Dave Meikleham
Dave is a computing editor at Tom’s Guide and covers everything from cutting-edge laptops, the latest GPU tech, to ultrawide monitors. When he’s not worrying about dead pixels, Dave enjoys regularly rebuilding his PC for absolutely no reason at all. He built his first rig over 20 years ago, and he’s gone through more motherboards than he’s had hot dinners. Probably.
In a previous life, he worked as a video game journalist during a career spanning the best part of two decades. Over that time he worked across both online and print, with bylines for GamesRadar+, PC Gamer, TechRadar, Edge and the Official UK PlayStation Magazine. He’s almost amassed an immeasurable amount of bad puns.
An avid PC and console gamer, Dave enjoys breaking out Fraps way too often as he obsesses over frame rates. Despite owning a graphics card that costs roughly the same as your average used car, he still enjoys gaming on the go and is regularly glued to his Switch. Away from tech, most of Dave’s time is taken up by walking his husky, obsessing about his various OLED displays and sweating over the fitness of half a dozen Arsenal players on any given week.
Latest articles by Dave Meikleham
I've never bounced harder off a Bethesda game than Starfield — and the Steam data shows I'm not alone
By Dave Meikleham last updated
Recent damning Steam Charts data points to a player base that is rapidly losing interest in a game that promised near limitless potential.
Steam Deck has made me fall back in love with my gaming PC — here's why
By Dave Meikleham last updated
Thanks to Valve’s handy cross-save features I've started using my gaming rig a whole lot more over the last few weeks
It's official — dogs are now better at video games than humans
By Dave Meikleham published
Having a hard day? Cheer yourself up by reading a story about a doggo that’s attempting to speedrun an old school NES game in the name of charity.
Project Silica — how Microsoft’s new glass storage could change the world
By Dave Meikleham published
Microsoft's glass-based storage technqiue has the ability to house colossal amounts of information in a tiny form factor that's capable of lasting for thousands of years.
Asus Zenbook Pro 14 OLED review
By Dave Meikleham published
The Asus Zenbook Pro 14 OLED is a speedy productivity laptop that's also good for gaming, but it can't match the competition in terms of display quality or battery life.
Lenovo could be trying to kill the Chromebook with its own new Android OS
By Dave Meikleham published
A new Android-based OS known as ‘Esper Foundation’ could spell the end for Lenovo’s Chromebooks.
The Crew Motorfest isn’t Forza Horizon 5 — but at least you can play it for free right now
By Dave Meikleham published
Motorfest may not have the quality to take Forza's first place podium crown, yet Ubisoft is currently offering up a five day free trial on its open-world racer.
New MacBooks with M3 chip just tipped to launch next year — here's what we know
By Dave Meikleham published
Apple's M3 chipset is as inevitable as Thanos, and new shipping reports heavily point to new laptops launching with the rumored, extra powerful silicon next year.
This free update makes Red Dead remaster on PS5 worth the money — here's why
By Dave Meikleham published
Own a PS5? There's never been a better time to play Rockstar's sandbox classic thanks to this newly released patch.
The LG G3 is a game-changing OLED and the real ‘king of 4K TVs’ — here’s why
By Dave Meikleham published
Thought the LG C2 OLED was the best TV around? Think again.
How the best looking game on Steam Deck helped me deal with the death of my dad
By Dave Meikleham published
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is an extraordinary game about loss
I’ve never been happier to own my Xbox Series X — here’s why
By Dave Meikleham published
High-profile releases have helped me fall back in love with the console
I just switched to a MacBook Air as a hardcore Windows user of over 20 years — here's what happened
By Dave Meikleham published
Can Apple’s brilliant MacBook Air 15-inch M2 win the heart of a PC lover who’s been using Windows since he was a kid? Let’s find out.
Google unveils Chromebook Plus laptops with world-beating webcams
By Dave Meikleham published
A new Chromebook Plus lineup of laptops promises 1080p+ webcams with noise reduction and AI to help enhance your video call’s clarity and lighting.
Voting for the Golden Joysticks Awards 2023 is now open — give your favorite games some nomination love
By Dave Meikleham published
You can now vote for some of your favorite games in the Golden Joystick Awards 2023.
EA Sports FC 24: New name, same ace soccer game
By Dave Meikleham published
What’s in a name? EA’s chart-topping soccer sim may no longer boast the FIFA branding, but when it comes to on-pitch action, it remains a class act.
Meta Quest 3 games — everything we know so far
By Dave Meikleham published
Meta Quest 3 is releasing soon, and it's already looking like the VR headset will have a strong line-up of games before too long.
How to find and sell contraband in Starfield
By Dave Meikleham published
Want to find and sell Starfield contraband? We'll walk you through the necessary, oh so criminal steps
One of the best PS5 games is finally coming to PC — let’s hope it gets a better port than its predecessor
By Dave Meikleham published
The amazing, previously PS5-exclusive Horizon Forbidden West is headed to PC in early 2024.
LG is releasing a 17-inch foldable OLED laptop — and I want to throw all my money at it
By Dave Meikleham published
The LG Gram Fold can fuction as a 17-inch tablet, a portable monitor, or as a 12.3-inch laptop with a keyboard attached.
Microsoft’s discless Xbox future is a slap in the face to everyone who loves physical media
By Dave Meikleham published
With Microsoft's leaked console refreshes seemingly due out next year, the end of Xbox discs is about to go the way of the dodo.
The leaked new Xbox Series X is a downgrade over the current model — here's why
By Dave Meikleham published
The refreshed Xbox Series X that’s due out in late 2024 may pack in better Wi-Fi, but the rumors it will lose the current console’s disc drive is a huge bummer for this movie buff.
Steam Deck has turned this high-end PC gamer into a complete handheld convert
By Dave Meikleham last updated
Our UK computing editor used to be addicted to 60 frame rate experiences, but Valve's brilliant portable PC has stamped out that fps snobbery.
I used the Steam Deck as my main work PC for a day — it was a glorious, semi-successful disaster
By Dave Meikleham published
Steam Deck is a wonderfully malleable device, so much so, it can actually act as a (just about workable) laptop replacement… not that I’d recommend using Valve’s handheld PC in this way.