Paul Lilly
Paul has been playing PC games and raking his knuckles on computer hardware since the Commodore 64. He does not have any tattoos, but thinks it would be cool to get one that reads LOAD"*",8,1. In his off time, he rides motorcycles and wrestles alligators (only one of those is true).
Latest articles by Paul Lilly
Even if Intel launches a Core i9 10900KS tomorrow, you should wait for Rocket Lake
By Paul Lilly published
News A special edition Core i9 10900KS feels like an unnecessary addition with Rocket Lake right around the corner.
AMD’s latest GPU driver quietly delivers a massive boost in Mesh Shader performance
By Paul Lilly published
News The mystery of higher than expected CPU usage tied to Radeon Software remains unsolved, though.
HDDs are not dead, they accounted for over 1ZB (a lot) of shipped capacity last year
By Paul Lilly published
News Don't pour one out for the mechanical hard disk drive, it is still going strong in the era of solid state drives.
EVGA launches 4K Hz keyboards and the first triple-sensor 8K Hz gaming mice
By Paul Lilly published
News EVGA’s new keyboards and mice bring the hertz to the competition.
PSA: Not all 400-series motherboards will support Intel’s next-gen gaming CPUs
By Paul Lilly published
News In a support article, Intel clarifies the B460 and H410 mobos will not work with the upcoming Rocket Lake processors.
Razer's new analog keyboard has launched, but it's not everything we hoped it would be
By Paul Lilly, Dave James published
News The new Huntsman V2 Analog enables finer movement control, similar to using a gamepad controller, but software limitations hold it back.
Boot failures prompt Corsair to issue a partial recall for some high wattage PSUs
By Paul Lilly published
News Certain motherboards will fail to POST when connected to an affected model.
Give this optional Windows 10 update a whirl if playing games crashes your PC
By Paul Lilly published
News This cumulative update fixes a whole bunch of issues, but is not installed automatically.
AMD's latest GPU driver promises up to a 9% performance bump in The Medium
By Paul Lilly published
News It also cures a couple of display flickering issues.
Wanting to build a new gaming PC right now? Intel's Core i5 10600K is down to $230
By Paul Lilly published
Deals You can also bag a Core i7 10700 for $295 (save $45).
Silverstone releases the only 1,000W power supply for small form factor gaming PCs
By Paul Lilly published
News You could run an overclocked GeForce RTX 3090 off Silverstone's new SX1000 Platinum PSU.
It took a global effort to take down the 'world's most dangerous' malware botnet
By Paul Lilly published
News The biggest malware botnet in the world is in the process of being completely dismantled.
Corsair's wicked fast MP600 Pro Hydro X SSD comes with its own water block
By Paul Lilly published
News The 2TB model is available to preorder for $460.
Firefox update kills Adobe Flash support and protects against evil supercookies
By Paul Lilly published
News All of the major browsers have now ended support for Adobe Flash.
Cooler Master said screw it, we're designing our own PSU line in-house
By Paul Lilly published
News Its first in-house PSU will have a built-in RGB display panel and will ship in a few months.
Asus is launching a 'whisper quiet' ROG Strix PC case fan in April
By Paul Lilly published
News The standalone fan uses magnetic-levitation technology to reduce friction and noise.
Watch this GeForce RTX 2070 get modded from 8GB to 16GB of GDDR6 memory
By Paul Lilly published
News Don't try this at home (even though the modder did).
Try this Nvidia hotfix GPU driver if your games are crashing or SteamVR is stuttering
By Paul Lilly published
News Nvidia's latest hotfix addresses a handful bugs, including several crashing issues.
These are the gaming mice that support Nvidia's low latency Reflex technology
By Paul Lilly published
News The list of supported mice is small but growing.
Arctic is releasing its first new thermal compound in nearly a decade
By Paul Lilly published
News You only need to apply Arctic's MX-5 thermal paste once every 8 years.
Corsair's full-featured K95 RGB Platinum is on sale for $130 right now
By Paul Lilly published
Deals Save $70 on one of our favorite mechanical gaming keyboards.
Intel gives up on making Optane SSDs for consumer desktop PCs
By Paul Lilly published
News Existing Optane SSDs for the client segment are being phased out and there are no plans to replace them.
Eve Spectrum is delayed again as other monitor makers close the spec gap
By Paul Lilly published
News Getting the firmware just right for the Eve Spectrum is proving to be a challenge.
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