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.

I bought a Steam Controller in 2025 and don’t regret it

I've spent the past month playing games with Valve's first-gen Steam Controller and have come to appreciate this unusual gamepad.

Arctic launches MX-7, its coolest thermal paste ever

Available in 2g, 4g, and 8g capacities, Arctic's new thermal compound promises to be the brand's best ever paste for PC cooling.

Intel just let slip that Arc B770 may be coming, before swiftly deleting evidence

IntelGaming X account once again hypes up the notion of an Intel Arc B770 gaming GPU launch, before scrubbing its post.

MSI MEG X870E Godlike X Edition review: a divine motherboard

A soon-to-be rarity with just 1,000 units leaving the factory floor, MSI's MEG X870E Godlike X is a true collector's item for enthusiasts.

AMD FSR Redstone feature may not debut in Warhammer 40K Darktide, despite demoing the tech

FSR Radiance Caching is coming in 2026, but the AMD feature may not debut in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide according to its dev.

FSR Redstone is great for Radeon GPUs, but AMD is still playing catch up with Nvidia

AMD shrinks the gap between Radeon and GeForce feature sets, but only RX 9000 series graphics cards stand to benefit.

PCSpecialist Aegis Pro R review: a solid FHD gaming PC for under a grand

This affordable gaming PC comes with a new AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, all while keeping down the price.

Intel Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs are just around the corner, suggests Gigabyte

Owners of Socket LGA1851 Gigabyte motherboards look as though they can prepare their system for future Intel Core Ultra 200 CPUs now.