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.
MSI Datamag and Spatium SSDs get welcome speed boosts at CES 2026
Operating at up to 14,000MB/s, MSI's new flagship SSD is plenty fast, while 40Gbps Datamag doubles the speed of its predecessor via USB 4.
MSI debuts its MEG X QD-OLED AI gaming monitor, alongside Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar and 5K DFR displays
There's a variety of screen types and features to appreciate in MSI's 2026 gaming monitor lineup, it's almost difficult to pick a favourite.
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z is the world’s first 1,000W GPU and it looks as awesome as it sounds
Capable of running at up to a staggering 2,500W, MSI's GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z is already breaking multiple GPU world records.
MSI debuts MEG X870E Unify-X Max for extreme overclocking, alongside a bevy of B850 motherboards
The long overdue return of Unify-X motherboards for AMD CPUs has arrived at CES 2026, alongside Max refreshes to MSI MAG B850 boards.
Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar aims to transform 360Hz monitors to look like 1,000+Hz instead
Marrying Variable Refresh Rate and backlight strobing, Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar could seriously boost motion clarity on LCD panels.
Nvidia DLSS 4.5 arrives with better upscaling and paves the way for frame generation changes
A 2nd-gen Transformer model improves upscaling image quality in Nvidia DLSS 4.5, while dynamic frame generation and more are in the works.
MSI MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 review: a sublime ultrawide gaming monitor
A substantial improvement over prior-generation UWQHD panels, MSI's MSI MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 is an awesome gaming monitor.
MSI teases return of GeForce Lightning graphics cards at CES 2026
MSI forecasts lightning ahead of CES 2026, appearing to signal the return of its long-absent graphics card series of the same name.