Ben Hardwidge - Page 3

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.

PCSpecialist Cruiser iCue Stealth review: a handsome high-end gaming PC

AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 come together in this well-built, stylish gaming rig.

This Samsung OLED gaming monitor deal is outstanding for just $349.99

Save a massive 36% on the price of this Samsung Odyssey OLED G50SF monitor, complete with a 180Hz refresh rate and Nvidia G-Sync compatibility.

Grab this 1,000W Corsair PSU for its lowest ever price, if you’re quick

In this limited-time Amazon PSU deal, you can get a fully-modular 1,000W Corsair power supply, with Cybenetics Gold certification, for just £129.95.

RAM prices are coming down, and we love to see it

DDR5 memory prices are dropping by up to 25% at UK retailers, including Overclockers and CCL, suggesting there's only so much people will pay.

This 180Hz Asus gaming monitor just dropped to $119, includes Nvidia G-Sync and ELMB

With a 180Hz refresh rate, ELMB, and support for Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium, this screen is a bargain at its current discount price.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and 5070 suddenly boom in popularity among PC gamers

For the first time, all top five GPUs on the Steam Hardware Survey have dedicated ray tracing and AI hardware, as RTX 5070 and 5060 storm the charts.

Asus Zenbook Duo 2026 review: Panther Lake shines in this gorgeous dual-screen laptop

With dual OLED touchscreens and a new Intel Core Ultra X8 388H CPU, this laptop is extraordinarily versatile and can even play games at decent settings.

Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF price plummets to just £119.99, now lower than ever

Now less than half price, this Intel Arrow Lake CPU is a genuine bargain, as long as you have some DDR5 RAM to go with it.

Grab this Dell laptop for just £379 if you’re quick, complete with 16GB of RAM

With an Intel Core i5 Raptor Lake CPU, Full HD screen and 512GB SSD, this laptop deal gives you a capable mobile office machine for a very low price.