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.
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D price leak suggests the CPU won’t cost much more than a 9800X3D
A retail listing for the Ryzen 7 9850X3D suggest this processor will only cost slightly more than AMD's current top gaming CPU.
Cinebench 2026 arrives, switching up how it tests your CPU and GPU
A new render engine for Cinebench 2026 comes complete with wider support for CPUs and GPUs, as well as new features.
AMD and Nvidia GPU prices will rise at start of 2026, rumours claim
As GPU manufacturers enter their next financial quarter, the price of GeForce and Radeon cards are expected to rise.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 breaks cover in multiple benchmark leaks
Preliminary performance measurements for Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 turn up, but neither test pushes this rumoured CPU's extra 3D V-Cache hard.
Maingear says BYO RAM in the face of memory shortages, and I hope other companies are taking notice
You'll need to send your RAM to Maingear for testing with the system you purchase, but this scheme seems like a smart sidestep.
Samsung just unveiled a bunch of world-first gaming monitors, offering 6K resolution, glasses-free 3D, and 1,080Hz refresh rates
There's plenty of exciting Odyssey gaming monitors to look forward to from Samsung, debuting at CES 2026.
New AMD EXPO revision possibly hints at proper CUDIMM RAM support for AM5, but there’s a catch
AMD may be about to bring the full benefits to CUDIMM RAM to its AM5 platform, but unlocking them may require a brand-new chipset.
LG just unveiled a new OLED design that should remedy one of the biggest problems with previous panels
A new subpixel structure could see the end of text fringing on LG OLEDs, but questions remain about what this means for brightness levels.