I enjoy touching all the hardware bits that pass through PCG's offices, but this bit of kit was all but made for my upsettingly small baby hands

Gear of the Year

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Check out more of the year's best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025 coverage.

There's a lot I love about this job—particularly all of the opportunities I now enjoy getting to smear my sticky little mitts all over a wide range of hardware. Looking back on a year of hardware reviews, plenty of premium bits of kit didn't impress me much—especially when each penny has felt especially precious in recent years. So, setting the coveted category awards aside...