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

The 13-inch iPad Air M2 is down to its lowest price ever in early Prime Day deal
By Dave Meikleham published
The 13-inch iPad Air M2 just got its lowest ever price in a tempting early Prime Day deal for tablet fans.

Hurry! This RTX 4060 gaming laptop is $300 off in early Prime Day deal
By Dave Meikleham published
The sturdy and capable Asus TUF A15 has just seen its price get slashed.

My Nintendo Switch is better than ever thanks to this cheap but brilliant accessory
By Dave Meikleham published
The Majority DX30 deliver the audio goods at a reasonable price point, and they’re great paired with a portable console.

Tom’s Guide asks: What’s your biggest laptop pet peeve?
By Alex Wawro published
Watch out for these common pitfalls when buying a laptop

Steam just got a game-changing new upgrade — I’m already obsessed
By Dave Meikleham published
'Game Recording' is in beta on Steam, and it's a brilliantly breezy feature to use.

I’ve been waiting for this PC controller for years — so why am I sad?
By Dave Meikleham published
The ‘Hori Wireless Horipad for Steam’ looks promising, yet a couple of factors dampen my enthusiasm for the new controller.

Hurry! This excellent curved gaming monitor is $180 off ahead of Prime Day
By Dave Meikleham published
The 34-inch Samsung Odyssey G5 is a cool gaming monitor that’s going for a great price in a limited time deal over at Amazon.

Act fast! My favorite PS5 controller just hit its lowest ever price
By Dave Meikleham published
Nacon's officially licensed controller has just hit its lowest ever price over at Amazon.

I made my gaming PC even better with this accessory I never knew I needed
By Dave Meikleham published
I bought a PC stand on wheels recently, and it’s made a massive difference to how I use my rig.

Hurry! Early Prime Day deal just slashed $600 off this epic Alienware x14 gaming laptop at Amazon
By Dave Meikleham last updated
The Alienware x14 R2 is an attractive gaming laptop with a decent GPU, and it just got a huge price drop.

I was planning to sell my Switch, but Nintendo just changed my mind
By Dave Meikleham published
Thanks to a particularly strong Nintendo Direct recently, I’m finally glad to be a Switch owner again.

13 best movie moments of all time — here’s our favorites
By Dave Meikleham last updated
We're hugely passionate about cinema here at Tom's Guide, and some of our team have broken down the movie moments that mean the most to them.

Act fast! This RTX 4070 gaming laptop is over $400 off at Amazon
By Dave Meikleham published
The Asus TUF Gaming A15 has all the power you'll need to tame the most graphically intensive games out there.

Hurry! The greatest TV I've ever owned is over $500 off at Amazon right now
By Dave Meikleham last updated
The LG G3 OLED TV has seen its price slashed over at Amazon once again. This is a truly remarkable set that's worth every penny.

Copilot+ PCs won’t run various apps and games at launch — what you need to know
By Dave Meikleham published
Various reports claim the new Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge AI laptop can’t run a raft of security apps, certain Adobe software and various popular video games.

The best gaming monitor I've ever owned just got an epic $700 price drop
By Dave Meikleham published
This discount on a brilliant Samsung gaming monitor I use every day for both work and play is one of the best deals I've seen all year.

I’ll never buy another iPad keyboard case and neither should you — here’s why
By Dave Meikleham published
The first ever OLED iPad is mighty expensive, so please don’t spend an extra $349 on a peripheral you don’t need.

Forget iPhone 16 — iPhone 17 just tipped to get as thin as the new iPad Pro
By Dave Meikleham last updated
Rumors continue to circulate that Cupertino is hard at work making the slimmest iPhone, MacBook and Apple Watch the company has ever made.

I’ve finally become a mechanical keyboard fan and I owe it all to a spilt soda
By Dave Meikleham last updated
A can of juice just cost me a keyboard that I loved, but my act of clumsiness has at least given me a newfound appreciation for Dell’s Alienware Pro.

This is the coolest gaming laptop I’ve tested all year but it's let down by a fatal flaw
By Dave Meikleham last updated
The HP Omen Transcend 14 looks amazing and can occasionally offer great gaming experiences, but it can’t deliver consistent results.

The world’s first ‘transflective' display could be a game-changer — here’s why
By Dave Meikleham published
The Eazeye Radiant is finishing up its crowdfunding campaign and is promising to be a lot kinder to the environment than traditional monitors.

Hurry! This powerful RTX 4070 gaming laptop is $350 off in epic Amazon limited time deal
By Dave Meikleham published
The Asus TUF Gaming A16 packs in a knockout GPU/CPU pairing that will tame the most demanding Steam games for under $1500.

The best headphones I've ever bought are $100 off at Amazon right now
By Dave Meikleham published
The best over-ear headphones Apple has ever made are going for their joint lowest ever price in a limited time Amazon deal.
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