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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News AMD is working with Phison, Crucial, and Micron to produce the first PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs in time for the AM5 launch.

By Alan Dexter Published
Late-comer Arriving late to the speedy SSD party isn't always the best way of making an impression.

By Alan Dexter Published
News Cryptocurrency giveth and then taketh away.

By Alan Dexter Published
News The modular laptop design delivers on its promise of the Right to Repair nirvana.

By Alan Dexter Published
News Is it going to be too little too late though?

By Dave James Published
Cthulhu cables Yes, I suck at cable management, but you know what? I just don't care.

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News That's faster than any current Zen 3 CPU, and confirms they'll come with integrated RDNA 2 graphics chips, too.

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Quad damage Quiet and cool, the Wired2Fire Reaper is almost the perfect 1440p gaming PC.

By Alan Dexter Published
News These powerful CPUs take aim at workstations and extreme gaming laptops.

By Alan Dexter Published
News Lower latencies and faster frequencies will finally make a difference to our frame rates.

By Alan Dexter Published
Reduced Alder Lake and Ampere take on 1080p gaming for less than a grand.

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News Apacer says AMD will support faster DDR5 RAM than Intel.

By Alan Dexter Published
Roaring The latest Magic expansion goes back to the prohibition era.

By Alan Dexter Published
News A new record for DDR5 and a testing time for the 12900KS.

By Alan Dexter Published
News It's almost summer for graphics cards.

By Alan Dexter Published
News AM5 is already shaping up to be a powerful platform.

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

By Alan Dexter Published
Deal This is a lot of laptop for not much money.

By Alan Dexter Published
News Using MSI's expensive Godlike X570 motherboard, but that's still impressive.

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

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

By Alan Dexter Published
Fresh New firmware and flash make an already strong SSD even better.

By Alan Dexter Published
News Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
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