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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 his dog on the South Downs.
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Upgrade your Nintendo Switch 2 storage for just $39.99, if you’re quick

This 256GB Samsung P9 microSD Express card currently has a big discount thanks to Amazon Prime Day, but there's not long left to claim it.
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Best SSD 2026: the top M.2 NVMe and USB drives tested for your PC

Here are the best PCIe Gen 5.0 and 4.0 solid state drives for your PC build, as well as external drives and USB hard disks, all based on our expert testing.
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Intel Core Ultra 270K Plus crashes to record-low price for Prime Day, in both US and UK

This Amazon Intel CPU deal offers fantastic value, with the 24-core 270K Plus going for its lowest ever price of just $264.99 / £259.99.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti dives to £269 in Prime Day GPU deal, and it’s an MSI Trio card too

Grab an RTX 5060 Ti 8GB graphics card for the same price as a 5060 if you're a Prime member, and bag a £25 Steam wallet code too.
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GPU deal alert: Gigabyte Gaming AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT OC drops to record low price for Prime Day

Forget the GRE, grab this 9070 XT graphics card with 16GB of VRAM for just £547.99, if you're a Prime member.
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£269 for a 240Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor – this MSI Big Prime Day deal is genuinely amazing

Prepare yourself for snappy response times, deep blacks, and vibrant colours, all for a bargain price. We've eagerly watched the prices of OLED gaming...
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This power connector isn’t fit for purpose, and Nvidia needs to admit it – our own GPU melting story

A 12VHPWR cable-melting incident just killed our Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition. This isn't user error; it's a flawed connector.
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D plummets to its lowest ever price in this outstanding CPU deal

Grab this fantastic 8-core gaming CPU with 3D V-Cache for just £339.99, and give your frame rates a boost.
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Three premium PC builds with killer specs – meet the latest Club386 test rigs

We've built three test rigs with the latest kit, which we'll be using in Club386 reviews. Find out which parts we picked and why, plus how they perform.
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