Jeremy Laird
Jeremy Laird covers PC gaming hardware for PC Gamer with a particular focus on display technology and how it shapes the feel of modern games. He writes about gaming monitors, graphics hardware, and core components in a way that connects spec sheets to what players actually see on screen. His work stands out for its emphasis on the experience of high-end visuals and smoothness rather than raw benchmark numbers alone.
Gaming monitors and the art of OLED
Laird spends a large share of his time on monitors, especially the latest wave of OLED and high-refresh displays. He tests panels in detail, looking at contrast, brightness, motion handling, and color performance to decide whether new models truly move picture quality forward. In pieces on new OLED gaming screens such as MSI’s latest high-end models, he weighs their deep blacks and fast response times against concerns like brightness limits and long-term durability, explaining where the technology now feels “finished” and where it still needs work.
Across his recent monitor coverage he treats features like 240 Hz refresh rates, ultrawide formats, HDR support, and variable refresh as tools that matter only if they improve the moment-to-moment feel of a game.
He often frames reviews around whether a new display meaningfully changes how racing games, shooters, or cinematic titles look and play, not just whether it posts impressive lab figures. This blend of technical evaluation and experiential judgment makes his monitor writing especially useful for readers weighing expensive upgrades.
PC components with an eye on the gaming experience
Beyond displays, Laird regularly covers the rest of the gaming PC stack, from graphics cards and processors to storage and memory.
His hardware pieces explain how new GPU generations, CPU core counts, and faster SSDs translate into real-world frame rates, load times, and overall system responsiveness. He tends to concentrate on how parts interact in a complete build, highlighting where a GPU is bottlenecked by a weaker CPU or where a fast monitor is wasted on an underpowered system.
He often breaks down complex technologies such as ray tracing, upscaling, or frame generation in plain language, tying them to the hardware that makes them possible.
Rather than treating GPUs and CPUs as isolated products, he looks at them in terms of game engines, resolutions, and settings that most players actually use. This approach narrows the gap between enthusiast component reviews and practical buying decisions for people focused on gaming first.
Value-focused advice for enthusiasts
Laird’s coverage also includes buying guides and deal-driven pieces that help readers navigate a cluttered hardware market.
He highlights where mid-range monitors or components deliver most of the experience of halo products at a much lower price, and where it genuinely makes sense to pay more. His lists and roundups tend to compare several options within a category, identifying sweet spots in size, resolution, and performance that balance ambition with budget.
In these service-oriented articles he stresses long-term usability and build balance over chasing single headline specs. He points out when an ultra-high refresh rate or extreme resolution adds little for the cost, and instead steers attention to more balanced combinations of GPU, display, and storage. That consistent focus on value makes his work a reference point for readers trying to time upgrades or assemble a coherent gaming rig.
Experienced technology journalist with a hardware bent
Laird has worked as a technology journalist for many years, concentrating on PC hardware and gaming-focused components. Alongside his monitor and component reviews, he contributes explainers and analysis pieces that place new products in the context of wider trends such as the push to OLED, the evolution of ray tracing support in games, or the growing demands of high-refresh 4K gaming. Across formats, his writing is marked by clear, unadorned prose and a preference for concrete testing impressions over marketing language.
What distinguishes his work on the technology beat is the combination of deep monitor expertise and a system-level view of gaming performance. Whether he is assessing an OLED display, a new graphics card, or a storage upgrade, the consistent question is how much better modern games will look and feel once the hardware is installed.
That through-line makes his byline especially relevant when the story involves premium visuals, cutting-edge PC components, or the trade-offs that come with chasing the best possible image quality.
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