Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
US promises Samsung $6.4B to build more chips on US soil, which only increases the chance of a Made in USA GPU at some point
News Samsung, TSMC, and Intel are all big benefactors from the CHIPS and Science Act cash the US Government is throwing around right now.
My top TikTok account of the minute: this 'guy with two microscopes' that peeps inside computer chips
News Ready for your close-up?
Our favorite gaming laptop is $700 off right now: not a bad price to secure an RTX 4080
Deal The Lenovo Legion 7i is down to just over $2,000 over at B&H right now.
Nextorage X Series (NN5PRO) 2TB review
Cost per GB The fastest SSD for random reads/writes we've ever tested, but for what purpose?
Scuf Envision Pro controller review
PC first A high-end controller actually designed for PC gaming.
A 16-inch gaming laptop is desirable but make it an RTX 4070 model for $1,200 and I'm in
Deal Acer's Nitro 16 is currently on offer over at Newegg, and it's not just the Nvidia GPU I'm into.
President Biden says he'll hand $6.6 billion to world's largest chipmaker to stick around and expand in Arizona
News That's CHIPS Act cash headed into TSMC's pocket, and in return it'll build not one but three fabs in Arizona.
Intel Battlemage reportedly headed our way before Black Friday
News That's sometime before November 29, for non-Americans or reluctant capitalists.
Google sums up 2023's security exploits: the good news is fixes are blocking some types of zero-day attack. The bad news is Windows has seen more than most
News 2023 also saw a greater number of zero-day attacks in the wild than 2022, but still fewer than 2021.
This custom controller builder is making one in the shape of the Mysterious Artefact from Baldur's Gate 3, and it mostly works
News Shadowheart approves.
Knock an extra 10% off this new AndaSeat gaming chair—dropping it and its fifth dimension armrests under $400
Deal We've got a coupon code for an extra 10% off, if you're interested. Did I mention the 5D armrests?
Razer Blade 14 (2024) review
Nice 'n' pricey AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (140W) | 32GB DDR5 | 1TB SSD | $2,700 | £2,700
Major Taiwan earthquake temporarily halts production at Nvidia and AMD chipmaker
News The earthquake is one of the largest in Taiwan's history, leaving at least seven dead and more trapped.
There's practically never been a better time to upgrade to 1440p, as this $170 165Hz Gigabyte gaming monitor proves
Deal It's not some junker, either: IPS panel, 1ms response time, and FreeSync Premium all well under $200.
Lexar Play 2230 1TB SSD review
Handheld upgrade For a Steam Deck, ROG Ally, or Legion Go SSD update, look no further than the impressive Play 2230.
Asus ROG Falchion RX Low Profile review
Tiny champ A gaming keyboard with a lot to offer considering its small stature.
Snapdragon X Elite spotted running Baldur's Gate 3 at around 30fps, supporting claims that Windows games 'just work' on ARM chip
News Qualcomm's chip might be good for a spot of gaming on the go.
Man tries to smuggle seven-year-old AMD graphics cards through Chinese airport customs—all 44 of them
News The RX 580 wasn't even all that expensive new.
Phil Spencer, forever the optimist, hints that he's interested in a Microsoft version of Big Picture Mode for handheld gaming PCs: 'I want my Legion Go to feel like an Xbox'
News "The things that usually frustrate me are more Windows-based than device-based. Which is an area I feel some ownership of."
Intel's future multi billion dollar mega-fab is set smack-bang on top of multiple neolithic burial sites
News More digging to come before the heavy machinery rolls in.
Free Dragon's Dogma 2 mod hands RTX 40-series owners a much-needed performance bump
News Frame Generation will be added to the game at a later date, but for now we have PureDark's swiftly released and slightly turbulent mod.
This $120 2TB Lexar NM790 is a ray of sunshine in an otherwise bleak world of rising SSD prices
Deal I've been searching for SSD deals and unfortunately find many performant drives have gone up in price, except this excellent Lexar.
