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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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New DDR4 motherboards likely to accompany Intel Raptor Lake Refresh, says tech leaker

Forthcoming Intel Raptor Lake chips could also in a new wave of boards supporting DDR4 RAM, as DDR5 memory is now prohibitively expensive.
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Commodore 64 gets Cyberpunk 2077 treatment in this gloriously grimy C64U special edition

Sporting a fantastically detailed paintjob, this Cyberpunk 2077-themed Commodore 64 Ultimate is littered with nods to CD Projekt Red's epic RPG.
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Mewtwo strikes back on new Sandisk Pokémon SSD

A Mew USB flash drive and Mewtwo portable SSD are added to Sandisk's storage roster, as Pokémon celebrates its 30th birthday.
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D plummets to 40% below launch MSRP, now at its lowest ever price

At just £269.99 on Amazon UK, this gaming CPU deal offers fantastic value for money, giving you an 8-core chip with 3D V-Cache for a bargain price.
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Fractal Design Define One case details leak, but I have questions

The new PC case appears to have a curvier look than the Define 7, but the front seems to be closed, so it's unlikely there's a 5.25in drive bay behind it.
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AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D just nosedived to its lowest ever price, now cheaper than 9800X3D

In this Amazon UK CPU deal, AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D is now £20 cheaper than the 9800X3D, costing just £339.99. Grab a gaming bargain while you can.
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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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