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When it comes time to build your next PC, the first thing you do is run out to the reviews. What graphics card is best for gaming? What CPU do I need for video editing? Is Nvidia or AMD better? Our job as PC hardware reviewers is to guide you in the right direction. Our hardware reviews are more data-driven than experiential products like monitors or TVs because, at the end of the day, the main question with PC hardware is what performance you can get at what price. A little more is involved than just playing a few…

So far, 2023 has been a good year for gaming laptops. We’re getting next-gen CPUs like Intel’s 13th-gen Raptor Lake and AMD’s Ryzen 7000 series, to go with Nvidia’s GeForce 40 series GPUs. And that’s not to mention the impressive new mini-LED displays hitting the market. The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i and Asus Strix Scar 17 are two gaming machines that stick with IPS displays but pack in the latest components otherwise. It’s an Intel versus AMD battle as well, showing off two of the fastest processors you can get in a…

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D MSRP $450.00 “The fastest gaming CPU you can buy, even beating out much more expensive options.” Pros Chart-topping gaming performance Great value Solid multi-core and productivity performance AM5 is getting cheaper Cons Weak single-core performance…

Lenovo Legion Tower 7i MSRP $3,350.00 “The Lenovo Legion Tower 7i makes one big mistake, but it gets almost everything else right.” Pros Flagship 4K gaming performance Support for DLSS 3 Fully upgradable Sleek, attractive design Cons RAM runs at slower speed…