Chris Szewczyk
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
![Google's DeepMind SIMA AI playing games](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BDHWwnot3KybdrMiPqz3g8-320-80.jpg)
Google develops an AI that will actually play games with you
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Hey Google, kill that sucker.
![tiktok on phone screen](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nkDHwXtr3GwquY7q7SGZ2e-320-80.jpg)
The US House passes a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban on TikTok
By Chris Szewczyk published
News The bill will now head to the Senate.
![A collection of graphics cards on a colourful background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V8wiUBwunrqA24vJHEheUR-320-80.jpg)
The mid-range graphics card market heats up as AMD and Nvidia get aggressive
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Things are getting interesting around that $400 mark.
![Datacenter](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/g3Z8LkMMWcWieQtS4SovDT-320-80.jpg)
Nvidia's next gen AI superchips will reportedly consume up to 1,000W
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Upgrade the power grid while you're at it.
![DNA strands](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PjBak2dSPVfC2gK5dGkhwW-320-80.jpg)
DNA storage has been talked about for years, but how close is it to becoming a reality?
By Chris Szewczyk published
midichlorians? The future of storage is currently a massive $1,000 per kilobyte, so there's a way to go.
![ransomware](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gMaiZrojce6KNg9VtLcxbZ-320-80.jpg)
IBM's AI assisted SSD gives the middle finger to ransomware attackers
By Chris Szewczyk published
News A glimpse at the future of storage security.
![A collection of graphics cards on a colourful background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V8wiUBwunrqA24vJHEheUR-320-80.jpg)
The PC market is looking increasingly healthy as GPU shipments rise on the back of surging notebook demand
By Chris Szewczyk published
News The year of the AI notebook?
![HWInfo screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vLGU6kAUuamS94JRZoCv28-320-80.jpg)
HWInfo finally introduces on-screen display functionality, making one of my all time favorite apps even better
By Chris Szewczyk published
News I'd be lost without it.
![A vibrator with a magnetically attached USB cable](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KLHzhQUKPrXJ9cg4ETYULk-320-80.jpg)
MalwareBytes recommends using USB condoms with USB vibrators to avoid nasty infections
By Chris Szewczyk published
News The birds and the bees and the vibrators.
![AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE graphics card](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ryLTcMRcoSQcocKnxZop4Y-320-80.jpg)
Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 GRE review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Rabbit or hare? This golden rabbit is no mere bunny.
![Microsoft Windows 11](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zyVbUadgdCMF66LuN3cMge-320-80.jpg)
Do you hate being forced to reboot your PC every time a new Windows update drops? If so, there's a welcome change in the works.
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Hot patching is coming to Windows.
![The Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-7000 in situ.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yaYTipA2x5kxuNChsQrTaJ-320-80.jpg)
MSI releases Intel BIOS with support for 256GB of RAM, just in case 192GB isn't enough
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Too much is better than not enough.
![Nvidia's CEO overlaid on the company's HQ in California](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SirTT3aQnfFraBniNSVUTm-320-80.jpg)
Nvidia rakes in more than $22 billion in a single quarter on the back of surging AI demand
By Chris Szewczyk last updated
News Revenue is up by 265% if you don't mind.
![A smartphone sitting in rice](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2qYDMFCgDVre5m5SWGudZA-320-80.jpg)
Apple issues rice advice, saying it's not the way you should dry out your wet iPhone
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Debunks an urban myth.
![Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger delivering a keynote at Intel Foundry Services (IFS) Direct Connect 2024 event](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x99vSw32fWtJ9HobcAQm7Q-320-80.jpg)
Intel announces new 14A node at IFS Direct Connect 2024, and its aggressive 'five nodes in four years' roadmap remains on track
By Chris Szewczyk published
News On the path to the Angstrom era.
![Intel Core Ultra 7 155H](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nri5LRRZnEYRzCjEq4KLKn-320-80.jpg)
Intel Lunar Lake CPU with a curious configuration spotted running Windows
By Chris Szewczyk published
News It's early days though.
![Intel Core i9 13900K Raptor Lake chip on a promotional box](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2WedBSuGguWVjNzRkW8WqY-320-80.jpg)
Intel Core i9 14900KS shows up at multiple EU retailers, indicating its launch is imminent
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Pushing the limits.
![A PC full of dust](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oHxXzKVMgVoFr4NmVLj3y5-320-80.png)
How to clean your computer
By Jon Martindale, Hope Corrigan published
Keep it clean Follow our tips to keep your PC dust-free.
![a single fire ant](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5SpkzeSN8NSsKT4VHE3EY-320-80.jpg)
Gamers report aptly named fire ants are causing their PCs to overheat
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Not your typical PC bug.
![Windows 11 2H22 update screenshots](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3eLzhcqYBfwSAQDTneUPzk-320-80.png)
Microsoft really wants you to upgrade to Windows 11 by touting its start menu as a 'game changer'
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Yeah, I'm not sure if that's a really compelling reason to upgrade.
![Sets of G.Skill, Corsair, and Kingston DDR5 memory modules](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ccoRKH6PLHHbALspdsQdyL-320-80.jpg)
Best DDR5 RAM for gaming in 2024: I've been down the memory mines so you don't have to
By Chris Szewczyk last updated
Dynamic I've put the top gaming memory through its paces to find out what the best DDR5 RAM to pair with your new gaming PC is.
![Microsoft Windows 11](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UhKSGsc3TWtmnX9W99AJSe-320-80.jpg)
A native AI assisted Super Resolution feature is coming to Windows 11
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Upscaling for all.
![AI on a chip.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hTqnRPDNbs8jT8x7QGNwbW-320-80.jpg)
As if it didn't dominate the AI market already, Nvidia is gearing up to go after the custom AI chip market
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Could consoles be on the menu?