Zak Storey

Zak Storey

After graduating from the University of Derby in 2014, Zak joined the PC Format and Maximum PC team as its resident staff writer. Specializing in PC building, and all forms of hardware and componentry, he soon worked his way up to editor-in-chief, leading the publication through the covid dark times. Since then, he’s dabbled in PR, working for Corsair for a while as its UK PR specialist, before returning to the fold as a tech journalist once again. 

He now operates as a freelance tech editor, writing for all manner of publications, including PC Gamer, Maximum PC, Techradar, Gamesradar, PCGamesN, and Trusted Reviews as well. If there’s something happening in the tech industry it’s highly likely Zak has a strong opinion on it.

Outside of the world of silicon transistors, Zak also moonlights as first barista and head of coffee, at a local independent cafe in the Forest of Dean. In his spare time, you can find him training calisthenics, or out in the Wye Valley shooting longbows with his field archery club.

Latest articles by Zak Storey

A WD SN5000 SSD out of its box and installed in a PC's NVMe slot.

WD Blue SN5000 4TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Big, not bold Big ticket capacity held back by poor pricing.

Big, not bold
Samsung 990 Evo Plus installed inside a gaming PC's NVMe M.2 slot.

Samsung 990 Evo Plus 1 TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Sammy Powerful sequentials on the cheap.

Sammy
The Crucial P310 SSD on a box and installed in a motherboard.

Crucial P310 2230 2 TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Handheld upgrade A solid all-rounder, but it offers little over capacity.

Handheld upgrade
A WD Black SN770M SSD installed inside a PC and on a box.

WD Black SN770M 1 TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey published

Micro drive Aggressively priced and impressively potent.

Micro drive
Roccat Kova AIMO gaming mouse review

Roccat Kova AIMO gaming mouse review

By Zak Storey published

Review

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How to build a gaming PC

By Jarred Walton, Wes Fenlon, Bo Moore, Zak Storey published

Elbow grease This is our easy walkthrough to building a PC for the first time, with a video showing each step of the process.

Elbow grease
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Build It: A Phanteks-powered RGB PC

By Zak Storey published

Core design Churning away inside this month’s machine is Intel’s Core i3-8350K—is it worth the money?

Core design
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Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 Wi-Fi review

By Zak Storey published

The Byte stuff All the Gigabyte goodies.

The Byte stuff
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Corsair Crystal 280X RGB case review

By Zak Storey published

Crystal clear? Corsair makes a stab at an RGB microATX cube.

Crystal clear?
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Corsair HS70 SE Wireless headphones review

By Zak Storey published

Can do Our new favorite wireless cans?

Can do
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Building a next-level liquid cooled PC with Ryzen

By Zak Storey published

Cool as ice Follow our guide to building your own mini-ITX piece of computational perfection.

Cool as ice
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Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming 2.0 motherboard review

By Zak Storey published

Motherload A second take on the last of a generation.

Motherload
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Build It: A high-end AMD Ryzen 2 rig

By Zak Storey published

Build a PC AMD’s 12nm manufacturing process makes its debut in our Build It section.

Build a PC
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MSI B350i Pro A/C motherboard review

By Zak Storey published

Price price, baby Budget buster beats the bosses.

Price price, baby
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Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 5 RGB review

By Zak Storey published

Masterwork Meet a new budget go-to.

Masterwork
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Roccat Vulcan 120 review

By Zak Storey published

Naked keys A second look at Mechanical Keyboard Design.

Naked keys
Corsair Hydro H150i Pro RGB 360mm review

Corsair Hydro H150i Pro RGB 360mm review

By Zak Storey published

Cool x3 The sound of silence.

Cool x3
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NZXT H400i micro-ATX case review

By Zak Storey published

Review A lotta dollar for a lotta case.

Review
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Adata XPG EMIX H30 headset review

By Zak Storey published

Review Also included: the SOLOX F30 amp. Do the two make for a great audio package?

Review
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Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming motherboard review

By Zak Storey published

Review A standout motherboard for Intel's Coffee Lake CPUs.

Review
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MSI X299 Gaming M7 ACK motherboard review

By Zak Storey published

Looking Good Motherboard LEDs finally done right.

Looking Good
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Asus Strix GeForce GTX 1050 Ti review

By Zak Storey published

Weak Sauce It just doesn’t make any sense.

Weak Sauce
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SteelSeries Rival 700 review

By Zak Storey published

Review Perfection in non-ambidextrous form.

Review
MSI Z170A Tomahawk Motherboard

MSI Z170A Tomahawk review

By Zak Storey published

Best budget board for your buck? Perfect for any new Skylake build.

Motherboards
Asus Tuf Z170

Asus Z170 Sabertooth Mark 1 review

By Zak Storey published

The Sabertooth is a case modder's performance dream: clean, feature-packed, and ready to overclock up a storm.

Motherboards
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