Chris Szewczyk

Chris Szewczyk

Hardware Writer

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

AMD Ryzen 7 8700G leaning against its box
Delidding a Ryzen 7 8700G APU allows it to run up to 25 degrees cooler

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News The stock TIM is crap.

News
Image of the ASRock Z690 Taichi motherboard.
ASRock's latest 600 and 700-series BIOS updates deliver an optional boost to your 14th Gen non-K CPU

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News Moar Powah.

News
Nvidia Hopper GPU die
Nvidia's AI is helping its engineers to bring better AI to the market faster

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News The chatbot has the answers you need young padawan.

News
Generic product image of an AMD Ryzen CPU, against a stylised background
AMD makes further CPU market share gains with signs pointing to a recovery in the overall PC market

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News The tea leaves point to a stronger 2024 for both AMD and Intel.

News
MSI RTX 3050 Ventus 2X 6G OC graphics card
Nvidia's 'new' RTX 3050 6G gets benchmarked, and it ain't great, but it's not all bad

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News A very quiet launch indeed.

News
Microsoft Windows 11
Windows 11 gains traction with gamers according to Steam's latest Hardware Survey

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News The flippening will happen. Eventually.

News
Zotac RTX 4080 Super Amp Extreme Airo
Zotac Gaming RTX 4080 Super Amp Extreme Airo review

By Chris Szewczyk Published

Slightly Super An upgrade is an upgrade, and Zotac's premium challenger takes things a step further.

Slightly Super
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G atop an AM5 motherboard
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G review

By Chris Szewczyk Published

Cheapaz chip The CPU of choice for gamers on the tightest budgets.

Cheapaz chip
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G CPU in socket
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G review

By Chris Szewczyk Published

CPU gamer 1080p gaming with integrated graphics. For real.

CPU gamer
An Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition graphics card from various angles
Intel's Arc graphics cards receive yet another major performance uplift with the latest driver

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News Up to 268% in the case of Just Cause 4.

News
MSI RTX 4070 Ti Super graphics card
MSI RTX 4070 Ti Super Ventus 3X review

By Chris Szewczyk Published

Superseder A solid upgrade with a superior spec, but there's an asterisk.

Superseder
Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti graphics card
Nvidia's RTX 4060 and RTX 4060 Ti are the cards that really should be getting the Super treatment

By Chris Szewczyk Published

Make it Super Make Ada Great Again.

Make it Super
Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Reports of RTX 4090s being sold in China without GPUs scares the heck out of me

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News I really hope this isn't the tip of the iceberg.

News
Retro Games Atari 400 mini
I'm absolutely in love with the Atari 400 Mini, a recreation of one of the first ever gaming computers

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News Beautiful in beige.

News
Samsung transparent Micro LED screen
Samsung and LG show off transparent screens at CES 2024 that have to be seen to be believed

By Chris Szewczyk Published

CES 2024 They might even be affordable in about ten years.

CES 2024
Intel Alchemist GPU renders on a blue gradient background
Intel's next gen Battlemage GPUs are up and running in its labs, and work on its next-next generation Celestial architecture is well underway

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News It's on track for a 2024 launch.

News
Asus' ROG NUC on display at CES 2024
Asus unveils its ROG NUC, packing up to a Core 9 Ultra and RTX 4070 graphics into a compact 2.5-liter chassis

By Chris Szewczyk Published

CES 2024 Consoles shmonsoles.

CES 2024
Nvidia demonstrates cloud G-Sync on GeForce Now
Nvidia announces G-Sync is coming to GeForce Now and it works with any VRR monitor

By Chris Szewczyk Published

CES 2024 And its introducing one-day GeForce Now passes.

CES 2024
Futuristic glowing blue wi-fi symbol on black dark background with blurred reflection
The Wi-Fi 7 era officially begins with the introduction of certified devices

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News Ready for prime time.

News
Samsung 990 Evo SSD
Samsung's 990 Evo SSD supports PCIe 4.0 x4 and 5.0 x2 and I hope it's the first of many hybrid solutions

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News More Gen 5 x2 SSDs, please!

News
AMD Phoenix mobile chip image against a processor base plate backdrop
AMD's Ryzen 8000-series APUs are looking pretty darn strong

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News Look out for these chips if you're on a strict budget.

News
M.2 SSD connector
You know M.2 SSDs suck, right?

By Chris Szewczyk Published

The Edge U.2 has The Edge.

The Edge
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
I've reviewed a ton of PC components over the past 12 months but AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D is my pick of the year

By Chris Szewczyk Published

Gear of the Year Hands down, my favorite gaming CPU.

Gear of the Year
Intel Alchemist GPU renders on a blue gradient background
If successful, Intel's next generation Battlemage graphics cards will benefit all gamers

By Chris Szewczyk Published

3-way battle It'll keep Nvidia and AMD honest.

3-way battle
Alan Wake with a glowing bullet hole in his forehead in Alan Wake 2.
Nvidia's RTX technologies are now supported by 500 games and apps, with more to come

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News Here's to 500 more.

News
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