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.

Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus benchmarks break cover with a mixed bag of results

An early Intel Arrow Lake Refresh benchmark points to greater multi-threaded chops but only a minimal change in single-threaded performance.

Ugreen NASync iDX6011 Pro review: an uber powerful NAS

Packing surprisingly powerful hardware for the price, the NASync iDX6011 Pro blurs the lines between NAS and workstation.

Nvidia resolves Resident Evil Requiem and GPU voltage issues with driver hotfix 595.76

Third time's a charm, as Nvidia addresses the fallout from its 595.59 GeForce driver release with a new hotfix.

DRAM prices are now reportedly increasing by the hour, as memory makers struggle to meet demand

Exponential growth in DRAM demand has led to huge inflation in pricing, leaving many businesses struggling to keep up.

Nvidia driver issues continue as 595.71 curbs GPU voltage and clock speeds

Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver 595.71 is stifling the performance potential of graphics cards through strange changes to GPU voltage.

MSI MEG X870E Ace Max review: a demigod among motherboards

Sharing much of its DNA with MSI Godlike motherboards, the MEG X870 Ace Max offers a lot of the same goodness at a lower cost.

Valve’s latest Steam Hardware Survey is massively out of whack

There's something fishy going on with the latest Steam Hardware Survey, following strange substantial swings in language, RAM, and more.

AOC Q27G4SDR review: a wonderfully affordable QD-OLED monitor

At £499.99, the Q27G4SDR is an excitingly inexpensive QD-OLED gaming monitor that doesn't skimp on quality.

Nvidia warns of “very tight” supply, as gaming GPU revenue slumps

While Nvidia's overall revenue climbs ever higher, income from the brand's gaming business has fallen for two consecutive quarters.