Nick Evanson

Nick Evanson

Hardware Writer

Nick, gaming, and computers all first met in the early 1980s. After leaving university, he became a physics and IT teacher and started writing about tech in the late 1990s. That resulted in him working with MadOnion to write the help files for 3DMark and PCMark. After a short stint working at Beyond3D.com, Nick joined Futuremark (MadOnion rebranded) full-time, as editor-in-chief for its PC gaming section, YouGamers. After the site shutdown, he became an engineering and computing lecturer for many years, but missed the writing bug. Cue four years at TechSpot.com covering everything and anything to do with tech and PCs. He freely admits to being far too obsessed with GPUs and open-world grindy RPGs, but who isn't these days?

Latest articles by Nick Evanson

A photograph of an apartment, showing an engineering art sculpture called Spectrum Slit, as created by Rootkid
Making the invisible visible, this engineering artist's creation shows the incredible level to which modern devices fill our world with radio waves

By Nick Evanson Published

News It's a little bit spooky to watch in action, but I'd love one in my office.

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Intel 18A wafer
Intel's in no hurry to get 14A all tooled up: 'It does not make sense to build out significant capacity there until we know that we have the customers that will accept that demand'

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News But it's 'aggressively as possible' in getting all other wafers out of the door.

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Four Asus X870 and X870E motherboards
Asus starts an 'immediate internal review' on its 800-series motherboards in light of 'recent reports concerning Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs'

By Nick Evanson Published

News No solutions yet, but it's better than staying quiet on the whole matter.

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AMD RX 9070 XT and Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards from Asus
If you've been saving up to buy a new 16 GB graphics card, then I have bad news for you: It's already a bloodbath out there and it's getting worse every week

By Nick Evanson Published

News So either face the storm now or ride it out for a year or so.

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CHONGQING, CHINA - DECEMBER 29: In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone displaying the logo of “Claude,” an AI language model by Anthropic, with the company’s logo visible in the background, illustrating the rapid development and adoption of generative AI technologies, on December 29, 2024 in Chongqing, China. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a cornerstone of China’s strategic ambitions, with the government aiming to establish the country as a global leader in AI by 2030.
'I think this is crazy': Anthropic's CEO takes a potshot at Nvidia and the US government for selling AI chips to China

By Nick Evanson Published

News It's not really biting the hands that feed it, more just a little nibble.

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A screenshot of Microsoft PowerToys 0.97, as demonstrated by Microsoft
If you're tired of fighting with your mouse cursor across acres of multi-monitor screen space, Microsoft's latest PowerToys update has it all wrapped up for you

By Nick Evanson Published

News To the top, to the bottom, to the left, to the right.

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A promotional image for Nvidia NeMo, using icons to represent the different aspects of the generative AI framework
Nvidia allegedly greenlit the use of pirated books from illegal sources to train its AI models, according to an expanded class-action lawsuit

By Nick Evanson Published

News The lawsuit from 2024 is back, this time with bigger allegations.

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Character overlooking a magic village
Doom, Windows 95, even Hytale itself: It seems like there's nothing that modders can't make Hytale run

By Nick Evanson Published

News But can it run Crysis?

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Windows 95 logo (no text)
The shift key trick to quickly restart Windows 95 wasn't a placebo, it was a neat little system to avoid a full PC reboot

By Nick Evanson Published

News One of Microsoft's veteran software engineers explains the full 'secret sauce'.

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Intel Core i9 12900K up-close images with the chip exposed
Intel signals the end for its 12th Gen Core processors, though the architecture lives on under the guise of its 13th and 14th Gen

By Nick Evanson Published

News It's not the end, but it is an end.

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A stylized photograph of Micron's facilities in San Jose, California
Because of AI 'memory's become sexy again'. That's what Micron told us as the alarm bells for the RAMpocalypse began ringing in 2024, but we just didn't listen

By Nick Evanson Published

News We're all paying for sexy memory now.

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2026 Micron Syracuse, New York groundbreaking ceremony
Spraying kerosene over the DRAM inferno, US commerce secretary suggests memory chip makers could face 100% tariffs unless they commit to increased US production

By Nick Evanson Published

News 2025 was full of tariff talk. Now it's 2026's turn.

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A promotional image of an Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial motherboard against a dark, stylized background
A stupid Windows 11 requirement makes Asus' simple new Wi-Fi motherboard feature a winner

By Nick Evanson Published

News The new Asus X870E Glacial motherboard looks super clean and feature-rich, but it's the integrated Wi-Fi drivers that get my nod

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Jeff Bezos
No, Jeff Bezos didn't predict the future of the home PC would see it being swept away into the cloud

By Nick Evanson Published

News He's just talking about the world of data centers, that's all.

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Sony WH-1000XM5 review
Audio devices that use Google's Fast Pair Bluetooth tech are vulnerable to hacks that could track location or listen to the mic, according to researchers

By Nick Evanson Published

News Google's still working on a complete fix, but a partial solution is available.

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The SK Hynix Semiconductor Inc. logo is displayed at the company's plant during a media tour organized by Korea Industrial Complex Corp. (KICOX) in Cheongju, South Korea, on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. KICOX, which develops and manages industrial complexes and support for resident enterprises as a public company under South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy, held a media tour to the plant
SK Hynix's unique way of chopping cells in two is a big step in making PLC flash memory chips viable and could offer a solution to ballooning SSD prices

By Nick Evanson Published

News Though we're still some way off from seeing the light at the end of the AI-induced tunnel.

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TSMC wafer in manufacturing
Apple is no longer the apple of TSMC's eye, with Nvidia taking centre stage in the supply of wafers, according to one report

By Nick Evanson Published

News It essentially comes down to whoever is willing to pay the most and AI tops them all.

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A screenshot of Windows Notepad, demonstrating the use of tables, as created by Microsoft
Microsoft rolls out tables in Notepad for all Windows 11 users, though I'd feel happier about this if I knew this was the final addition to my favorite little app

By Nick Evanson Published

News You can have too much of a good thing.

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An image of the best external hard drives on a red background with the PC Gamer recommended badge
Best external hard drives in 2026: the storage media I'd take on my own gaming adventures

By Nick Evanson Last updated

TB on the go Grab one of the best external hard drives to increase your storage space or backup your PC.

TB on the go
MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk WiFi and Asus ROG Maximum Z790 Hero gaming motherboards on a green background with a PC Gamer Recommended label
Best gaming motherboards in 2026: these are the AMD and Intel mobos I'd build a system around today

By Dave James Last updated

Best Mobo The best gaming motherboards from the top Intel and AMD chipsets.

Best Mobo
The best wireless gaming keyboards
Best wireless gaming keyboard in 2026: my top picks for cable-free typing delights

By Jacob Ridley Last updated

Freedom Cut the cord with the best wireless gaming keyboards.

Freedom
A collection of DDR4 and DDR5 DIMMs against a blue background, with a PC Gamer Recommended logo
Best RAM for gaming in 2026: I've tested the best DDR4 and DDR5 RAM to find the right kits for you

By Chris Szewczyk Last updated

Dynamic I've put the top gaming memory through its paces to find out what the best RAM to pair with your new gaming PC is.

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Asus and ASRock Mini-ITX motherboards
Best Mini-ITX motherboards in 2026: My pick from all the mini mobo marvels I've tested

By Nick Evanson Last updated

Mini marvels The best Mini-ITX motherboards for both Intel and AMD.

Mini marvels
A photo of an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor next to an Intel logo
It's 2026, CES is over, and there's still no sign of Intel's Arrow Lake refresh, but one hardware channel is adamant it'll be here in the spring

By Nick Evanson Published

News Would a no-show even matter when Nova Lake is coming?

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007 First Light screenshot
The name's still Bond but at least everything is right this time, as 007 First Light's devs have corrected their system requirements after 'an internal miscommunication' error

By Nick Evanson Published

News Who knew that PC hardware was so complicated?

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