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Qualcomm's X2 Elite and X2 Plus aim to be some of the best laptop CPUs for battery life and performance. In the past they've been held back by Windows and compatibility, especially in gaming.

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In the Gaming Laptop space, 14" gaming laptops are getting more and more popular since they are ultra portable and get good battery life but pack some serious gaming performance too.

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D wants to be the best gaming CPU of 2026. And it is. In our gaming benchmarks against the 9800X3D and 285K it stays ahead.

So Intel's Panther Lake is finally here and we review the flagship Ultra X9 388H in things like battery life, creator workloads, gaming and office related tasks.

Here are the best cases you can buy right now in 2026.

With an all new liquid cooling lineup for 2026, NZXT is looking to dominate the market with the Kraken Elite, Kraken Plus and "budget" focused Kraken Core.

Phanteks is moving away from RGB on some cases by adding a 900-LED matrix display and while it looks great on the new Evolv X2 Matrix, there are some limitations that you absolutely need to know

ASUS has decided to SIGNIFICANTLY update their Zenbook and Vivobook lineups with some amazing new features, including a series of laptops where you can have a choice of whatever CPU you want.

Upcoming ASUS gaming laptops from the ROG and TUF lineups change a bunch of things.

New Alienware laptops are coming in 2026 and some of them look amazing.

Dell ate some humble pie and admitted removing the XPS lineup was a big mistake. So, they're bringing it back and its better than ever. They listened to all our feedback!

These are the best laptops of 2025 including the best budget gaming laptops, best thin and lights and even some of the biggest disappointments of the year.

There's something exciting about having some new competition in the PC case market....and with the HAVN BF 360, that new approach creates an amazing product that might end up being the best case of

Desktop DDR5 memory for gaming PCs is crazy expensive but I've found a unique way to save money on memory that actually WORKS so you can get your PC build going.

The Silverstone FLP02 has everything it takes to be the ultimate retro-inspired PC case.

The be quiet! Silent Loop 3 is one of only a few coolers right now to optimize cooling temperatures and installation on AMD CPUs, specifically Ryzen 9000 series.

The choices for the best mATX PC case keep expanding with the latest entry being the Gamdias Athena M4M, an mATX case with some surprising features.

I listened to you guys.

Are you thinking of buying a new laptop in 2025, specifically on Black Friday? You might not want to wait. If you’re on the fence, this is why you might want to buy a laptop now instead of waiting.

A full breakdown of the new LANCOOL 217 INF, the upgraded version of the popular 217.

The Lenovo LOQ 15 with an RTX 5060 is positioned to be the best budget gaming laptop of 2025 with a relatively affordable price (if when it goes on sale), solid build quality and a bunch of other

Taking a look at the new ROG ACE mouse lineup - Harpe II Ace, Harpe Ace Mini, and Keris II Ace - and why specs matter less than ever.

Let's talk about how some laptops get corners cut to hit a lower price and how to avoid being scammed.

The Hyte X50 is simply one of the most unique and well thought out cases I've ever seen. And that's a hard thing to do when you consider the 2025 PC Case market is so full of copycats.

Let's talk about how the best budget GPUs in 2025 perform in eSports & massive multiplayer games like Battlefield 6, Helldivers 2, DOTA 2, Warzone, Valorant, DOTA 2 and more.

Thermaltake has gone through so many changes over the years. From a leader to Thermalfake and now they're in some kind of redemption arc.

In this 360mm AIO roundup we test the best 360mm water cooling options for AMD and Intel gaming PCs.

The Lian Li O11D V2 is probably one of the best cases I've ever reviewed and in the Compact ATX case market, it is both unique and superior to almost everything else out there for gaming PCs.

The Logitech MX Master 4 is here! New haptics, same legendary design. But at $120, is it really worth the upgrade from the 3S?