Elgato's Stream Deck+ adds knobs and an LCD for even more info at a glance. If you're an aspiring (or successful) streamer looking to upgrade your production value, the Elgato Stream Deck family is an excellent way to put your most important controls at your fingertips. Right now you can score the upgraded Elgato Stream Deck +, with eight buttons, an LCD screen, and four knobs, for just $160, a $40 markdown from its usual price. As a former (unsuccessful) Twitch streamer, I can attest firsthand to how useful the Stream Deck was for managing my broadcasts while also gaming and dealing with chat. The main draw here is close integration with streaming platforms like OBS, letting you adjust stream parameters, mute or unmute audio tracks, and even change layouts with the press of a button.

In this yearly penultimate episode of The Full Nerd, Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, Adam Patrick Murray, and Will Smith came ready to brawl. Picking the best PC hardware of the year is no easy task, especially in a year that proved momentous for the future of computing. Heck, we couldn't even agree on a shared of definition of what "best" means – you know it when you see it -- but each participant brought his or her own picks for the best PC hardware and trends of 2023 before we all hashed out a single winner in each category. But considering how long it took to pick winners, it's probably best that we streamlined categories a bit this year. Note that this list is separate from PCWorld's wider best PC hardware and software of 2024 and best work from home tech of 2024; The Nerdies (as well call'em) are the opinion of our Full Nerd crew only.