PC Gaming

The Tools You Need to Survive a LAN party

Online gaming may be the preferred form of multiplayer showdowns these days, but the LAN party still exists. They’re grueling, caffeine-fueled affairs that can span multiple days, and intimidate the uninitiated. So here’s everything you need to fit in. X-Keys Programmable Keyboard Get a leg up on your foes with a programmable keyboard that lets…

Tech News Adrian Covert

When in Doubt, Stick a Giant Radiator Inside Your Computer

Liquid cooling, long the geeky masterwork of any PC gaming champion, has become simpler to set up, with pre-assembled, self-contained units available for any dummy in search of a cooler CPU. Maingear says their newest cooler frosts like a boss. Using a sizable 180mm radiator with more fins and a bigger pump, the EPIC cooler…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Walmart.com Now Selling Custom Gaming Rigs along with Swiffers

Big box monolith Walmart’s now in the desktop gaming biz, teaming up with iBUYPOWER. The systems, starting at $600, can be configured with several different Intel and AMD processors, along with a range of AMD and NVIDIA offerings. [Walmart.com]

Tech News Sam Biddle

12 Ways Consoles Are Hurting PC Gaming

It’s happened to everyone at one point or another. You’re playing your favorite FPS and minding your own business when your character finally succumbs to that pesky stream of bullets that’s been bouncing off his face for the past two minutes. “Aw man,” you say aloud while a big, ominous Game Over screen stares you…

Tech News Nathan Grayson - Maximum PC

Digital Storm’s New Gaming PCs Use Sub-Zero Liquid Cooling System for Insane Overclocks

>Digital Storm has unveiled their latest line of custom gaming PCs, which employs theSub-Zero Liquid Chilled System, allowing for Intel Core i7 processors to be overclocked at a blazing 4.6 gigahertz while remaining at an icy 0ºC. The scary thing is that in the press release, Digital Storm suggests it could be overclocked beyond 4.6…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Naturally, This Beer Keg Casemod Has a Bottle Opener

Ben Lzicar, bro, took one of those ugly old beer kegs and turned it into an admittedly flashy piece of PC gaming kit. And, surprising no one, he made sure it had a bottle opener attached to the side. It’s an impressive casemod, to be sure, but surely I’m not the only one thinking version…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Microsoft’s On-Demand Store, Games For Windows Marketplace, Will Sell Games on the Cheap

Relaunching November 15th, Microsoft’s Games For Windows Marketplace is their new online, on-demand store for downloading PC games. Big-name publishers such as Capcom, Rockstar and 2k Games will be selling their games on there, with all you need is a Windows Live ID, Xbox Live gamertag or Zune tag to grab titles such as GTA:…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Origin’s Big O Stuffs an Xbox 360 Into a Gaming Desktop Hellbeast

The ingredients that went into Origin’s Big O monster are decidedly prime: six-core Xeon 5680 processor, overclocking up to 4.3GHz, crazy graphics power. And the cherry on top is an integrated, liquid-cooled Xbox 360 slim in every rig. That’s nasty. The Big O has ferocious specs, but the real treat is that you can run…

Tech News Brian Barrett

iBuyPower Juices All Desktops With Free USB 3.0 Power

There’s no question that USB 3.0 is the future; it’s just a question of when it’ll arrive en masse. iBuyPower’s decided to be in the vanguard, putting USB 3.0 in all of its desktops for no added charge. iBuyPower ships notoriously rugged rigs, so while there’s still not a lot of USB 3.0 compatible devices…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Single Sapphire Graphics Card Powers Multi-Monitor 3D Gaming

Gaming with goggles? Haven’t tried it just yet, though I hear it’s coming in our uncomfortable, slightly expensive futures. 3D PC gaming? Even more obscure to me, although Sapphire’s single card setup sounds multi-monitor cool. The single ATI Sapphire graphics card boasts Eyefinity support across three 3D displays. We’ve seen Eyefinity before, most recently at…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Alienware’s 11-Inch M11x Netbook Getting Core i7 Upgrade Next Month?

Courtesy of a Dell representative who let a little too much information loose in a video interview with Shufflegazine, we now know that its gaming arm Alienware is readying an Intel Core i7 netbook next month. Along with the i7 chip, i3 and i5 processors will also be on offer for the “netbook,” which will…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Half of All Games Will Be 3D By 2012, Claims Ubisoft

NVIDIA’s already thrown its weight behind 3D gaming, and we all know Nintendo’s got something exciting lined up soon—but if you speak to Ubisoft, 3D gaming will be so popular, by 2012 half the games will be 3D-enabled. Speaking during an investors call, Ubisoft said that “we will see more and more product coming in…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Typewriter Outfitted With Joystick Is The Only PC Gaming Accessory You Need

This typewriter will look familiar to many of you—in fact, your parents might still have one tucked away, like mine do. I’m willing to bet your ‘rents didn’t have a giant red joystick sticking out of theirs, though. SRK forum poster NeoBlood didn’t just stick a joystick into an old Royal Companion to be funny.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

NZXT Vulcan Micro ATX: Portable Viciousness

It’s tough to tell in this grandiose lead shot, but the new NZXT Vulcan Micro ATX case is LAN-party-portable, as it stands just 16 inches tall and 16 inches deep—40% smaller than a typical tower. Plus, there’s a handy non-slip handle on top to carry the thing around, and much of the system seems to…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Alienware M11x Review: Gaming’s New Featherweight Division

Dell’s promise: that the Alienware M11x is the “most powerful 11-inch gaming laptop” around. And they’re right! It’s hard to imagine packing much more oomph into such a portable frame. Then again, there’s a reason Muggsey Bogues never won MVP. There’s clearly value in having a gaming-capable notebook on the go, particularly for frequent travelers…

Reviews Brian Barrett

ATI Eyefinity: Like Playing Modern Warfare 2 Through a Window

ATI Eyefinity was powering this six-screen demo at PAX East this weekend. I saw it up close, and from a novelty perspective it was neat in passing, but the bezels hinder important visual cues, like crosshairs. No thanks. [CrunchGear]

Tech News Jack Loftus

Screw Avatar, 3D Gaming is What Will Get You to Buy a New TV

I’ve been skeptical of the big push for 3D in TVs and movies. But I just played the first 45 minutes or so of Metro 2033 on a top-of-the-line 3D-enabled gaming rig and, well, wow. https://kotaku.com/metro-2033-screens-depict-a-really-dark-future-5448224/ Playing games in 3D right now requires a lot of work on your part, or at least a lot…

Tech News Adam Frucci

No-One You Frag Ever Has To Know You’re Wearing Sony’s Stylish DR-350USB Gaming Headset

If Sony hadn’t slapped a big logo on the side of this headset, I would’ve thought they had come from Bang & Olufsen instead. Designed for gamers, Skypers and music-listeners, the DR-350USB (pictured), DR-320DPV and DR-31DPV headsets drop in March. The sexiest of the bunch are the USB PC ones above, which have 30mm driver…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Former Alienware Execs Go Back to Their Origin For Eon18 Gaming Laptop

In the wake of Dell’s acquisition of Alienware in 2006, three key execs decided to jump ship. Their mission: to make top-tier gaming PCs the way Alienware used to. The result: a company called Origin, and the Eon18 laptop https://gizmodo.com/dell-buys-alienware-162317 The Eon18 certainly looks like Alienware. (Though it’s designed by an ODM.) It’s a highly…

Tech News Brian Barrett

You Know Corsair Dominator GTX 2333MHz Is Ridiculously Fast RAM Just By Looking At It

Corsair’s Dominator GTX 2333MHz is the fastest RAM you can buy that’s Intel XMP-certified, at 2333MHz with latencies of 9-11-9-27. Each 2GB module is individually tested, in case you’re wondering why else it’s $200 a stick. [Hexus]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Tools You Need to Survive a LAN party

When in Doubt, Stick a Giant Radiator Inside Your Computer

Walmart.com Now Selling Custom Gaming Rigs along with Swiffers

12 Ways Consoles Are Hurting PC Gaming

Digital Storm’s New Gaming PCs Use Sub-Zero Liquid Cooling System for Insane Overclocks

Naturally, This Beer Keg Casemod Has a Bottle Opener

Microsoft’s On-Demand Store, Games For Windows Marketplace, Will Sell Games on the Cheap

Origin’s Big O Stuffs an Xbox 360 Into a Gaming Desktop Hellbeast

iBuyPower Juices All Desktops With Free USB 3.0 Power

Single Sapphire Graphics Card Powers Multi-Monitor 3D Gaming

Alienware’s 11-Inch M11x Netbook Getting Core i7 Upgrade Next Month?

Half of All Games Will Be 3D By 2012, Claims Ubisoft

Typewriter Outfitted With Joystick Is The Only PC Gaming Accessory You Need

NZXT Vulcan Micro ATX: Portable Viciousness

Alienware M11x Review: Gaming’s New Featherweight Division

ATI Eyefinity: Like Playing Modern Warfare 2 Through a Window

Screw Avatar, 3D Gaming is What Will Get You to Buy a New TV

No-One You Frag Ever Has To Know You’re Wearing Sony’s Stylish DR-350USB Gaming Headset

Former Alienware Execs Go Back to Their Origin For Eon18 Gaming Laptop

You Know Corsair Dominator GTX 2333MHz Is Ridiculously Fast RAM Just By Looking At It

Getting Stuck Inside a Glitching Robotaxi Is a Whole New Thing to Be Scared of

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Group Pushing Age Verification Requirements for AI Turns Out to Be Sneakily Backed by OpenAI

Amazon Facilities in Bahrain Hit Again as Iran Follows Through on Threat, Report Says

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

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