Ben Stockton

Hardware Writer

Ben is a hardware expert, with a focus on gaming PC news. You’ll find him on PCGamesN covering everything from SSD deals, to Nvidia and AMD news. He’s been covering gear since 2018 and has bylines on How-To-Geeks, Tom’s Hardware, and more.

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Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 system requirements

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 system requirements

At $89.99, this 144Hz Asus gaming monitor is an absolute steal

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Logitech G305 gaming mouse deal

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Samsung T9 Portable external gaming SSD

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Gaming RAM and SSD prices are about to soar, and it's all the fault of AI, says Adata chairman

Gaming RAM and SSD price rises expected because of AI companies sucking up the supply

This ultralight Razer Deathadder wireless gaming mouse just hit its lowest ever price

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Win a free Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 with a Battlefield 6 design, thanks to MSI

MSI are giving away a Battlefield 6 themed Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080

Save a huge $45 on this 1TB Steam Deck microSD card from Samsung, while you can

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Your Intel GPU could see a 4x frame rate boost soon, thanks to this new tech

Intel XeSS 3 will work in all XeSS 2 supported games

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MSI Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card under MSRP

Valve is mass producing the Steam Frame VR headset, claims new report

New Valve VR headset reportedly in production and could launch this year

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Intel Panther Lake to "set new standard" for gaming performance, due to new GPUs

Intel Panther Lake gaming CPU details revealed

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Grab a free copy of ARC Raiders, thanks to Nvidia

Nvidia is giving away ARC Raiders Deluxe Edition for free with qualifying RTX 50-series GPU and laptop purchases

Save 25% on an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D gaming CPU in this awesome Prime Day deal

AMD Ryen 7 7800X3D gaming CPU deal on Amazon Prime Day

Microsoft abandoned in-house Xbox handheld because of AMD costs, says rumor

Xbox handheld in-house didn't proceed due to high AMD CPU order requirement, rumor suggests

New Intel CPUs for gaming laptops reportedly leaked with Core Ultra X branding

Intel Panther Lake gaming CPU rumors

Grab this 2TB Crucial Steam Deck gaming SSD for its lowest ever price

Steam Deck Crucial SSD deal.

Nvidia GeForce RTX Super GPUs will reportedly launch much later than expected

Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series launch delay rumor

This $109.99 180Hz Samsung Odyssey gaming monitor is an absolute steal

Samsung Odyssey G30D gaming monitor deal

Xbox Ally X pre-orders prove popular as retailers sell out in no time

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X pre-orders sell out quickly

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This new Steam update makes solving anti-cheat problems much easier

Steam on Windows 11

Grab an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card for $50 under MSRP, while you can

PNY GeForce RTX 5070 OC Triple Fan deal

Make games look loads better on your old AMD Radeon GPU with this new FSR 4 mod

AMD FSR 4 modded to work on older graphics cards

This Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 card just dropped $70 below MSRP, if you're quick

PNY Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card deal

Lenovo Legion Go 2 pre-orders are getting canceled due to high demand

Lenovo Legion Go 2 pre-orders cancelled

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Samsung Odyssey G65B gaming monitor deal

New Windows 11 update lets you try Xbox Ally fullscreen mode on other handhelds

xbox ally windows 11 update

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This new Windows 11 update turns the Xbox app into an all-in-one game launcher

Windows 11 Xbox app now supports all major game storefronts

Corsair facing $5.5m payout to customers over gaming RAM lawsuit

Corsair compensation for DDR4 and DDR5 RAM buyers

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Samsung 990 Evo Plus 1TB gaming SSD deal

This new mini SSD for gaming handhelds looks so much better than a microSD card

Biwin mini SSD format

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Logitech G502 Hero gaming mouse deal

A new Intel gaming GPU looks set to launch, and it might just be good

Intel Arc B770 shipping manifest rumor

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Samsung Odyssey G50D gaming monitor deal

A ridiculously high price makes the Lenovo Legion Go 2 a hard sell for gamers

Lenovo Legion Go 2 price is too high

Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 Super graphics card prices just leaked, and they look good

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 Super pricing rumor

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Logitech G Pro X Superlight gaming mouse deal

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HyperX Cloud Alpha headset deal

This AMD gaming handheld is packing a huge ultrawide 32:9 screen

AMD powered handheld with a 32:9 screen

This outlandish new gaming handheld has a huge 4TB SSD and up to 128GB of RAM

GPD Win 5 launch configurations with huge amounts of RAM and storage

A new Intel gaming CPU with a whopping 52 cores has just been spotted

Intel Nova Lake CPU with 52 cores hinted at in new shipping manifest

This gaming motherboard reportedly destroyed two AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D burned in ASRock motherboard

This tiny Lenovo gaming PC somehow contains a desktop Nvidia GeForce RTX GPU

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle system requirements

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle System Requirements

Save $210 on this Alienware gaming laptop with a new Nvidia GeForce RTX GPU

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Next-gen AMD Radeon GPUs will reportedly roll out with Transformer names

Next-gen AMD RDNA 5 gaming GPUs have internal codenames using Transformers characters

Valve Index 2 VR headset rumors heat up as Steam Frame name surfaces

Valve Index 2 rumor heat up with new Steam Frame trademark filing

Save a huge $50 in this Razer Basilisk wireless gaming mouse deal, while you can

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This unusual AMD gaming handheld lets you use an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090

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This new Steam Deck rival wants you to stick its battery in your pocket

GPD Win 5 handheld with experimental battery cable

Watch out Steam Deck, this new gaming handheld looks more powerful than the PS5

GPD Win 5 handheld teased

This new AMD powered handheld launches soon with a PS5-beating gaming GPU

GPD Win 5 handheld gaming PC set to release in weeks

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