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 made Steam Deck even better thanks to this new update — here’s how
By Dave Meikleham published
AMD FSR 3.1 has finally come to a select few Steam Deck games and it provides an easy way to boost performance.
The best Steam Deck accessory I've ever bought just got a big pre-Prime Day price cut
By Dave Meikleham published
Want to get even more out of your Steam Deck? Try pairing it to a dock; like this fantastic, discounted model.
These 8 classic titles could be coming to Xbox Game Pass — here’s what we know
By Dave Meikleham published
A trio of classic video game franchises could soon be made available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Computex 2024 Day 5 — 6 amazing gadgets you need to see
By Dave Meikleham published
Our team is on the ground and testing out all the must-see technology from the final day of Computex 2024.
Computex 2024 Day 4 — 7 incredible gadgets you need to see
By Dave Meikleham published
Our team is on the ground and testing out all the must-see technology from the latest day of Computex 2024.
Computex 2024 Day 3 — 8 amazing new gadgets you need to see
By Dave Meikleham published
Computex 2024 is going from strength to strength, and our team on the ground in Taipei keeps getting bowled over by the incredible computing tech they’re seeing at the event.
Computex 2024 Day 2 — 7 exciting new gadgets you need to see
By Dave Meikleham published
Computex 2024 is building momentum, and these are the biggest and coolest pieces of tech we've seen on Day 2 of the mega computing event.
Intel finally unveils Lunar Lake — here’s why Qualcomm should be scared
By Dave Meikleham published
Intel just unveiled its potentially most influential piece of silicon in years at Computex. Here’s why it could be a game-changer for AI laptops.
MSI Claw just got turbocharged with Intel's Lunar Lake chip — and it puts ROG Ally X on notice
By Dave Meikleham published
The new MSI Claw 8 AI Plus is larger and more powerful than its predecessor, and also sports a bigger battery for longer play sessions.
Nvidia G-Assist is the game-changing AI assistant I didn’t know I needed — here’s what it does
By Dave Meikleham published
The leader in GPU tech has just announced a potentially amazing new game feature at Comptuex 2024.
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