Ben Hardwidge

Joined: January 2023
Bio: Editor of Custom PC for over a decade, staff member since 2003, and general PC hardware enthusiast since 1989, Ben has seen it all, from the horrors of CGA graphics to the amazing ray-tracing GPUs of today. As well as overseeing the operations of the old Custom PC magazine and new Custom PC website, Ben still regularly reviews the latest graphics cards.

The future of Custom PC

Custom PC at PCGamesN

Feb 9, 2024

Best graphics card 2024

Best graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and GeForce RTX 4070

Nov 28, 2023

Intel Core i5-14400F specs and benchmarks leaked

Intel Core i5-14400F mockup

Nov 23, 2023

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 belongs in the trash

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 deserves the trash

Nov 17, 2023

Lian Li 011 Vision is the ultimate aquarium PC case

Lian Li 011 Vision PC case

Nov 17, 2023

Win an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, and a 4080 for your buddy

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and 4080 giveaway

Nov 17, 2023

New Nvidia driver update 546.17 adds Call of Duty: MW3 support

Nvidia Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 GeForce driver

Nov 14, 2023

AMD Ryzen 5700X3D and 5500X3D rumored to be on the way

Nov 14, 2023

Corsair unleashes its fastest SSD yet, meet the MP700 Pro

Corsair MP700 Pro SSD with air cooler

Nov 14, 2023

New Intel Arc GPU driver download fixes Starfield corruption

Intel Arc GPU driver fixes Starfield corruption

Nov 14, 2023

100 melted Nvidia RTX 4090 cards sent to repairman every month

100 melted Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 cards sent for repair

Nov 14, 2023

AMD Ryzen 8000G CPU release date revealed by Gigabyte

AMD Ryzen 8000G CPU release date revealed: AMD APU with Radeon graphics

Nov 13, 2023

Intel Core i9-14900KS appears in wild, clock speed revealed

Nov 13, 2023

Custom PC is 20 years old – happy birthday to us!

Custom PC magazine 20th birthday

Nov 10, 2023

Best RAM for gaming in 2024

Nov 9, 2023

Corsair puts screen on reservoir, result looks like Fisher Price toy

Corsair iCUE Link XD5 RGB Elite LCD reservoir with baby toys

Nov 7, 2023

Best Z790 motherboard

Nov 7, 2023

Best AIO cooler 2024

Best AIO Cooler

Oct 31, 2023

Best AMD AM5 motherboard 2024

Oct 31, 2023

Best CPU cooler 2024

Oct 26, 2023

Best PC builds, mods, gaming setups and game rooms

Best PC builds, mods, gaming setups, and game rooms

Oct 24, 2023

Intel 14th gen specs, price, release date, and latest news

Intel Core 17-14700K Photoshop mockup

Oct 17, 2023

Nvidia driver download guide for GeForce GPUs

Nvidia GeForce driver download

Sep 21, 2023

New Nvidia driver download 537.42 adds Phantom Liberty support

Nvidia driver 531.72 adds Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom LIberty support with DLSS 3.5

Sep 21, 2023

Intel combats AMD 3D V-Cache with its own cache stack

Intel combats AMD 3D V-Cache: Stack of Intel 13th-gen CPUs

Sep 20, 2023

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU reportedly 1.7x faster than 4090

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 mockup

Sep 18, 2023

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 price crashes to $549

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 price drop

Sep 13, 2023

New Nvidia driver 537.34 speeds up Starfield, supports Lies of P

Nvidia driver 537.74: Starfield performance boost

Sep 12, 2023

Intel Core i7-14700K specs, release date, and latest news

Intel Core i7-14700K mockup

Sep 12, 2023

Grab a 1TB Samsung 980 Pro SSD for $59 in this limited deal

Samsung 980 Pro offer

Sep 8, 2023

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT review – Asus TUF OC

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT review: Asus TUF OC graphics card

Sep 6, 2023

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT review – Sapphire Nitro+

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT review: Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT with box

Sep 6, 2023