Oliver is a Senior PC Hardware Engineer with a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Southampton and 13 years of experience in hardware analysis. He is certified by Intel and AMD as a technical specialist and has contributed to major PC building publications. He currently tests and benchmarks components, helping enthusiasts and professionals make informed hardware decisions.
Oliver Grant combines rigorous engineering training with hands-on enthusiasm for gaming and creative computing, making him one of the most trusted voices in UK PC hardware analysis. He graduated from the University of Southampton with a degree in Electronic Engineering, where he developed a deep understanding of processor architecture, thermal dynamics, and electrical systems. Oliver began his career as a hardware test engineer at a major component manufacturer before transitioning to technology journalism, where he has spent the last decade testing CPUs, GPUs, memory, and storage across thousands of configurations. His testing methodology goes beyond synthetic benchmarks to include real-world gaming scenarios, creative workloads, and long-term reliability assessments that reflect how people actually use their systems. Oliver is particularly skilled at explaining complex technical concepts like memory timings, PCIe bandwidth, and thermal throttling in terms that enthusiasts can understand and act upon. He is passionate about value-oriented building, helping readers extract maximum performance from their budgets rather than simply recommending the most expensive options. Oliver writes to guide both first-time builders and experienced upgraders through the increasingly complex PC component landscape. His articles address current market realities including component availability, pricing cycles, and platform longevity considerations for AMD and Intel ecosystems. He also covers console gaming technology, analysing how PlayStation and Xbox hardware choices affect game performance and feature availability. Oliver believes that understanding your hardware empowers you to make better decisions, whether building a workstation or optimising a gaming console.