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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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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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Upcoming Intel Raptor Lake Refresh reportedly won’t have a Core i9 model

There's reportedly a new lineup of Intel LGA1700 chips on the way, but it looks as though none of them are going to directly take on the Core i9-14900K.
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Intel is reportedly planning a Raptor Lake Refresh – more 14th-gen CPUs inbound?

More LGA1700 Intel Core CPUs may be released in the future, providing an upgrade path that could potentially work with DDR4 memory.
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Wired2Fire Haven Ember Pro 9060 review: a gorgeous mini gaming PC with a generous price

This lovely, wooden-fronted mini PC comes with 32GB of DDR5 RAM, a 2TB SSD, and an AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB GPU, all for £1,499.
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This Logitech G309 Lightspeed wireless gaming mouse deal is exceptional, now just £29.74

Save over 63% on the MSRP of this Logitech wireless gaming mouse, if you're quick, with over £50 slashed off the price.
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Deal of the day: Save 34% on this Corsair Nautilus 360mm LCD AIO cooler, now just £99

Amazon has slashed £50 off the price of a Corsair Nautilus 360 RS LCD, bringing it down to just £99. Grab a fancy CPU cooler upgrade while you can.
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How to use your NAS for gaming – easy access to every game you own from any PC

Setting up an ISCSI volume for your games means you never need to redownload them again, and any PC on your network can easily access them.
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