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A comfortable chair is an essential part of any gaming setup. As gaming sessions can easily extend to several hours, the designers of these chairs have thought about how gamers sit, how they move, and what they need most from their chair. The long time spent in a gaming chair is offset by features such as ergonomic padding, higher backrests, winged shoulder support, lumbar support pads and adjustable armrests - these all help support the body in the best possible way and help prevent stress and strains on the body.

However, despite the name, it’s not just gamers who use gaming chairs. They are ideal for regular use too, as all the attributes described above apply if you work in an office and want to boost your comfort and thus your productivity, work from home and want to improve your existing environment or even if you have mobility issues and need extra support when seated.

Adding a microphone to your computer setup opens up your gaming experience and substantially improves your streaming quality. With literally thousands of streamers out there, an engaging and clearly recorded commentary on your stream is the best way to distinguish yourself. Microphones are either free-standing or can be mounted on an arm and connect via 3.5mm analogue minijack or USB.

Docking stations extend the functionality of laptops, adding more USB ports for peripherals and display ports for external monitors. Some docking stations also add a RJ45 LAN port, useful if your thin and light laptop doesn't have a port of its own.

External GPU enclosures (eGPU boxes) enable you to boost the performance of your laptop. Most eGPU boxes connect via a Thunderbolt 3 port, and can be used to speed up games plus a variety of GPU-accelerated tasks such as rendering, video encoding and colour grading.

eGPU boxes support a wide range of NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards, so please ensure that the model you’re interested in supports the graphics card you’re planning to use.

FireWire and Thunderbolt are standards for connecting multimedia and external storage devices to PCs, laptops and Apple devices. Originating in 1986 and 2011 respectively, both standards have evolved into various revisions, adding support for progressively higher transfer rates.

Make sure to check which versions of FireWire or Thunderbolt your devices support so you can choose a compatible cable.

Gamepads provide a console like feeling to PC games, whether your sitting at your desk or on the sofa.

Choose from a wide variety of colours and styles, including some high-end models that are upgradeable with different buttons for particular types of games.

A gaming mouse is a vital peripheral for PC gamers, and regardless of your budget it's important to pick the right one. The most important consideration is what sort of feel you want. For instance, most cheaper mice use a common shape, whereas gaming and specialist mice are designed for better ergonomic fit and improved comfort over longer usage periods.

These accessories enhance your gaming by providing a better surface for your mouse, improving its accuracy and responsiveness.s.

Mouse mats are available in a wide variety of shapes, from traditional rectangular designs to massive widescreen format mats, what’s right for you depends on the space you have available.

You can also choose between soft fabric mats and hard plastic mouse mats, choosing one over the other is purely down to personal preference – there is no clear advantage of one over the other. Finally, some mouse mats also include RGB lighting and Qi wireless charging when wired up to your PC over USB.

Alongside our own Scan 3XS Systems gaming laptops, we also offer a hand-picked selection of gaming laptops from the leading manufacturers, such as Asus, Acer, AORUS, Gigabyte, MSI and Razer.

Our range of high-end gaming laptops are built around the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card, based on the Blackwell architecture and powered by 7,680 CUDA cores, 64 RT cores, 256 Tensor cores and 16GB of memory. This delivers high framerates in games and content creation applications plus advanced features such as RTX raytracing, DLSS, Reflex and Broadcast. These laptops also include GeForce Experience that automatically configures games for the best quality settings for a hassle-free gaming experience.

Alongside our own Scan 3XS Systems gaming laptops, we also offer a hand-picked selection of gaming laptops from the leading manufacturers, such as Asus, Acer, AORUS, Gigabyte, MSI and Razer.

Our range of high-end gaming laptops are built around the flagship NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, based on the Blackwell architecture and powered by 10,496 CUDA cores, 82 RT cores, 328 Tensor cores and 24GB of memory. This delivers the highest framerates in games and content creation applications plus advanced features such as RTX raytracing, DLSS, Reflex and Broadcast. These laptops also include GeForce Experience that automatically configures games for the best quality settings for a hassle-free gaming experience.

Handheld consoles let you take your gaming anywhere, in a far smaller and more portable package than a gaming laptop.

Choose from a wide variety of handheld gaming consoles including Windows- and Android-powered models.

Headphones (just speakers) and headsets (with added microphone) are a great alternative to speakers for gaming, listening to music and office phone/video calls. They can connect via a 3.5mm analogue minijack, wired or wireless USB or by wireless Bluetooth.

In-ear headphones and headsets fit into your ears rather than cover them like many other type of headphones. This makes them very compact and convenient for when you're on the move. We stock both wired and wireless versions.

Keyboards are a vital peripheral for PC users, and regardless of your budget it's important to pick the right one. The most important consideration is what sort of feel you want. For instance, most cheaper keyboards use dome switches mounted on top of a membrane, giving very little tactile feedback. You may want to consider choosing a keyboard with mechanical switches as these provide much greater tactile feedback. Mechanical switches are available in different grades, denoted by a colour - black, brown and blue for instances and each has its own set of characteristics.

These keyboard feature mechanical switch technology offering a wide choice of preferences when it comes to key travel, tactile force and noise. There is a also huge variety of colours and styles, including backlit and RGB-illuminated keyboards. They are connected via either USB, or WiFi or Bluetooth wireless technology.

Keyboards are a vital peripheral for PC users, and regardless of your budget it's important to pick the right one. The most important consideration is what sort of feel you want. For instance, most cheaper keyboards use dome switches mounted on top of a membrane, offering low noise but giving very little tactile feedback. You may want to consider choosing a keyboard with mechanical switches as these provide much greater tactile feedback. Mechanical switches are available in different grades, denoted by a colour - black, brown and blue for instances and each has its own set of characteristics.

These keyboard feature membrane technology, providing a cost-effective yet satisfying gaming feel. There is a huge variety of colours and styles, including backlit and RGB-illuminated keyboards. They are connected via either USB, or WiFi or Bluetooth wireless technology.

Whether you're gaming, listening to music or watching videos, PC speakers are an essential item in your setup. Dedicated PC speakers provide far superior sound quality than the tiny speakers integrated into monitors.

PC speakers come in all shapes and sizes, and are available in 2.0 (stereo), 2.1 (two speakers plus a subwoofer), 5.1 (five speakers plus a subwoofer) and 7.1 (seven speakers plus a subwoofer) configurations for increasingly immersive surround sound.

USB is the most common bus used to connect a huge variety of external devices to PCs, laptops and servers. It is not only used by peripherals such as keyboards and mice, but also storage devices such as external drives, smartphone and tablets and more.

These mains sockets feature USB ports - either USB-A, USB-C or a combination of both, enabling you to easily charge multiple devices such as smartphones and tablets at once.

Laptop stands are perfect if you regularly use your laptops at a desk. They can lift a laptop higher to help improve posture, prop the keyboard at a more comfortable position, and increase the amount of space that's available on your desk. And, if you've got a laptop that runs very hot, try a cooler - the extra fan(s) should be enough to help chill your laptop.

Web cameras are an essential part of the modern office setup, especially when working remotely. Even if you don't always turn on the camera during a Teams or Zoom call, webcams can be used as a microphone, enabling you to converse with colleagues, customers and suppliers.

A gaming headsets is a must have item for every gamer, not only as an alternative to speakers for late night gaming sessions, but also the built in microphone enables you to coordinate with teammates or taunt enemies online. Not only that, but most headphones provide better positonal order than speakers, so you're better able to judge if somebody is on your own left or right.

Wired gaming heasets connect to your PC using either an analogue 3.5mm minijack or USB cable. This means that unlike a wireless gaming headset you don't need to worry about the batteries running out at an inopportune moment, but you are tethered to your PC.