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Most gaming setups overspend on peripherals that don't affect gameplay and underspend on the ones that do. Here's where your money actually makes a difference — and where it genuinely doesn't.

Under £200 you can get a genuinely capable gaming display — but panel type, resolution, and refresh rate matter more than the price tag. Here's what actually works and what to avoid.

£700 is a meaningful step up from budget territory, but is it the right place to stop — or just close enough to a better tier that you should push further? Here's the honest breakdown.

£500 is tight for a gaming PC build, but it's still doable if you know where to spend and where to cut. Here's a realistic component list, honest performance expectations, and the mistakes to avoid.

Does CPU brand actually matter for gaming, or is it just fanboy noise? Here's the honest answer based on real builds, real bottlenecks, and where AMD and Intel genuinely differ.

Air cooler or AIO liquid cooler — which one actually makes sense for your build? Here's the honest breakdown based on real-world cooling performance, noise, reliability and price.

Trying to decide between a custom PC and a pre-built? We break down the real costs, component quality differences, upgrade potential, and which option actually makes sense for your budget and goals.

VRAM gets blamed for a lot of GPU problems that aren't actually VRAM problems. Here's how much you genuinely need at 1080p, 1440p and 4K, and where buyers tend to overspend or undershoot.

Intel's Core Ultra branding sounds like a generational leap, but does it actually translate into better gaming performance than AMD Ryzen? Here's the honest breakdown based on what actually matters at the desk.