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.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 is now the price it should have been, thanks to a 15% drop
This MSI Shadow 2X RTX 5050 graphics card now costs just £186.96, making for a much more appealing budget gaming GPU.
Best CPU 2025 – the top AMD Ryzen and Intel Core processors tested
Find the perfect CPU for your needs, whether that's an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for gaming, or an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K for content creation.
Grab this fast 2TB Steam Deck SSD for a bargain price, if you’re quick
This SSD is ideal for any gaming handheld that takes an M.2 2230 SSD, from the Lenovo Legion Go to the Asus ROG Ally X.
Grab a 27in MSI gaming monitor with a 200Hz refresh rate for just £89, if you’re quick
Saving you a massive 36% over the MSRP, this bargain monitor deal gets you a 200Hz IPS panel with Active Sync support.
The top 10 best PC gaming GPUs ever
From 3dfx Voodoo to Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, we chart the GPUs and graphics cards that had the biggest impact on PC gaming.
Valve’s new Steam Machine is let down by a seriously underwhelming GPU
With even less GPU power than a Radeon RX 7600, the Steam Machine is going to struggle to play games at 4K as Valve claims.
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D has just been unleashed, and the price is great
At a price of just $269, Ryzen 5 7500X3D is likely to be very popular with gamers on tight budgets, but clock speed has taken a big hit.
At £69, this 180Hz AOC gaming monitor deal is just silly
With Nvidia G-Sync compatibility, a 1080p resolution, and a fast IPS panel, this deal represents outstanding value.