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
AMD is crushing Intel in desktop CPU sales at several popular retailers
By Paul Lilly published
News The best-selling desktop processors at places like Amazon and Newegg are mostly Ryzen CPUs.
Here's a fast 32-inch 1440p FreeSync Premium gaming monitor for $249
By Paul Lilly published
Deals Save $100 on LG's 32-inch UltraGear with a 165Hz refresh rate and FreeSync support.
Asus is rolling out BIOS updates to alleviate likely Windows 11 upgrade headaches
By Paul Lilly published
News The latest firmware from Asus automatically enable TPM support, a key requirement for Microsoft's upcoming OS.
Corsair's 5000D is a fantastic PC case and it's down to just $100
By Paul Lilly published
News Choose your color (black or white) and save $65 on this mid-tower chassis.
I’m intrigued by this mini PC with a mobile AMD Ryzen 9 APU for lightweight gaming
By Paul Lilly published
News This tiny systems packs an 8-core/16-thread processor based on Zen 3.
Sabrent's Rocket 4 Plus is one of the fastest SSDs for gaming and it's down to $180
By Paul Lilly published
Deals Save a few bucks on a speedy second-gen PCIe 4.0 drive.
Steam suggests there are more RTX 3090 cards online than the entire RX 6000-series put together
By Paul Lilly published
News The latest Steam Hardware Survey figures mean AMD has some catching up to do this generation.
HP's Reverb G2 VR headset is $150 below its normal selling price right now
By Paul Lilly published
Deals It's a much better buy at $449 than at its regular asking price of $599.
Here’s why I’m not excited about the recent crash in GPU memory pricing
By Paul Lilly published
News A sudden decline in Ethereum's value pushed GDDR5 and GDDR6 pricing down, but it's fool's gold.
The Logitech G502 has a hyper-fast scroll wheel to die for, and is less than half price
By Paul Lilly published
Deals This fantastic gaming mouse is selling for well below MSRP right now.
Now is the best time to preview Windows 11 as it lands in the beta channel
By Paul Lilly published
News A more polished version of Windows 11 is now available to preview to Windows Insiders.
Razer's ambidextrous Viper 8KHz gaming mouse is marked down to $60 today
By Paul Lilly published
Deals Save $20 on this lightweight mouse that both left-handed and right-handed gamers can use.
Intel launches 'Beast Canyon' modular mini gaming PC kits starting at $1,150
By Paul Lilly published
News The latest NUCs pack Intel's Rocket Lake CPUs and support full-sized graphics cards.
Gigabyte's M27Q is a fast 1440p FreeSync Premium monitor and it's on sale for $290
By Paul Lilly published
Deals Save $70 on Gigabyte's M27Q with a 170Hz refresh rate and score a free copy of Outriders to boot.
Even faster SSDs based on PCIe 5.0 are expected to arrive next year
By Paul Lilly published
News As more platforms supporting PCI Express 5.0 arrive, so will speedier SSDs.
Save $68 on our favorite wireless gaming mouse, Logitech's G502 Lightspeed
By Paul Lilly published
Deals It's a refurb, but the deep discount makes it worth taking a flyer on this deal.
Faster gaming monitors are coming, including 4K at 240Hz and 1080p at 480Hz
By Paul Lilly published
News Monitor makers feel the need, the need for speed.
AMD's flagship Ryzen 9 5950X is in stock and selling below MSRP right now
By Paul Lilly published
Deals Save a few bucks on the 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 9 5950X with this deal.
Dell is cancelling Alienware gaming PC shipments to several US states
By Paul Lilly published
News Orders placed in California, Hawaii, and four other states will not be honored because of power consumption regulations.
Seagate's 8TB external HDD with professional data recovery is just $170 today
By Paul Lilly published
Deals Save $60 on a capacious external hard drive and let a team of pros recover your data if something bad happens (like a flood).
Careful where you download Windows 11, some installers are packed with malware
By Paul Lilly published
News Cybercriminals are lacing Microsoft's Windows 11 installer with malicious programs.
Gigabyte’s gorgeous Aero 15 OLED gaming laptop delivers an RTX 3060 with a chunky discount
By Paul Lilly published
News Save $400 on this potent gaming laptop with a GeForce RTX 3060 GPU and Core i7 11800H CPU.
The first totally modular Intel laptop is now shipping, and I really hope it's a success
By Paul Lilly published
News Everything on this laptop can be replaced, even the individual I/O ports.
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