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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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Philips’ new 27in 260Hz gaming monitor has a surprisingly low price

Despite costing just £139, this white Philips gaming monitor sports a 27in Fast IPS panel, as well as backlight strobing to reduce motion blur.
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AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB is even worse than we thought, as full GPU specs are released

It's not just the small amount of memory and tight bandwidth that's a problem for this AMD budget gaming GPU. There's a reduction in cache too.
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Forget Titanium, Seasonic just released the first ATX PSU with 80 Plus Ruby certification

Hitting a new milestone in PC power supply tech, the Seasonic Prime Enterprise RX-1600 offers an amazing 95% efficiency at 50% load.
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Noctua’s AIO cooler with no pump or radiator: we talk to the cooling firm about its new thermosiphon

We talked to Noctua to find out how the thermosiphon works, how much it will cost, whether there will be a 240mm version, and much, much more.
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Amazingly, this 144Hz MSI monitor costs just £56 if you’re quick

With a 1920x1080 resolution, AMD FreeSync support, and a 144Hz refresh rate, this MSI Pro MP243L E14 monitor deal offers outstanding value for money.
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Intel Core Ultra 9 4950K benchmark leak hints at new numbering scheme for Nova Lake CPU names

Multiple leakers have now backed up the new naming strategy for Intel Nova Lake CPUs, with the 4950K apparently offering eight P-Cores and 20 E-Cores.
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This G.Skill DDR5 RAM now costs over 10x its 2025 price, as new stock lands at £1,199 for a 32GB kit

DDR5 RAM prices continue their journey into surrealism, as the costs of dual-channel 32GB G.Skill 6,000MT/s and 7,200MT/s kits sail past a grand.
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Noctua says no to RGB lighting and screens – “making things look pretty” isn’t our focus

There aren't going to be any RGB Noctua coolers, or ones with LCDs, the company tells us, explaining that fancy looks aren't a priority.
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Noctua isn’t making any white fans or heatsinks, and told us why

The veteran cooling firm explains why you won't be getting a Noctua chromax.white cooler to match your pale PC build.
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