025.

Gaming Laptops

This fantastic early Memorial Day deal sees the RTX 4060-powered MSI Thin drop to only $649 — one of the lowest prices I've ever seen for a laptop of this caliber

By Stewart Bendle published 20 May 25

Deals At just $649, this has to be one of the best value gaming laptops you can buy.

Deals

Raspberry Pi

This Raspberry Pi Zero camera instantly prints photos using thermal paper

By Ash Hill published 30 March 25

Spacerower is using a Raspberry Pi Zero to power this custom 3D-printed camera that instantly prints out photos using thermal paper.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Pico fightstick randomly mashes buttons for fighting game combos

By Ash Hill published 27 March 25

Goblinhan Yıkan has created a Raspberry Pi Pico-powered fight stick that has extra buttons for throwing random combos while playing fighting games.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Pico 2 FFT sound spectrum analyzer visualizes audio via OLED display

By Ash Hill published 24 March 25

Dan McCreary shows off how to create your own FFT sound spectrum analyzer using our favorite microcontroller, the Raspberry Pi Pico 2.

Raspberry Pi

Deals

My favorite gaming headset just got a $106 discount on Amazon ahead of Memorial Day sales

By Sayem Ahmed published 21 May 25

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is a great all-rounder, and is now 30% off at Amazon

Gaming Headsets

Inky blacks and gorgeously smooth QD-OLED gaming performance for just $649 — One of my favorite monitors just got loads cheaper in time for Memorial Day

By Stewart Bendle published 20 May 25

Deals Inky blacks and smooth QD-OLED gaming performance for $649.

Deals

This fantastic early Memorial Day deal sees the RTX 4060-powered MSI Thin drop to only $649 — one of the lowest prices I've ever seen for a laptop of this caliber

By Stewart Bendle published 20 May 25

Deals At just $649, this has to be one of the best value gaming laptops you can buy.

Deals

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