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.

Steam Frame launch “just around the corner,” says VR game dev

As Valve remains silent on its Steam Frame launch plans, one developer hints the VR headset could arrive imminently.

Intel eyes return to RAM business, hinting at stacked designs on top of CPUs

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan no longer views memory manufacturing as a commodity market, and sees lots of potential for innovation and profit.

InWin Covalent review: an excellent PC case for gaming or a workstation

Whether you're putting together an HPC system, or a gaming rig that pushes frame rates to dizzying heights, the Covalent is a great choice of chassis.

Modder turbocharges Steam Machine with Radeon RX 9070 XT, gives stock GPU a paddling

While it's possible to pair the Steam Machine with an external graphics card, the process isn't exactly seamless.

Arctic Bionix P12 and P14 A-RGB review: the future of daisy-chain fans

Delivering the finish of a single-frame fan while retaining simple modularity, the Arctic Bionix P12 and P14 A-RGB are both sleek and powerful.

Average Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 GPU prices rise by up to 39% over just two months

The Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 16GB has seen the biggest recent price increase, but other cards in the GeForce series aren't far behind.

Noctua highlights loads of CPU cooler height inaccuracies in PC case specs

After manually measuring over 100 PC cases, Noctua found at least 56 examples where the actual CPU cooler height didn't match the specs.

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D returns to lowest ever price on Amazon

A coupon on Amazon's Ryzen 9 9950X3D product page brings the processor's price down to a tempting $569.

AMD announces IFA 2026 keynote, potentially setting the stage for Ryzen AI Max Pro 400 release

Jack Huynh, AMD SVP & GM of Computing & Graphics, will host the IFA 2026 opening keynote on September 4.