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.
RIP Crucial – Micron kills off beloved SSD and RAM brand as AI makes more money
After 29 years, the Crucial brand will cease to exist as Micron prioritises AI customers for its NAND flash and DRAM products.
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D
It's a battle of 3D V-Cache, as AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D challenges Ryzen 7 7800X3D in our gaming benchmarks.
Gaming PCs are finally catching up with consoles, as 8-core CPUs boom in popularity
The popularity of 8-core CPUs continues to surge amount Steam users.
Motherboard sales are reportedly collapsing amid rising DRAM prices
Motherboard purchases have apparently fallen by as much as 50% compared to last year, with higher DRAM prices seemingly to blame.
I built a tiny PC with an RTX 5090 and 9800X3D, and it absolutely rips
Size isn't everything, as proved by this custom mini PC I've built in a Fractal Design Era 2, with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D.
Intel Nova Lake CPUs may boast absurd amount of cores and cache to batter AMD Ryzen X3D rivals
Dual compute tiles could push the number of cores and amount of cache in Nova Lake far beyond any Intel CPU architecture before it.
MSI MAG X870E Gaming Plus Max WiFi review: refining the baseline
Providing all you could reasonably want from an AM5 motherboard, the MAG X870E Gaming Plus Max WiFi is a winner in terms of features and design.
Intel’s answer to AMD X3D may only feature on a few select Nova Lake CPUs
Intel bLLC could be the silver bullet to combat AMD 3D V-Cache, but not every Nova Lake CPU is likely to benefit from the feature.