Independence

Our writers and editors decide what Forge PC covers and what it says. Advertisers, manufacturers and retailers do not see articles before they are published and cannot buy coverage, a score or a place in a best-of list.

If a manufacturer lends or gives us a product for review, we say so in the review. Accepting a sample never comes with a promise about the outcome.

Named authors

Every article is published under the name of the person responsible for it, with a link to their profile. Before publication an editor reads the article in full, checks it against its sources and signs it off. We keep a record of who approved each article and when.

Reviews and scores

A review says plainly what it is based on. Where we have used a product ourselves, we describe what we did with it. Where a judgement rests on specifications, manufacturer claims or other published test results, we say that instead and name the source. We do not present other people's findings as our own testing.

Scores run from 0.5 to 5 in half-point steps:

  • 5: outstanding. The best in its class, with no significant weaknesses.
  • 4 to 4.5: very good. Easy to recommend to most people it is aimed at.
  • 3 to 3.5: good, with trade-offs that will matter to some buyers.
  • 2 to 2.5: below average. Better options exist for most people.
  • 0.5 to 1.5: poor. We advise against buying it.

An Editors' Choice award goes to products we would point a friend towards first. A score reflects the product at the time of the review; if a price change or a new rival alters our view, we update the review and note the change.

Best picks

Best-of lists are chosen by our editors on merit. Nobody can pay to be included, and the order is ours. Each pick says who it suits and what its drawbacks are. We revisit lists as products launch and prices move, and show the date of the last update.

Product data and estimates

The product database lists specifications as published by manufacturers. Frame rates shown in the database and in our tools are estimates from a reference dataset, not measurements of a particular PC, and are always labelled as estimates. The method is explained on each tool page. If you spot a specification that is wrong, please tell us.

Sources and accuracy

We link to or list the sources for factual claims. We treat manufacturer announcements as claims until they are independently confirmed, and we label rumours and leaks as unconfirmed when we report them at all.

Corrections

When we get something wrong we fix it promptly. Changes that affect the meaning of an article are marked with a note saying what was corrected and when. Minor fixes to spelling or formatting are made without a note. To report an error, email hello@forgepc.co.uk with a link to the article.

How we use AI

Our editors may use AI tools to help outline an article, produce a first draft from their own brief and sources, tighten wording, or suggest headlines and summaries. We use them under these rules:

  • AI output is a draft only. Our publishing system cannot publish it automatically.
  • A named editor reads every word, checks each fact against the sources, rewrites where needed and takes responsibility for the result before it goes live.
  • AI tools are instructed to use only the sources and product data our editors supply, and to flag anything that needs checking rather than fill gaps themselves.
  • Opinions, scores, awards and test findings always come from a person.
  • Articles that AI tools helped to draft carry a note at the end saying so.

Advertising

Forge PC is funded by display advertising served by Google AdSense. Adverts are labelled “Advertisement” and kept visually separate from articles. We do not publish paid articles presented as editorial. We do not currently use affiliate links; if that changes, we will label them clearly and update this page.

Complaints and feedback

Email hello@forgepc.co.uk or use the contact page. We read every message and aim to reply within five working days.