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 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.
Asus is reportedly making more DDR4 motherboards in response to DRAM shortage
In Q1 2026, Asus is allegedly allocating more production capacity and investment into producing more DDR4 AMD and Intel motherboards.
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D price leak suggests the CPU won’t cost much more than a 9800X3D
A retail listing for the Ryzen 7 9850X3D suggest this processor will only cost slightly more than AMD's current top gaming CPU.
Cinebench 2026 arrives, switching up how it tests your CPU and GPU
A new render engine for Cinebench 2026 comes complete with wider support for CPUs and GPUs, as well as new features.
AMD and Nvidia GPU prices will rise at start of 2026, rumours claim
As GPU manufacturers enter their next financial quarter, the price of GeForce and Radeon cards are expected to rise.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 breaks cover in multiple benchmark leaks
Preliminary performance measurements for Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 turn up, but neither test pushes this rumoured CPU's extra 3D V-Cache hard.
Maingear says BYO RAM in the face of memory shortages, and I hope other companies are taking notice
You'll need to send your RAM to Maingear for testing with the system you purchase, but this scheme seems like a smart sidestep.
Samsung just unveiled a bunch of world-first gaming monitors, offering 6K resolution, glasses-free 3D, and 1,080Hz refresh rates
There's plenty of exciting Odyssey gaming monitors to look forward to from Samsung, debuting at CES 2026.