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.

STALKER 2 proves too much for a surprising number of CPUs

Benchmarks reveal that STALKER 2 places huge demands on processors, creating a potential performance bottleneck that's difficult to overcome.

4TB Samsung SSD falls to lowest ever price in Black Friday deal

Samsung 990 Pro becomes more affordable than ever, meaning you can pick up one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSDs for cheap via Amazon.

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 drops to lowest-ever price as mainstream CPUs slashed

Prices of AMD Ryzen processors across three generations are tumbling to all-time lows, making for excellent CPU deals.

Give your PC a 4TB boost with this WD_Black SSD deal

With 4TB of storage and top-tier PCIe Gen 4 speeds, WD_Black SN850X is one of the most spacious and speedy SSDs around.

Nvidia reportedly ends GeForce RTX 40 series production for RTX 50 series’ sake

Higher-end Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 series stock could expire by the end of November, with other cards following suit in subsequent months.

Exploring MSI Click BIOS X with MEG Z890 Ace

MSI has given its firmware a major overhaul with Click BIOS X, retaining the same useful features with a more modern styling.

For X3D frame rates on a budget, look no further than this AMD CPU deal

Ryzen 7 5700X3D is far more affordable than AM5-compatible X3D CPUs, and can hold its own against today's flagship chips.

Asus ROG Ally hits irresistibly low price in early Black Friday deal

The Z1 Extreme model of ROG Ally is less than £400 on Amazon UK, making it a viable alternative to Steam Deck.