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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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This fake Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 looks scarily convincing, with laser-engraved chip numbers

There's some frightening attention to detail here, with a dead Ampere GPU being skimmed and re-engraved with an RTX 4090 model number.
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Happy 45th birthday, Xerox Star, the computer that brought us a full GUI well before Apple and Microsoft

Building on Xerox PARC's ground-breaking work on SmallTalk, this computer's OS had a full working GUI with icons, scrollbars, and menus in 1981.
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Forget the Dual Edition, the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D price just dropped by $125

In this CPU deal, Amazon has slashed 18% off the price of AMD's 16-core Zen 5 chip with 3D V-Cache, giving you the best of work and play in one processor.
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Deal of the day: Grab a 144Hz AOC gaming monitor for just $79.99, complete with Nvidia G-Sync

With its 144Hz refresh rate and 1920x1080 resolution, this is a great upgrade from a 60Hz screen, or if you just want a decent second display.
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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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This £620 Acer gaming laptop deal is mind-blowing, includes Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050, 16GB of RAM, and Intel Core i7

Now at its lowest ever price by a long way, this Acer Nitro V15 offers all the essentials, including a 165Hz screen, 512GB PCIe Gen 4 SSD, and Nvidia GPU.
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition vs. Ryzen 9 9950X3D

Does the 9950X3D2's extra 64MB of 3D V-Cache justify its price premium over the 9950X3D? We benchmark the two chips side by side to find out.
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Whoa, AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is down to just £135.50 on Amazon right now, if you’re really quick

At nearly half its original MSRP, this 6-core AMD Zen 5 CPU is now an absolute steal, although limited quantities are available, and they're going fast.
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The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D price just dropped, and you get Crimson Desert free

Save 16% on the price of this acclaimed 8-core CPU with 3D V-cache, and grab a free game worth £54.99 in the process.
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