PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2022: The best gear of year

Because the wan solar fades on this bleak 12 months of 2022 we’re given to look again and take into consideration all we’ve to be pleased about. And in PC gaming tech phrases which means we’re all of the gaming gear launched over the previous 12 months to choose our favorite tech in a bunch of various classes.

And you recognize what? That features graphics playing cards this 12 months, in an precise significant method. We paid lip service to GPUs final 12 months, once they existed in a principally theoretical relatively than bodily sense, however lastly, we are able to really purchase new playing cards. I imply, they’re nonetheless woefully costly if you wish to get in on the most recent technology, however the last-gen GPUs are actually genuinely reasonably priced. Particularly should you’re trying on the AMD facet of the graphics card divide.

We have additionally began to see the primary inroads of OLED panel expertise into our desktop gaming screens, too, as each Samsung and LG have began transport screens into shows from the likes of Alienware and Corsair. To lesser or higher impact, it needs to be stated…

There have been new CPU generations from each Intel and AMD, with the latter retiring its venerable AM4 socket and eliminating these horribly pliable pins on its chips. Although now we’ve to fret about errant thumbs jamming into the sockets of AMD motherboards as a substitute. Dr. Su giveth and Dr. Su taketh away.

It is also been the 12 months of the Steam Deck, a bit of tech we love for all its flaws and faint jankiness, it is probably the most PC bits of {hardware} launched this 12 months. And it is a frickin’ handheld.

However with out additional ado, listed below are the winners of PC Players annual {hardware} awards. I provide the finest {hardware} of 2022.