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

Aeiral view of Intel's Chandler, Arizona manufacturing facility
Billions from the CHIPS Act is soon to begin flowing with Samsung, Intel and TSMC set to benefit

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News Made in the USA.

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Asus ROG NUC
The Asus ROG NUC is launching soon, and it ain't cheap

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News Available April 10.

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU in a motherboard socket
Demand for AMD CPUs surges as crypto mining rises from the ashes

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News Mining some coins became profitable again.

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Google's DeepMind SIMA AI playing games
Google develops an AI that will actually play games with you

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News Hey Google, kill that sucker.

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tiktok on phone screen
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.

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A collection of graphics cards on a colourful background.
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.

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Datacenter
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.

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DNA strands
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.

midichlorians?
ransomware
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.

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A collection of graphics cards on a colourful background.
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?

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HWInfo screenshot
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.

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A vibrator with a magnetically attached USB cable
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.

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AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE graphics card
Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 GRE review

By Chris Szewczyk Published

Rabbit or hare? This golden rabbit is no mere bunny.

Rabbit or hare?
Microsoft Windows 11
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.

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The Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-7000 in situ.
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.

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Nvidia's CEO overlaid on the company's HQ in California
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.

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A smartphone sitting in rice
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.

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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger delivering a keynote at Intel Foundry Services (IFS) Direct Connect 2024 event
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.

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Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
Intel Lunar Lake CPU with a curious configuration spotted running Windows

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News It's early days though.

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Intel Core i9 13900K Raptor Lake chip on a promotional box
Intel Core i9 14900KS shows up at multiple EU retailers, indicating its launch is imminent

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News Pushing the limits.

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A PC full of dust
How to clean your computer

By Jon Martindale, Hope Corrigan Published

Keep it clean Follow our tips to keep your PC dust-free.

Keep it clean
a single fire ant
Gamers report aptly named fire ants are causing their PCs to overheat

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News Not your typical PC bug.

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Windows 11 2H22 update screenshots
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.

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Microsoft Windows 11
A native AI assisted Super Resolution feature is coming to Windows 11

By Chris Szewczyk Published

News Upscaling for all.

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AI on a chip.
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?

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