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 “very survival” of graphics card manufacturers is in jeopardy, warns Zotac
Zotac says GPU shortages and other factors are creating untenable market conditions for graphics card makers.
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D review: the fastest gaming CPU, but not by much
Faster clock speeds cement Ryzen 7 9850X3D as ruler of the frame rate roost, but its leads are marginal across the board.
Avoid installing the latest Windows 11 updates, or your PC might not boot afterwards
Windows 11 KB5074109 is wreaking havoc thanks to several issues, with the most serious keeping users out of the operating system completely.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 appears in EEC filing, further igniting hopes of CPU’s existence
With this entry, AMD formally acknowledges Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 as a CPU name, but is still yet to formally announce the processor.
Nvidia GPU MSRPs “no longer exist”, claims der8auer, as alleged cashback scheme ends
As an alleged 'OPP Program' comes to an end, manufacturing Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series cards at MSRP may now be practically impossible.
Intel is finally launching high-end Arc GPUs, but not for gamers, rumours claim
Arc Pro B70 and B65 graphics may be in the works at Intel, finally putting the company's long-rumoured BMG-G31 GPU to use.
Age of cheap 1TB SSDs is over, says Kioxia exec, as AI gobbles up NAND supply
Supply chain shortages are squeezing both consumer and enterprise storage markets, leading to higher SSD prices across the board.
Gigabyte X870E Aorus Xtreme X3D AI TOP review: a true flagship motherboard
If you can stomach its high price, few motherboards can compete with the features or design of Gigabyte's X870E champion.