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
I'm absolutely in love with the Atari 400 Mini, a recreation of one of the first ever gaming computers
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Beautiful in beige.
Samsung and LG show off transparent screens at CES 2024 that have to be seen to be believed
By Chris Szewczyk published
CES 2024 They might even be affordable in about ten years.
Intel's next gen Battlemage GPUs are up and running in its labs, and work on its next-next generation Celestial architecture is well underway
By Chris Szewczyk published
News It's on track for a 2024 launch.
Asus unveils its ROG NUC, packing up to a Core 9 Ultra and RTX 4070 graphics into a compact 2.5-liter chassis
By Chris Szewczyk published
CES 2024 Consoles shmonsoles.
Nvidia announces G-Sync is coming to GeForce Now and it works with any VRR monitor
By Chris Szewczyk published
CES 2024 And its introducing one-day GeForce Now passes.
The Wi-Fi 7 era officially begins with the introduction of certified devices
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Ready for prime time.
Samsung's 990 Evo SSD supports PCIe 4.0 x4 and 5.0 x2 and I hope it's the first of many hybrid solutions
By Chris Szewczyk published
News More Gen 5 x2 SSDs, please!
AMD's Ryzen 8000-series APUs are looking pretty darn strong
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Look out for these chips if you're on a strict budget.
I've reviewed a ton of PC components over the past 12 months but AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D is my pick of the year
By Chris Szewczyk published
Gear of the Year Hands down, my favorite gaming CPU.
If successful, Intel's next generation Battlemage graphics cards will benefit all gamers
By Chris Szewczyk published
3-way battle It'll keep Nvidia and AMD honest.
Boxing Day 2023 PC gaming sales in Australia: save on laptops, monitors & more
By Shaun Prescott last updated
News Boxing Day sales in Australia are now officially live, and we've found some of the best discounts across a range of gaming products
Allied Patriot-A Gaming PC Review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Review Ryzen 5 7500F | RTX 4070 12GB | 16GB DDR5 | A powerful gaming PC with the right stuff
Nvidia's RTX technologies are now supported by 500 games and apps, with more to come
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Here's to 500 more.
Teamgroup T-Force Xtreem DDR5-8200 review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Xtreem speeds You want it, but do you need it?
Barring unforeseen shocks, the signs point towards a strong 2024 for the global PC market
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Lots of exciting new hardware to come. Oh, and AI is a thing.
The Intel Core i9 14900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D gaming shootout
By Chris Szewczyk published
Clocks or cache? We compare the two companies' flagship CPUs in a series of head-to-head matchups.
Rising NAND and DDR chip prices mean SSD and memory prices are sure to increase in 2024
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Now might be your last chance to grab a bargain.
Some Google Drive users are reporting that their recently uploaded files have vanished
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Google is investigating.
You can create a RAM disk within the 3D V-Cache of an AMD X3D CPU if you really want to
By Chris Szewczyk published
News A very fast, but very small 32MB RAM drive.
Nvidia RTX 4060 vs RTX 3060 and its 7 other biggest rival GPUs
By Chris Szewczyk last updated
Head-to-head Here's how the GeForce RTX 4060 stacks up against the previous generation, its Ada compatriots, and its AMD rivals in our tests.
Nvidia's next-gen flagship graphics card to feature GDDR7 memory delivering up to 50% more bandwidth
By Chris Szewczyk published
News 32Gbps GDDR7 with a 384-bit bus.
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