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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 on the South Downs.
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Intel shows off 18A-P, promising a 9% clock speed boost for the same power as 18A

Intel Foundry reveals the details of its latest refinements to the 18A manufacturing process, including improved thermals and power management.
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MSI MPG CoreLiquid P22 360 review: a great-looking LCD AIO cooler for just $149

We test MSI's latest AIO cooler, which easily keeps an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D in check with low fan speeds, and looks good while it does it.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 price returns to £499, thanks to this limited-time MSI GPU deal

For a short time, you can pick up an MSI Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ventus 2X OC graphics card for just £499.98.
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AMD threw gamers a bone at Computex 2026, and I think there are more AM4 X3D CPUs coming

It turns out the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D rerelease wasn't straightforward at all, and involved a considerable engineering effort.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti price tumbles to just £279.99 in this MSI GPU deal

Save £70 on the launch price of an MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Ventus 2X OC 8GB graphics card, thanks to this Amazon GPU deal.
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MSI just unveiled a load of new QD-OLED and Mini-LED gaming monitors, with some killer specs

MSI's latest monitor lineup includes 5K Mini-LED and IPS screens, a triple-mode QD-OLED panel, some pretty infinity mirrors, and a bunch of AI features.
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I love the new Xbox logo, Microsoft – now can we bring Aero back to Windows too?

Flat logos and bland colour schemes are finally out of vogue, and it's about time. Now let's make Windows look fancy again, argues Ben Hardwidge.
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This 27in AOC 180Hz gaming monitor now costs just £89.99, its lowest ever price

The AOC Gaming 27G4XED offers Nvidia G-Sync compatibility, as well as a Fast IPS panel with a 180Hz refresh rate, and it's a bargain at this price.
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be quiet! Dark Rock 6 review: stealthy looks and sound

This CPU cooler has a nifty, subtle design, hiding its heatsink and fan from the top view, and it's exceptionally quiet as well.
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