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 best wireless gaming headsets 2024
By Dave Meikleham, Marshall Honorof last updated
Choose one of the best wireless gaming headsets for the PC, PS5, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch.
Act fast! Xbox 360 Marketplace closes forever today — 7 games I’d buy from less than $1
By Dave Meikleham last updated
19 years after the Xbox 360 launched, Microsoft is closing its official Marketplace for good today, and the company has discounted many games in the final hours that the service will be live.
Is it just me or is the CGI in 'House of the Dragon' kinda crappy?
By Dave Meikleham last updated
Despite being one of the most expensive TV productions ever made, the effects work in ‘House of the Dragon’ is bafflingly inconsistent.
Steam and Half-Life Alyx could save PSVR 2’s bacon thanks to a new app
By Dave Meikleham published
A PSVR 2 Steam app is set to launch in August, a day before Sony releases a PC adapter for its headset.
As a PC gamer I’ve been taking AI for granted for way too long — that stops now
By Dave Meikleham published
Nvidia’s AI-driven supersampling method has massively improved my gaming experiences over the past few years.
This new RTX 4090, 240Hz beast could be the gaming laptop of my dreams — and you can buy it right now
By Dave Meikleham published
The Maingear ML-17 is available to buy now, and hoo-boy does it pack in some monster components.
I test gaming laptops for a living — and this is by far my favorite of the year so far
By Dave Meikleham last updated
OLED and G-Sync combining in a gaming laptop at last? Heck yes!
Hurry! The highest scoring gaming headset we’ve ever reviewed is on sale at Amazon
By Dave Meikleham published
The SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5 is the greatest gaming headset we've ever tested, and now you can save some money on it thanks to a post-Prime Day Amazon sale.
I love Xbox but the idea of a cloud-only Game Pass tier is terrifying — here’s why
By Dave Meikleham published
Microsoft is apparently considering an Xbox Game Pass cloud-only subscription following the service coming to Amazon Fire TV.
I just spent $7 on this essential Steam app that can triple frame rates in PC games
By Dave Meikleham published
‘Lossless scaling’ is an upscaler and a form of frame generation that is both incredible and super-cheap on Steam.
I finally bought my first gaming laptop — why the hell did I wait so long?!
By Dave Meikleham last updated
Even though I write about computing for a living, it's taken an exceptional gaming laptop to finally convince me to buy one.
Microsoft and CrowdStrike online outage goes global — here’s all the services that are affected
By Dave Meikleham published
A failed driver update from cybersecurity specialists CrowdStrike has caused an online outage across the world.
Latest PS5 Pro rumor points to a possible September reveal — and release date this year
By Dave Meikleham published
If new reporting is accurate, the rumored PS5 Pro could be revealed at the Tokyo Game Show in September, before launching this November.
Who needs Prime Day? This HDMI upscaler makes playing Switch games on my TV much better
By Dave Meikleham published
The Marseille mClassic is a fantastic HDMI upscaler that makes Nintendo Switch games look noticeably smoother, especially on bigger TVs.
If you’re a GeForce Now subscriber, it’s now easier than ever to stream some of the best Xbox Series X games through the Nvidia cloud service.
By Dave Meikleham, Jason England published
You can now stream Xbox games on GeForce Now directly from Microsoft’s site
Prime Day iPad deals — 7 UK deals I recommend
By Dave Meikleham last updated
Here are the best Prime Day iPad deals that you should buy now before they're gone at midnight!
Prime Day MacBook deals — 7 UK deals I recommend
By Dave Meikleham last updated
Save some serious money on select MacBook models in the final hours of Amazon Prime Day!
Best Prime Day laptop deals — 11 epic UK sales I recommend from just £129
By Dave Meikleham last updated
Save yourself boatloads of cash on a portable PC from Acer, Asus, Dell, Lenovo and more with our round up of the best Amazon Prime Day laptop deals right now in the UK.
9 best games of 2024 (so far) on PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X and PC
By Rory Mellon published
These are the best games we've played in 2024 (to date) from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth to Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.
This is the best iPad case I’ve ever bought and it’s reduced in early Prime Day deal
By Dave Meikleham published
A budget but brilliant cover has made me love my new iPad Pro 2024 that much more.
Forget Prime Day — one of the best OLED monitors I’ve ever owned is $100 off right now
By Dave Meikleham published
The incredible Alienware AW3423DWF is on sale again ahead of Prime Day, and this is one of the best curved gaming monitors we've ever reviewed.
Microsoft just made Game Pass more expensive and it looks like a mistake
By Dave Meikleham published
Subscription costs for Xbox Game Pass are on the rise across the world. Here’s what we know.
Xbox Game Pass is now available on Amazon Fire TV — what you need to know
By Dave Meikleham published
The new Xbox app brings Game Pass to select Amazon Fire sticks, and it’s being rolled out across 25 countries this week.
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