Emily Parker

When I built my first 1080p gaming rig with an RX 9060 XT, I expected RDNA 4 to deliver solid frame rates. What I did not expect was how much the AIB partner choice would change the experience. Two cards with the same GPU can run 8°C apart at idle, sound completely different under load, … Read more

Finding the best AMD Radeon graphics cards for gaming in means sorting through a stack that ranges from the RDNA 4 flagship RX 9070 XT down to last-gen RX 7000-series value picks. AMD’s lineup now covers every realistic budget tier, but the street prices in are higher than MSRP thanks to the ongoing DRAM shortage … Read more

The Achilles tank destroyer holds a special place in WWII history. It was the British answer to heavier German armor, a clever re-purposing of the American M10 chassis fitted with the fearsome 17-pounder gun. For scale modelers, this vehicle is a dream subject: open fighting compartment, distinctive counterweight, and a long gun barrel that demands … Read more

After six weeks of testing 8 cases with everything from 4-inch Funko Pops to 12-inch Hot Toys, I can tell you this: the best action figure display cases for collectors do three things well at once. They block dust, they showcase figures clearly, and they survive being opened a hundred times a year without falling … Read more

I lost a $200 Hot Toys figure to dust and UV yellowing before I ever owned my first lighted display case. That mistake is the reason I started obsessively researching the best action figure display cases with lights for my own collection, and what eventually led to this guide. For 15 years I have collected … Read more

Building a gaming PC in means one platform keeps coming up: AM5. AMD’s AM5 socket launched with the Ryzen 7000 series and now powers everything from the budget Ryzen 5 7600X up to the flagship Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Our team spent weeks testing these chips across 1080p, 1440p, and 4K gaming loads, plus streaming and … Read more

Picking the best AM5 motherboard for gaming in is harder than it looks. AMD’s AM5 socket has matured into a real powerhouse, supporting everything from the Ryzen 7600X all the way up to the 16-core 9950X, but the chipset stack is stacked with options and price points. I’ve personally built three AM5 systems over the … Read more

Finding the best AMD CPUs gaming and work in means balancing two things that rarely play nice together: high single-thread speed for smooth frame rates and enough cores to chew through video edits, 3D renders, and dozens of browser tabs. AMD’s current Ryzen lineup does both better than ever, thanks to the Zen 5 architecture, … Read more

I spent six weeks swapping eight different AMD Radeon cards into my test bench, running Cyberpunk 2077, Valorant, Elden Ring, and Spider-Man 2 back to back at 1920×1080. The short version: the best AMD Radeon GPUs for 1080p gaming in deliver an absurd amount of performance per dollar, and you no longer have to choose … Read more

The best AM5 CPU right now is the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, an 8-core Zen 5 chip with second-generation 3D V-Cache that consistently tops gaming benchmarks and runs cooler than its predecessor. After spending three months testing ten AM5 processors in our lab, the 9800X3D came out ahead for pure gaming, while the Ryzen 7 … Read more