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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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 With a 12th-Gen Intel Core i5 12400F and a decent spec, this is a quality gaming PC.

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

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

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Deal Pair this with a 1440p monitor and your set for years of happy high-end gaming.

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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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Deal Treat your behind to one of the best gaming chairs around and save cash.

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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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News Rumours suggest up to 10 new AMD Ryzen chips will land in April.

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Deal This is an incredible amount of laptop from not much cash.

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Deal The FireCuda 530 is one of the fastest NVMe SSDs you can buy, and it's down to just £160 today.

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Cutting-edge Razer takes equal parts Intel Alder Lake CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU to make for a potent laptop brew.

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Is Aerith, the APU in the Steam Deck, cramped by the constraints of the handheld?

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Grrr There's a bear in there.

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Ask PC Gamer You don't have to limit your PC gaming to a desk.

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News Integrated graphics have never looked so promising.

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News Chip crisis? What chip crisis?

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News Can your machine run it at the top settings? Now you can easily see.

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Lost fps Give yourself the edge in the latest MMO ARPG.

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Deal A quality gaming machine at a very tempting price.

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News They're still too expensive, but at least the pricing is heading in the right direction.
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