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
![AMD Ryzen CPU in Zen logo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZeeF4C64wmCrVcEfEodFs6-320-80.jpg)
The launch of AMD's Zen 5 processors is close, as motherboard manufacturers begin rolling out BIOSes supporting the next-gen chips
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Computex is just a matter of weeks away.
![MSI B660 Tomahawk PCIe slots](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TBNpDURgKcgqitf7EWg927-320-80.png)
PCIe 7.0 is on track for a 2025 release, which means SSDs with speeds of up to 60GB/s should be available in the coming years
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Just one PCIe 7.0 lane has as much bandwidth as four PCIe 5.0 lanes
![MSI Project Zero PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Yb2v8Uz4uBsrdUP7oSV6n6-320-80.jpg)
Building a rig with MSI's Project Zero is a glimpse into the (almost) cable-less future of PC gaming
By Chris Szewczyk published
Cables begone! We can't yet cut out PC cables, so completely hiding them gives us the next best thing.
![Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti SSD backplate and SSD heatsink](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JMoMeFfBUiq8xwWsY5LKUn-320-80.jpg)
Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti SSD OC review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Innovation A graphics card and an SSD walk into a bar...
![New hero Fuse drinks from a bottle in front of flames](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cqoULh6rpAkdfWMTBHqUgf-320-80.jpg)
AI is poised to tackle some of the world's most important issues, including making beer taste better
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Beer: Even when its bad it's still pretty good.
![Panasonic Aviation Astrova in-flight entertainment system](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P3RxwUUPoT2i7LwFpwrwJW-320-80.jpg)
Economy class will be slightly less punishing if you fly on an aircraft with Panasonic's Astrova in-flight entertainment system
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Now, about those seats...
![intel cpu](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ria5erNerXX8q9PbzyAZvG-320-80.jpg)
The Chinese government is phasing out Intel and AMD CPUs and Microsoft's Windows OS because they don't fit its new 'safe and reliable' guidelines
By Chris Szewczyk published
News This is getting nasty.
![Image of a physical Bitcoin on a PCB.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fbS5kjGRT4umPC7ZyhABu5-320-80.jpg)
Iceland's prime minister favors farming over finance as Bitcoin miners feast on the island's cheap power
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Maize over mining.
![Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti graphics card](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PMMpXnQopw8bvQNgi8tp5n-320-80.jpg)
Nvidia's RTX 4060, 4060 Ti, and 4070 are set to receive GPU updates, but sadly it looks like they won't bring any improvements
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Same specs. Different GPUs.
![HP Omen 15 laptop](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rzy2pA5HPndgcgJpUsy9YM-320-80.jpg)
HP's Omen 17 with an RTX 4090 is an absolute steal right now at AU$3,599
By Chris Szewczyk published
deal Good luck finding even an RTX 4080 machine at this price.
![Bitcoin](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HpFcoxB7p7DiMwecG4vCQF-320-80.jpg)
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin? It's not Craig Wright according to a UK judge
By Chris Szewczyk published
News A mortal blow for Faketoshi.
![Aeiral view of Intel's Chandler, Arizona manufacturing facility](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Bzj4kfgnMGUoHqektGuPS3-320-80.jpg)
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.
![Asus ROG NUC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vYU3SHUdYN3YKeiMADapaV-320-80.jpg)
The Asus ROG NUC is launching soon, and it ain't cheap
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Available April 10.
![BenQ Zowie XL2546X gaming monitor](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3msJAH7aH7qUfF9YiX9bSG-320-80.jpg)
BenQ Zowie XL2566K gaming monitor review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Rapid A monitor purpose built for gaming greatness.
![AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU in a motherboard socket](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B93Cbo7AJ7rdsHnkKNXAU4-320-80.jpg)
Demand for AMD CPUs surges as crypto mining rises from the ashes
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Mining some coins became profitable again.
![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.
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