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.
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News A new record for DDR5 and a testing time for the 12900KS.

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News It's almost summer for graphics cards.

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News AM5 is already shaping up to be a powerful platform.

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News Expensive DDR5 memory is rumoured to be the only option for X670 and B650 motherboards.

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Deal This is a lot of laptop for not much money.

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deal If you want to game on a tight budget, then this is pretty much as good as it gets.

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News Using MSI's expensive Godlike X570 motherboard, but that's still impressive.

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Deal With great power comes great value for money.

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News AMD's newest chip doesn't overclock, undervolt, or support PBO.

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News Video encoding and 3D rendering take a hit for the sake of games.

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Fresh New firmware and flash make an already strong SSD even better.

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News Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

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News The march of progress pushes gaming PCs forward.

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News Spice up your Monday with some 8-bit browser action.

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Momento Something DRAM-less this way comes.

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News Intel's Core i5 CPU cooler runs quieter with the simplest of hacks.

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deal A sensible spec and plenty of RGB make this a deal worth grabbing.

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News Once again the humble hard drive refuses to go to the grave.

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deal For a shade under $900, you get a PC that's great for 1080p gaming.

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News Long load times could soon be a thing of the past.

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News Remember, it's what you do with it that counts.

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Muddled An undeniably gorgeous sliver of hardware searching for a problem to solve.

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News The Ryzen 5 5500 could have been a great budget chip, but it's too limited.
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