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.
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Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT PhantomLink Edition review: swapping cables for connectors

The Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT shines all the brighter with its new polar paint job and GC-HPWR connector but this sheen costs a pretty penny.
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The Blood of Dawnwalker system requirements demand an RTX 5090 for native 4K Ultra settings

This RPG from ex-Witcher developers looks set to push your GPU and CPU hard, with an AMD Ryzen 7950X and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 required for the top spec.
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Valve is “hard at work” on Steam Deck 2, learning from Steam Machine and more

Valve is making progress on Steam Deck 2, and points to progress from the original Steam Controller to today's Valve devices, to set expectations.
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Sapphire Nitro+ X870EA PhantomLink Edition review: a stylish, cable-shifting motherboard

GC-HPWR is undeniably cool, but the Nitro+ X870EA PhantomLink Edition remains a good motherboard in its own right too.
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Intel cancelled Arc Celestial GPUs “long ago” and Druid successor is unclear, leaker claims

The Xe3P architecture will apparently live on across mobile and data centre, but Intel reportedly has no plans to launch gaming GPUs with it.
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MSI Versa 300 Wireless 8K review: a high-value, high-polling mouse

Featuring well-rounded specs and design, the Versa 300 Wireless 8K is a solid wireless gaming mouse if you don't mind built-in side grips.
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Intel says software is holding back your CPU performance by up to 30%

Enthusiasts are underestimating the role software plays in demonstrating the full performance of a CPU, according to Intel.
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Intel Z970 chipset will largely succeed B860, bringing overclocking to lower budgets, claims leaker

Should Z970 motherboards launch at affordable prices, overclocking Intel Nova Lake Core Ultra 400 CPUs would become far more affordable.
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Intel and AMD CPU prices are increasing by up to 20%, say manufacturers, with further rises expected this year

AI demand has driven up the costs of consumer and server processors, with both AMD and Intel reportedly planning further price increases.
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