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.

The Witcher 3 Remastered brings path tracing, Nvidia DLSS 4.5, and more upgrades, all for free

You'll be able to gawp at The Witcher 3 Remastered's new visuals and tech come September 29, with no charge for existing owners.

AOC unleashes massive 49in QD-OLED monitor at Gamescom, serving as two QHD screens in one

Alongside the enormous Agon Pro AGP497UCZD, AOC has also unveiled a new 34in ultrawide monitor with the latest QD-OLED panel tech.

LG demands $1,000 for its 1,000Hz gaming monitor, as pre-orders go live

The 24.5in TN panel promises to be an esports enthusiast's dream, but we recommend holding fire on the UltraGear 25G590B for now.

Nvidia DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction tested: a free ray tracing upgrade for GeForce RTX GPUs

The swap to a transformer model greatly elevates DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction's quality over prior versions, with little performance impact.

Gigabyte readies its first 24.5in OLED gaming monitor, as well as more-affordable 4K options

The GO25F54G will mark the first 24.5in OLED gaming monitor from Gigabyte, and the brightest Tandem WOLED we've seen from the firm to date.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D performs amazingly in ancient X370 motherboard, but there’s a catch

Swapping chipsets from X370 to X570 won't always boost your AM4 system's frame rates, but the bigger picture with newer SSDs and GPUs is more nuanced.

Microsoft says RGB is responsible for recent Windows 11 and game crashes

LED software could be causing system instabilities in Windows 11, and crashing games, including Arc Raiders, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, and The Finals.

PCSpecialist Apex Ultra review: a punchy 5800X3D gaming PC for a reasonable price

Featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, this PCSpecialist prebuild offers loads of gaming performance for £1,599.

LG Display develops “dream next-gen” OLED tech that can boost panel brightness by 60%

WOLED panels produced using LG Display's new FLiPP tech should be 60% brighter than existing screens, while also packing other advantages.