Samuel Willetts

With a mouse in hand from the age of four, Sam brings two-decades-plus of passion for PCs and tech in his duties as Hardware Editor for Club386. Equipped with an English & Creative Writing degree, waxing lyrical about everything from processors to power supplies comes second nature.

Valve boosts Steam Frame battery life by double digits with this new SteamOS update

SteamOS 0.4.3 promises to improve Steam Frame battery life by as much as 12%, benefitting both streaming and local gameplay.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 now reigns supreme as most-popular GPU among Steam users

6.15% of surveyed Steam users are now rocking an RTX 5070 graphics card, putting Nvidia's popularity comfortably ahead of AMD and Intel.

Alienware QD-OLED gaming monitors are up for grabs at their lowest ever prices on Amazon

The Alienware AW2725Q and AW2725D each offer a different 27in QD-OLED panel, but both are currently available at enticing prices.

Future Intel CPUs could feature RGB LEDs

A new patent published by Intel details how the company could insert RGB LEDs into a processor for aesthetics and diagnostics.

Windows 11 26H2 has arrived, here’s what the update means for your PC

Eligible PCs can now make the leap to Windows 11 26H2, with Microsoft promising this update shouldn't cause any major disruption.

AOC just revealed a super-fast 1,000Hz gaming monitor for esports enthusiasts

The AOC Agon Pro AGP257FT launches in Q1 2027, aiming to leapfrog older LCD performance at high refresh rates, thanks to an oxide-based IPS panel.

This new Steam Remote Play update radically improves game streaming quality between your PC and Steam Deck

Pyrowave is available to test via the latest Steam Client beta, but the streaming codec's improvements require lots of network bandwidth.

Nvidia DLSS upscaling now runs on Radeon GPUs thanks to this mod, but there’s a catch

You'll need a Radeon card with a Navi 32 GPU to make the most of this mod, and you can forget about Windows support for the moment.

Nvidia AI GPU truck heist turns sour as thieves left with 40 tons of sand instead

Criminals hoping to bag Nvidia stock worth $20,000+ were instead greeted by 20 tons of sand in each of their ill-gotten trailers.