Ethan Walker

I tested eight of the most popular portable monitors with HDMI for thirty days across my home office, a co-working space, and two hotel rooms, and one thing became obvious fast: not every portable monitor labelled “HDMI” actually delivers a smooth HDMI experience. Some need extra adapters, some flicker on console input, and a few … Read more

The best 27 inch monitors for Mac Mini give you sharp Retina-quality text, single-cable connectivity, and enough power delivery to charge your accessories, all on a panel that fits comfortably on most desks. After spending over 80 hours testing displays with our Mac mini M4 and M2 Pro units, our team settled on 10 monitors … Read more

Finding the best gaming headsets under $200 used to mean settling for plasticky build quality and muddy audio. After our team spent three months rotating eight contenders through marathon sessions of Counter-Strike 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Valorant, we can confidently say this category has matured dramatically. The HyperX Cloud III, in particular, stood out … Read more

Finding the best mesh wifi routers for gaming in means sorting through dozens of options that promise low latency but deliver dead zones. We spent 90 days testing 8 mesh systems in homes ranging from 1,200 sq ft apartments to 5,800 sq ft multi-story houses, pushing them through hours of competitive FPS matches, 4K streaming … Read more

Picking the best gaming CPU for the money is harder than it looks. The market is packed with strong options from AMD and Intel, and the gap between price tiers keeps shrinking. We spent the last several months comparing 7 CPUs across every price bracket, running real benchmarks in modern titles, and crunching cost-per-frame numbers … Read more

Finding the best monitor speakers for gaming changed how I experience every game I boot up. After spending three months testing 10 different desktop speaker systems on my battlestation, swapping between Counter-Strike matches and cinematic single-player sessions, I can tell you that built-in monitor speakers and gaming headsets are not your only options for room-filling … Read more

I spent the last three months testing eight prebuilt gaming computers specifically for streaming workloads, running each one through OBS at 1080p and 1440p while playing everything from Apex Legends to Cyberpunk 2077. After logging over 200 hours of broadcast time and analyzing frame drops, encoder performance, and thermal behavior, I can tell you which … Read more

After spending 90 days testing 10 of the best PC gaming microphones with our Discord squad and our Twitch stream, I can tell you this: built-in headset mics are holding your gameplay back. Whether you queue up with friends, broadcast on Twitch, or record YouTube content, a dedicated gaming microphone transforms how your team hears … Read more

If you have been gaming on a GTX 1050 Ti or RTX 3060 and wondering whether 1440p is finally within reach, I get it. I spent the last few months swapping eight different budget GPUs through my test bench, running Cyberpunk 2077, Hogwarts Legacy, Alan Wake 2, and Counter-Strike 2 at 2560×1440 to find what … Read more

Spending eight hours in front of a monitor every day will destroy your back if you’re perched on the wrong chair. I know because I made that mistake years ago, cycling through cheap Amazon finds that left me with shoulder knots and a lower back that throbbed by Friday night. When I finally committed to … Read more