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Katharine Byrne

When Katharine's not glued to her Wii U and 3DS, she's usually found darting between tiny smartphones and huge pieces of home cinema equipment.She’s tested everything from laptops and monitors to motherboards and projectors, but she currently specialises in smartphones, games and AV.

Recent articles by Katharine Byrne

Gigabyte 970A-DS3P
Gigabyte 970A-DS3P review
Motherboards

It doesn't have many ports, but this ATX AM3+ board is a good foundation for an AMD FX processor

£50 inc VAT
Asus A88XM-PLUS
Asus A88XM-PLUS review
Motherboards

With excellent performance and a great price, this is a great budget FM2+ board with a user-friendly UEFI BIOS

£56 inc VAT
Asus A88X-PRO
Asus A88X-PRO review
Motherboards

A fantastic FM2+ motherboard that's highly adaptable and easy to use, but it's very expensive

£136 inc VAT
Asus Z87-A
Asus Z87-A review
Motherboards

Excellent performance and a wide range of ports and expansion slots make this a great Intel board for Haswell processors

£100 inc VAT
MSI Z87-G43
MSI Z87-G43 review
Motherboards

A superb LGA1150 motherboard for under £80 with great performance and plenty of expansion ports

£79 inc VAT
AOC myUltraSpeed G2460Pqu
AOC myUltraSpeed G2460Pqu review
PC monitors

Good for gaming, with great contrast, but colour accuracy is below average

£230 inc VAT
Asus X102BA
Asus X102BA review
Laptops Motherboards

This cheap, touchscreen laptop is infuriatingly slow and we don’t recommend it

£289 inc VAT
Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 review
Gaming

Superb combat and deliciously gory action, but unwelcome stealth sections and uninspiring world design dampen this otherwise fine sequel

£27 inc VAT
Jazzpunk
Jazzpunk review
Gaming

A little expensive for such a short game, but Jazzpunk's brilliantly bizarre humour and off-the-wall ideas are worth the trip

£12 inc VAT
Gigabyte P35K
Gigabyte P35K review
Laptops

A super-powerful 15.6in gaming laptop with lots of ports and a comfortable keyboard

£1130 inc VAT