Chris Szewczyk
Chris' gaming experiences go back to the mid-nineties when he conned his parents into buying an 'educational PC' that was conveniently overpowered to play Doom and Tie Fighter. He developed a love of extreme overclocking that destroyed his savings despite the cheaper hardware on offer via his job at a PC store. To afford more LN2 he began moonlighting as a reviewer for VR-Zone before jumping the fence to work for MSI Australia. Since then, he's gone back to journalism, enthusiastically reviewing the latest and greatest components for PC & Tech Authority, PC Powerplay and currently Australian Personal Computer magazine and PC Gamer. Chris still puts far too many hours into Borderlands 3, always striving to become a more efficient killer.
Latest articles by Chris Szewczyk
John Goodenough, the man most responsible for developing the batteries powering our mobile lives, dies aged 100
By Chris Szewczyk published
News The world's oldest Nobel Prize winner.
AI is being used to translate 5,000 year-old cuneiform tablets
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Bringing dead languages back to life.
Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Smart Why spend more on a bigger and more expensive 4060 Ti?
If you own an Asus router, you should update the firmware to protect against critical vulnerabilities right now
By Chris Szewczyk published
News A public service announcement.
Nvidia's ultra expensive H100 Hopper GPU gets tested in games
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Well, it's good at compute.
Intel continues its spending spree with more major fab investments
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Billions for expansions in Germany and Israel.
EOFY sales 2023: the discounts are already rolling in on PC gaming gear
By Shaun Prescott last updated
EOFY 2023 Doing your tax is annoying, but copping a good bargain is not.
ASRock RX 7800 XT graphics cards with 16GB of memory are really real
By Chris Szewczyk published
News The model names have been filed with the EEC.
Intel's Raptor Lake refresh CPUs rumored to launch in October
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Presumably with the 14th Gen moniker.
Next generation quantum computing takes a step forward thanks to Intel's new chip
By Chris Szewczyk published
News The 12-qubit chips will help to advance quantum computing research efforts.
Nvidia brings the RTX 4060 launch date forward to June 29
By Chris Szewczyk last updated
News Launching this month!
While we wait for AMD's conspicuously absent RX 7800 XT, here's a simulated one
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Where is the real deal?
Gigabyte releases an RTX 4090 with a smart power connector placement
By Chris Szewczyk published
News It just makes so much sense.
PCIe 7.0 remains on track for a 2025 release
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Don't hold your breath, though. Actual devices are unlikely to release before 2027 at the earliest.
Thermaltake CTE C750 Air review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Flexible A big case with big flexibility.
Computex is a different beast to E3 and it's back for real in 2023!
By Chris Szewczyk published
Connections Some trade shows are still relevant.
AMD Radeon RX 7600 review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Adequate AMD's RX 7600 does just enough to shake up the entry level gaming GPU market.
Intel proposes x86S, a 64-bit CPU microarchitecture that does away with legacy 16-bit and 32-bit support
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Current CPUs have some features dating back over 40 years.
Following reports of chips burning out, Gigabyte says its AMD Socket AM5 SoC voltage levels are safe
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Not all reported SoC voltages are the same.
Fast food chain Wendy's is planning to trial an AI chatbot in place of human staff
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Would you like fries with your fries?
Nvidia is set to retire the venerable RTX 3060 Ti
By Chris Szewczyk published
News A sure sign the RTX 4060 Ti release is imminent.
Fully unlocked RX 7900 XTX very nearly matches RTX 4090 performance
By Chris Szewczyk published
News It takes a hardware mod and serious power though.
G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 48GB CL36 review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Moar For when 32GB isn't enough and 64GB is too much.