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
Why bother using spinning fans to cool your PC when you can just spin your whole rig?
By Chris Szewczyk published
News The protective riot shield is a bit of a giveaway to the answer to that question.
MSI MPG B760I Edge WiFi review
By Chris Szewczyk published
All white Do you fancy a white-themed Mini-ITX Intel build? This MSI could be what you're looking for.
Gigabyte A620I AX motherboard review
By Chris Szewczyk published
no frills A no-frills board that's about the cheapest option there is if you want a compact AMD system.
Hands on with the Zotac Zone gaming handheld: It's got a gorgeous screen, but the competition is ramping up
By Chris Szewczyk published
news It does have a mostly impressive spec list.
MSI's Computex 2024 booth was packed with wonderful and weird hardware, and even more packed with people eager to see it all
By Chris Szewczyk published
Packed! Graphics cards, monitors, SSDs, and next gen motherboards galore. With a healthy dose of AI for good measure.
Nvidia's RTX 5090 might not be the jumbo big boi we were all expecting
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Dual slot? Really?
China's latest round of domestic chipmaking funding raises $47 billion
By Chris Szewczyk published
News DIY, superpower style.
Gigabyte's new B650E motherboard supports plump graphics cards weighing up to 58 kg
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Getting ready for some seriously chunky next-gen GPUs?
Lenovo launches its Legion 7000K desktop gaming PCs: With laptop CPUs
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Micron gets hit with a whopping $445 million damages bill after it was found liable for patent infringements
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Not exactly chump change.
MSI reveals an intriguing motherboard with CAMM2 memory support
By Chris Szewczyk published
News A glimpse at the future or a one-off concept?
MSI MPG B650I Edge WiFi review
By Chris Szewczyk published
small pleasures This little board has a couple of key ticks that give it appeal.
Nvidia shows no sign of slowing down as it rakes in more than $26 billion in a single quarter thanks to data center demand
By Chris Szewczyk published
News The stock rose by 6% in after hours trading.
Apple reportedly seeks to lock out its competitors from TSMC's 2nm process, by booking all of its manufacturing capacity
By Chris Szewczyk published
News That looks nice. We'll take all of it.
3DMark Steel Nomad is now available to give your GPU an inferiority complex
By Chris Szewczyk published
News It's punishing, but not overly so.
All the big laptop makers are embracing Qualcomm's Snapdragon X, here are all the 'PC reborn' models available for pre-order now
By Chris Szewczyk published
News There's something about you, Snappy.
Microsoft unveils the Copilot+ AI PC ecosystem, with Snapdragon X laptops exclusively leading the way
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Intel and AMD don't yet qualify.
TCL smashes the refresh rate barrier as it demonstrates a 4K 1000Hz panel
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Now we await the RTX 7090 and Display Port 3 to drive it.
This HP Omen 17 with an RTX 4090 GPU and 13th Gen i9 processor is stunning value at just AU$3,691
By Chris Szewczyk published
deal You'll be lucky to find an RTX 4080 machine at this price.
The Biden administration is set to double tariffs on Chinese made semiconductors, potentially leading to more expensive PC hardware
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Round and round we go.
Intel's Thunderbolt Share is the easiest way yet to link and share data between two PCs
By Chris Szewczyk published
News It's not quite plug and play though.
ASRock Z790I Lightning WiFi motherboard review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Petite Power A Mini-ITX board built for the tough demands of 13th and 14th Gen i9 processors.
Intel's efforts to develop a PCIe throttling driver point towards a very hot Gen 6 future
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Gen 5 drives are already hot enough.
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