Theo Binns

Job Title: Hardware writer
Joined: November 2020
Bio: Theo is a former hardware writer who's happiest behind a PC steering wheel burning rubber in Forza Horizon 5, or using a joystick to travel the world in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Best external SSD for gaming in 2023: top portable drives

Five of the best external SSDs for gaming on a bright pink background

Jun 2, 2023

Best gaming RAM 2023

Apr 21, 2023

The best mini gaming PC – the top small PC builds in 2023

Best mini PC builds

Apr 3, 2023

The best capture cards for recording and livestreaming in 2023

An Elgato HD60 S+ capture card plugged in, in front of a monitor with a Nintendo Switch to the side

Jan 31, 2023

Best PC steering wheel for racing games in 2023

Jan 31, 2023

Best PC case in 2023 – the top chassis to house your new build

Cooler Master's Cosmos C700M case houses an expensive watercooled build and sits on a workbench in front of tools

Jan 31, 2023

Best cheap gaming PC 2023

Jan 31, 2023

Amazon Prime Day SSD deals to make you squeal

Aug 9, 2022

Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti – everything we know about the budget GPU

Oct 13, 2021

Samsung’s 1TB SATA SSD is up to 25% cheaper today

Samsung QVO 860 SSD

Oct 25, 2021

Roccat Kone Pro Air review – a lightweight wireless gaming mouse

The wireless gaming mouse from Roccat takes on Razer, SteelSeries, and Logitech

Aug 12, 2021

EPOS B20 microphone review – a pricey newcomer

An all-black microphone from EPOS, ready to take on rivals like Logitech, Razer, and Elgato

Nov 4, 2021

Samsung’s new DDR5 RAM chips could give single-stick capacities of up to 768GB

RAM stick with a dark-green PCB

Jul 30, 2021

Microsoft releases its most stable Windows 11 preview yet, ready for your gaming PC

Jul 30, 2021

AMD unveils its Radeon RX 6600 XT GPU, targeting 1080p gaming for $379

Jul 30, 2021

Gigabyte leaks its AMD RX 6600 XT GPU lineup, ahead of official announcement

Jul 29, 2021

PS5-compatible Seagate NVMe SSD hits 7,300MB/s, and works with gaming PCs too

Jul 29, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator patch reportedly doubling fps on some gaming PCs

Jul 28, 2021

AMD confirms Zen 4 CPUs and RDNA 3 graphics cards are set to arrive in 2022

Jul 28, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 VR headset sales temporarily halted after foam mask issues

White VR headset with two controllers

Jul 28, 2021

Razer’s BlackWidow V3 gaming keyboard is up to 36% cheaper

A black RGB keyboard from Razer

Oct 21, 2021

Certain Alienware gaming PCs can’t be sold in states with new energy law

Alienware Aurora R9 gaming PC

Jul 27, 2021

Intel hints at October reveal date for its 10nm Alder Lake gaming CPUs

Jul 27, 2021

Intel Alder Lake gaming laptop CPU falls behind AMD in leaked benchmark, for now

Jul 26, 2021

Intel’s gaming CPUs could have stock issues like GPUs, after it warns of shortages

Jul 26, 2021

AMD RX 6600 GPUs could be cheaper than Nvidia’s RTX 3060 and 3060 Ti

Jul 26, 2021

Seagate’s 20TB hard drives are coming to gaming PCs to store your Steam library

Hard drive read arm

Jul 23, 2021

Valve says the Steam Deck runs every PC game it’s tried, if you’re happy with 30fps

Valve's portable game console, the Steam Deck

Jul 23, 2021

Intel’s new pre-built NUC gaming PC can fit a full-size Nvidia RTX 3080

Prebuilt high-end PC from intel, capable of fitting large GPUs from AMD and Nvidia

Jul 23, 2021

Intel i9 12900K benchmark almost scores double against Rocket Lake gaming CPUs

Carbon Nanotube CPU

Jul 22, 2021

Windows 10 and Windows 11 vulnerability lets any user access admin privileges

A white laptop running Windows 10 with the start menu open

Jul 22, 2021

Kingston is still releasing DDR3 for older gaming PCs despite DDR5 RAM’s arrival

New Fury RAM from Kingston is available in DDR3 format as well as DDR4

Jul 21, 2021