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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This spinning PC build would fit right into a kebab shop, complete with adjustable speed

One intrepid PC builder has put together a spectacular spinning rig, so you can truly appreciate it from every angle.
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MSI MEG Vision X AI review: a powerful gaming PC with a useful built-in screen

Rocking a Core Ultra 9 285K, GeForce RTX 5090, and alluringly unique chassis, the MEG Vision X AI is a powerful and pretty prebuild.
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AMD Radeon RX 9050 officially revealed, with middling 1080p benchmarks

Most of AMD's benchmark figures are run at 1920x1080 with medium settings, with 007: First Light just scraping 60fps.
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AMD Radeon RX 9050 specs leak points to a real GPU stinker, starting with just 4GB of VRAM

According to ASRock, the AMD Radeon RX 9050 will be available with 8GB or 4GB of GDDR6 VRAM, with 128-bit or 64-bit bus widths, respectively.
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Endorfy Fishtank 6000 Corona review: a handsome but expensive panoramic PC case

This aquarium-style PC chassis is undeniably attractive, and comes complete with fan and RGB controllers, but airflow is lacking for the price.
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AMD Zen 7 Ryzen CPUs look set to be the last to run on AM5 motherboards

There's still plenty of life left in AM5 motherboards, but analysis points to AM6 taking over when AMD's Zen 8 CPUs come out.
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AMD officially reveals first Zen 6 CPUs, boasting a 1.8x performance boost and up to 256 cores

AMD's sixth-generation Epyc CPUs will lead the charge for Zen 6, with the CPU architecture promising big generational improvements.
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Microsoft just brought four OG Xbox games to PC, with more console classics to come

This early release brings Microsoft's Xbox Backward Compatiibility emulation tech to the PC, complete with several graphical enhancements.
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This Steam Machine alternative costs less than £1,000 and packs way more punch

While the Steam Machine's console-like qualities are undoubtedly alluring, you gain a massive boost in performance with an alternative prebuilt PC.
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