Ben Hardwidge - Page 4

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.

Endorfy Solum 2 review: a great-quality USB microphone without a hefty premium

With solid sound quality, as well as a weighty metal stand and shock absorber, even on the base model, this is a great range of USB microphones.

Nobody makes my dream PC keyboard – it’s time for IBM’s buckling spring switches to shine

The OG mechanical switch in the IBM Model M shouldn't just be a niche retro novelty, argues Ben, who wants Unicomp to get with the times.

That Noctua gaming mouse for sweaty hands now has a release date

The Pulsar Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition is now ready for launch, with a 40mm NF-A4x10 fan to keep your hands cool during gaming sessions.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D falls to record low price, undercutting rereleased 5800X3D

As owners of DDR4 systems flock to the 5800X3D, now is a great time to pick up its successor in this Amazon AMD CPU deal.

Save £79 on this 4TB WD SSD if you’re quick, now down to £92.50 per terabyte

At a price of £369.99, this WD Blue SN5000 4TB SSD deal offers loads of storage space and undercuts the current MSRP by 17%.

Arctic Freezer 36-S review: a great CPU cooler for an astoundingly low price

Despite costing just £17.89, this budget-friendly heatsink and fan can happily cool a 105W CPU, and it barely makes any noise in the process.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D is selling like hotcakes, despite $349 price tag

AMD's flagship Socket AM4 gaming CPU storms the Amazon chart, outselling the 7800X3D, 9950X3D, and 9850X3D, thanks to its DDR4 support.

AMD FSR multi frame gen settings appear in the wild

Radeon Tuner provides access to several multi frame gen features named in the latest AMD GPU drivers, although the 8x MFG mode is just a placeholder.

Lenovo Legion Go S just nosedived to its lowest ever price, now 37% less than a Steam Deck

Lenovo's device is going for just £404.10 in this gaming handheld deal, including 1TB of storage space, and it runs SteamOS rather than Windows.