PC Gamer’s highest rated hardware favourites of 2024, plus five dishonorable mentions | Gaming

To paraphrase an absolute belter from Andrew W.K., we here at PC Gamer do what we like and like what we do. Some may call us needlessly picky for it, but I prefer the word ‘connoisseur.’ Either way, that means it takes a lot for any hardware to nab a review score of 90 or more from us, and only 30 different bits of kit managed to do just that this year. So, let’s get a party going.

Those 30 hardware hits mean we enjoyed five more favourites than last year, though 2024’s extra candidates are really something special. It’s been a bumper year—so much so we’ve even got a three-way tie for the best OLED gaming monitor (more on that in a bit).

Besides that crowded edge of the podium, there are plenty of surprises ahead. For just one very honorable mention, who would have thought that we’d…more

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