Announcing the 2025 Australian PC Awards finalists
It’s our business to tell you about the PC gear you should consider making yours. Every day and all through the year, our experts are using, testing, assessing and rating a huge range of gear – all with the aim of making you better informed when it comes to making a purchase decision.
Of the hundreds of products our team tests through each year, some shine more than others, and some are clearly head and shoulders above everything else. And which is what is what we’re here to decide.
The teams from TechRadar, along with our colleagues from PC Gamer, APC and PC PowerPlay reassessed all the top products we tested over the course of 2024 and, after much discussion and argument analysis, this is the list of finalists in the running for winning the 2025 Australian PC Awards.
Here, across 25 essential PC categories, are 141 product finalists and 32 company finalists, encompassing the gear we reckon is top notch.
The gear here is the cream of the crop, and we congratulate the companies and people who’ve worked on them for doing a great job!
Stay tuned, because coming up next is the big winners announcement, and you’ll find that right here on 14 March!
Finalists: Best motherboard maker
Finalists: Best value motherboard
Finalists: Best premium motherboard
Finalists: Best graphics card maker
Finalists: Best graphics card
Finalists: Best value CPU
Finalists: Best mid-range CPU
Finalists: Best premium CPU
Finalist: Best internal storage maker
Finalists: Best external storage maker
Finalists: Best value or 2-in-1 laptop
Finalists: Best premium laptop
Finalists: Best gaming laptop
Finalists: Best desktop PC maker / reseller
Finalists: Best memory maker
Finalists: Best cooling product
Finalists: Best monitor
Finalists: Best keyboard
Finalists: Best mouse
Finalists: Best gaming headset
Finalists: Best case
Finalists: Best router
For the person, product or technology that advanced the PC more than any other in 2024.
Finalists: Excellence
The company that impressed us the most, overall, in 2024.
Finalists: Gold
