Ben Hardwidge

Managing editor of Club386, he started his long journey with PC hardware back in 1989, when his Dad brought home a Sinclair PC200 with an 8MHz AMD 8086 CPU and woeful CGA graphics. With over 25 years of experience in PC hardware journalism, he’s benchmarked everything from the Voodoo3 to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090. When he’s not fiddling with PCs, you can find him playing his guitars, painting Warhammer figures, and walking his dog on the South Downs.
linkedin

UGREEN unveils local smart home AI hardware, with a big focus on privacy

UGREEN's HomeAgent brings smart voice control to your house, along with cameras and an e-paper photo frame, without needing an Internet connection.
Ben Hardwidge -

UGREEN just released the world’s first liquid-cooled power bank, with a window to show it in action

Reducing temps by up to 10°C, the UGREEN MagFlow Pro Magnetic Power Bank is designed for peak sustained power output, with 10,000mAh on tap.
Ben Hardwidge -

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D vs. 7800X3D

We pit AMD's 8-core Zen 4 CPUs with 3D V-Cache against each other, in application and gaming benchmarks, to see which processor is the better buy.
Ben Hardwidge -

Nvidia DLSS 5 release date is now official, with first game support coming on 3 September

The first game to support the divisive neural rendering tech will be NBA 2K27, and it requires an Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series GPU or GeForce Now.
Ben Hardwidge -

You don’t need to spend big on a motherboard – the Sapphire Pure B850M WiFi nails all the basics for just £127

Using PCIe 5.0 for storage and graphics, while offering all the key features you need, and enough power for a Ryzen 9 9950X3D, this is a top budget board.
Ben Hardwidge -

Samsung just announced a 1,100Hz gaming monitor, as refresh rates venture further into the absurd

Forget 1,000Hz, Samsung has already added an extra 100Hz with its Odyssey G6 G60H gaming monitor, which it says has a 1ms response time.
Ben Hardwidge -

New DDR4 motherboards likely to accompany Intel Raptor Lake Refresh, says tech leaker

Forthcoming Intel Raptor Lake chips could also in a new wave of boards supporting DDR4 RAM, as DDR5 memory is now prohibitively expensive.
Ben Hardwidge -

Commodore 64 gets Cyberpunk 2077 treatment in this gloriously grimy C64U special edition

Sporting a fantastically detailed paintjob, this Cyberpunk 2077-themed Commodore 64 Ultimate is littered with nods to CD Projekt Red's epic RPG.
Ben Hardwidge -

Mewtwo strikes back on new Sandisk Pokémon SSD

A Mew USB flash drive and Mewtwo portable SSD are added to Sandisk's storage roster, as Pokémon celebrates its 30th birthday.
Ben Hardwidge -
123...21Page 1 of 21