Fahd Temsamani

Senior Writer at Club386, his love for computers began with an IBM running MS-DOS, and he’s been pushing the limits of technology ever since. Known for his overclocking prowess, Fahd once unlocked an extra 1.1GHz from a humble Pentium E5300 - a feat that cemented his reputation as a master tinkerer. Fluent in English, Arabic, and French, his motto when building a new rig is ‘il ne faut rien laisser au hasard.’

Intel Nova Lake CPUs resurrect AVX-512 support on P-Cores and E-Cores, according to leak

Intel is apparently bringing back AVX-512 support with its consumer Nova Lake CPUs, with potential for substantial performance boosts in some workloads.

6 of the most outlandish PC components of all time

Join us as we explore some of the PC's most extraordinary hardware, from motherboards with vacuum tubes, to SSDs made entirely out of RAM sticks.

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The famously broken Steam Machine turned out to be doing memory training after a BIOS update. Valve says LED bar code was "flipped" by mistake.

Microsoft just confirmed that this Windows 11 bug is hoarding up to 500GB of your storage

Windows 11's Capability Access Manager service is eating hundreds of gigabytes of your storage capacity over time, although not everyone is affected.

More PC gamers are using 16GB of RAM, and 32GB use drops, as memory prices go through the roof

June’s Steam Hardware Survey shows a slight increase in the number of systems with 16GB of RAM, while the share of 32GB machines has fallen.

Microsoft reportedly had a Copilot OS in the works, focusing on web-based apps

Microsoft appears to have been developing a lightweight web-based OS, built around web apps, Copilot and AI.

Intel is reportedly restarting production of 13th and 14th-gen CPUs, with even Comet Lake getting more supply

Intel is apparently planning to maintain an abundant supply of DDR4-compatible CPUs in China, as DDR5 prices skyrocket.

Philips launches world’s first triple-mode IPS gaming monitor, reaching up to 540Hz

Philips unveils its M4 gaming monitor lineup, offering easy switching between 2560x1440 at 275Hz, 1920x1080 at 360Hz, and 1280x720 at 540Hz.

Microsoft may let you digitise physical Xbox games, softening blow of digital-only consoles

Microsoft will reportedly allow players to digitise Xbox physical games, with licenses tied to each disc, hinting that next-gen consoles may be digital-only.