Alan has been writing about PC tech since before 3D graphics cards existed, and still vividly recalls having to fight with MS-DOS just to get games to load. He fondly remembers the killer combo of a Matrox Millenium and 3dfx Voodoo, and seeing Lara Croft in 3D for the first time. He's very glad hardware has advanced as much as it has though, and is particularly happy when putting the latest M.2 NVMe SSDs, AMD processors, and laptops through their paces. He has a long-lasting Magic: The Gathering obsession but limits this to MTG Arena these days.
Latest articles by Alan Dexter

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Gear of the year SSDs are now faster, bigger and available for less, what more could you want?

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Gear of the Year The lack of GPUs makes system building tricky, but there are still some great motherboards out there.

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Gear of the year After being forced into the corner by AMD, this is the year that Intel came out swinging.

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Highs and lows It's been a wild ride of a year, and not all of it bad.

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Staff Pick Even after 24 years, Magic the Gathering still manages to scratch that itch.

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Deals Treat yourself to a mini marvel starting from $299.

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Run rings around Halo Infinite's steep system requirements with our guide to the best settings.

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News Cards rumoured for much of the year finally appear to be heading our way.

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Mismatched A powerful CPU and weak GPU make for an odd couple even at this tempting price point.

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Great for creative types that also want to enjoy some gaming.

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News Now's a good time to check for Windows 11 updates.

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Down to just $150, is this a deal that's just too good to ignore?

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Deals The only obvious downside is the silly 'Battle Bundle' name.

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News DDR5 hits 8,704MT/s using liquid nitrogen. Begun, the DDR5 OC wars have...

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Deals Dell is already pushing hard on some great monitor deals.

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News Or you could stick with the red team and go for the Aurora R14 instead.

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News Intel's Arc Alchemist discrete GPUs will be every bit as chunky as we'd hoped.

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News The supply chain shortage strikes once again. This time it's bumped the price of the wonderful Raspberry Pi.

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News According to an MSI blog post, expect to pay big for Alder Lake memory.

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News RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3060 currently only turn on the display once Windows loads if you're using DisplayPort.

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News It may not be practical but it's still impressive.

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News Not only can you bypass the system requirements for Windows 11 but you can shrink the whole install too.

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News The latest SSD manufacturer to jump onboard the Phison E18 train.
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