Nate Rand has been an avid PC gamer since 2005, back when AGP slots were still a thing. He has been upgrading sketchy pre-built PCs and building high-performance gaming and workstation rigs since then. His crowning achievement of the pandemic was scoring a 3080ti at MSRP. He joined Tom’s Hardware as a freelance review writer in 2019, focusing on gaming headsets, keyboards, mice, and other peripherals. When he isn’t desperately trying to clear his Steam backlog, he can be found on stage as lead guitarist for the Brooklyn, NY-based extreme metal band, Anti-Sapien.
