James Archer
Hardware Editor
James had previously hung around beneath the RPS treehouse as a freelancer, before being told to drop the pine cones and climb up to become hardware editor. He has over a decade’s experience in testing/writing about tech and games, something you can probably tell from his hairline.
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The Beastmaster of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, part four: the last bite
The life and death of Bohdan Beastmaster
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The best microSD cards for the Steam Deck
Expand your Steam Deck’s storage with these tried-and-tested cards
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The Beastmaster of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, part three: the stalker becomes the stalkered
Not the kind of follower I was hoping for
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Best graphics cards: the top gaming GPUs
Our top graphics card picks for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K
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Mandatory ray tracing makes Indiana Jones and the Great Circle pretty yet brutal, like Indy himself
It’s not the years, honey, it’s the RT cores
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The Beastmaster of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, part two: the Zone bites back
Even in a no-guns run, Chornobyl’s mutants aren’t keen to cooperate
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Battlemage lives: Intel announce the Arc B580 and B570 graphics cards
1440p-minded GPUs launch from December, both under $250
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One of the best cheap mechanical keyboards, Logitech’s G413 SE, is even better value on Cyber Monday
As little as £65 / $60 for a full-size mech board
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If you’re waiting on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, get prepped with Cyber Monday savings on compatible DDR5 RAM
The upgrade your upgrade deserves
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Cyber Monday slices up to 38% off the HyperX Pulsefire Haste, a lovely lightweight wireless mouse
Just £42 / $50 for one of the featheriest cordless mice in the business
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The Samsung T7, a modern classic of a portable SSD, is up to 45% off in the Cyber Monday sales
Small yet spacious, like all external drives should be
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Black Friday? Never heard of it. But the Asus ROG Ally is £100 / $150 off on Cyber Monday
It’s the faster Ryzen Z1 Extreme version, too
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Black Friday brings the first big discount on the 1TB Samsung Pro Plus, the Steam Deck microSD card to beat
Big storage, little investment
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Wants DLSS 3 for as little money as possible? Try these Black Friday deals on the RTX 4060
Down to £255 / $285 for tried-and-tested models
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Maybe for this Black Friday, I won’t mention the Logitech G502 Hero. Nah just kidding, it’s 68% off
History repeats itself
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Black Friday sees prices cuts on two great SteelSeries keyboards: one cheap and cheerful, the other plush and premium
Bargain keebs for all needs
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The Crucial T500 wins the battle of the Black Friday SSD deals, with better-than-half-price savings
One of the fastest SSDs for gaming goes cheap
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Speaking of Black Friday handheld PC deals, here’s the Lenovo Legion Go at its lowest price ever
Save £221 / $200 on the most unique portable PC around
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Black Friday is here, and so is the best Steam Deck SSD at up to 50% off
The Crucial P310 drops to £64 / $70 for 1TB
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The Beastmaster of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, part one: How to make friends and eviscerate people
No guns, no knives, only beasts
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The HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless, my gaming headset of choice, is over £70 / $70 off for Black Friday
Big savings on a headset that just won’t die
