PC Building Advice... or How to buy a PC in 2026...

Hopefully, your PC will look a little better than this one did...

I spend a lot of time on Reddit giving advice on PC building and troubleshooting. I recently saw some build guides on YouTube that are great but don't address many of the common questions that new or inexperienced users have. 

Additionally, many websites and YouTube hardware enthusiasts focus purely on the theoretical performance per part and, in my opinion, while the scientist in me loves that data, it doesn't necessarily help these segments of the consumer base make legitimate purchasing decisions.

So, I've decided to put together my own little list of...

Looking back at 2025 and predictions for 2026...

Once again, the end of the year approaches and it's time to take stock of the follies I've so foolishly written down last year. Perhaps I'll also spend a bit of time attempting to prognosticate the future in this incredibly volatile world we currently live in, too...

Analyse This: The Steam Machine's Specs are bad, no matter what Valve might say...

 

Mana from heaven or a gift from the devil?

 

Much has been made over Valve's reveal of the Steam Machine. With opinions varying from gaming saviour to irrelevant devil. Okay, maybe things aren't quite that polarising - I'm trying to make the intro a bit spicier! However, it's clear there are two main emerging narratives surrounding the soon-to-be-released Steam Machine - one positive, one negative. 

 

Personally, I lie on the negative side of the equation for a couple of specific reasons with orbit around the fact that it's just not good enough. 

 

So, let's get into why I feel that way...

Next Gen PC gaming requirements (2025 update)

On time, again!

It's that time of year where "best of" lists start falling like cats and dogs. So, here's my contribution to the year round-ups: trending of the recommended game requirements for games released this year...

The Performance Uplift of RDNA 4 and performance review of the RX 9060 XT...

Previously, I've looked at the performance uplift of RDNA 3 over RDNA 2 - both mid-range and low-end variants of the architeture - by performing testing at iso-clock frequencies. I love testing these things so have picked up the RX 9060 XT to pair against the prior gen RX 7600 XT. Considering that RDNA 4 has been shown to be a pretty big upgrade over RDNA 3, I'm expecting some interesting results. 

So, let's dig into the numbers!