Richard Devine
Richard Devine is a Managing Editor at Windows Central with over a decade of experience. A former Project Manager and long-term tech addict, he joined Mobile Nations in 2011 and has been found on Android Central and iMore as well as Windows Central. Currently, you'll find him steering the site's coverage of all manner of PC hardware and reviews. Find him on Mastodon at mstdn.social/@richdevine
Latest articles by Richard Devine

Best Windows 10 Laptop for Kids in 2022
By Richard Devine last updated
Looking for a great laptop to give to the kids? Look no further, we've got something for everyone right here.

Best Dell Laptops Under $500 in 2022
By Richard Devine last updated
Getting a great Dell laptop doesn't have to mean spending thousands of dollars. If you're on a tighter budget, you can get something good for well under $500.

Best 4K Capture Cards for Xbox One X in 2022
By Richard Devine last updated
Want to share your crispy 4K Xbox One X gameplay with the world? You need a good capture card. These are the best of them.

Best Gaming Desktop PCs Under $500 in 2022
By Richard Devine last updated
Looking to get into PC gaming on a budget? Check out some of these great desktop rigs under $500.

Best barebones PC 2022
By Richard Devine last updated
If you're tempted by a barebones PC, the very best you can get comes from Intel and has a skull on top. This is no half-baked mini PC; this is full-fat in a low-fat box.

Best laptops with an optical drive 2022
By Richard Devine last updated
Need a new laptop but can't bear to lose the optical drive? It's not as common as it once was, but there are still some good laptops that boast one, and these are the ones to buy.

Best gaming keyboards 2022
By Richard Devine, Rich Edmonds last updated
Picking a new gaming keyboard can be tough because there are so many choices out there. We whittled down the selection and highlighted the ones you need.

Best Razer laptop 2021
By Richard Devine last updated
In the market for a Razer laptop? Check out why we chose the Razer Blade as the best option for most people, whether you're into gaming or not.

Best gaming mouse pad 2021
By Brendan Lowry, Richard Devine last updated
Don't waste your expensive gaming mouse on a sub-par surface, grab one of these great mouse pads to make the most of it and up your in-game performance!

Guilded is the Discord alternative you didn't know you needed
By Richard Devine last updated
If you're a gamer and you haven't checked out Guilded yet, you're missing out.

How to make your power-hungry gaming PC as eco as possible
By Richard Devine last updated
Gaming PCs are pretty demanding, but that doesn't mean you can't take steps to be as power-efficient as possible.

Remembering Project Gotham Racing, Microsoft's first great racer
By Richard Devine last updated
Did you ever play the Project Gotham Racing series on the first two Xbox consoles? If you didn't, you missed out. Let's take a trip down memory lane and look back on Microsoft's first great racer.

If you're going to buy your student one headset for school, gaming, and audio, this should be it
By Richard Devine last updated
The new Razer BlackShark V2 ticks all the boxes for the student going back to school this year.

Decade in review: AMD made major gains against Intel in the 2010s
By Rich Edmonds, Richard Devine last updated
Intel spent much of this decade all alone churning out minor CPU upgrades, but we take a look at how AMD managed to claw its way back onto the field.

The ASUS ROG XG Station 2 puts desktop graphics power in regular laptops
By Richard Devine last updated
At Computex 2016 out in Taipei we've had chance to check out ASUS' latest graphics box which can add the power of a GTX 1080 to the brand new Transformer 3 Pro.

AMD set to show its latest innovations at Computex on June 1
By Richard Devine last updated
Interested to see what's next from Team Red? AMD is throwing a press event at Computex on June 1 where we'd be hopeful to hear more about its next-gen graphics architecture, Polaris.

How to install the Windows Package Manager preview
By Richard Devine last updated
Microsoft is developing its own Linux-style package manager to make installing software much quicker. Here's how you can install it yourself right now.
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