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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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Intel tells us Raptor Lake “is not going anywhere” and hints at more DDR4/DDR5 hybrid motherboards to come

Intel promises that supply of its ageing LGA1700 chips, which support both DDR4 and DDR5 memory, will be "abundantly available."
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Intel says it plans to beat AMD and make the fastest gaming CPU again

After improving gaming pace with Arrow Lake Refresh, Intel is clearly setting Nova Lake's sights on AMD's X3D chips with 3D V-cache.
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Philips Evnia 27M2N6501L review: a fantastic QD-OLED gaming monitor for a refreshingly low price

With superb colour accuracy, a 240Hz refresh rate, and top-notch gaming performance, this a great QD-OLED monitor for the money.
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PCSpecialist Nebula Phantom review: a multi-threaded monster

This well-built gaming PC makes mincemeat of multi-threaded workloads, thanks to its Intel Core Ultra 270K Plus CPU.
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Best CPU 2026 – the top AMD Ryzen and Intel Core processors tested

Find the perfect CPU for your needs, whether that's an AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D for gaming, or an Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus for content creation.
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Apple iPhone Air price just plummeted by 30% – grab one while you can

You can now bag yourself a 256GB Apple iPhone Air for just £699, saving you a whopping £300 over the original MSRP.
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Future Intel CPU sockets could support more generations, says Intel VP – “we are listening”

Intel's Robert Hallock confirms that he sees a future where Intel motherboard sockets support more generations of CPUs. LGA1954 could have a long life.
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At just £679.99, this Acer Nvidia GeForce RTX gaming laptop deal is a steal, but you’ll need to be really quick

With a 165Hz screen, Intel Core i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 GPU, this budget laptop has a great spec for the price.
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This NZXT H6 Flow RGB PC case deal is a bargain at nearly half price, and it looks gorgeous

You can get a huge 48% off the price of an NZXT H6 Flow RGB white PC case in this Amazon Spring deal, meaning it now costs just £61.97.
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