Latest articles by Alan Dexter
Sabrent's new NVMe SSD raises plenty of questions about DirectStorage
News Could this be the vanguard of a whole slew of SSDs designed for Microsoft's API, or just a bit of overzealous marketing?
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Review A year ago this would have been the Zen 3 to get, but today it simply isn't good enough.
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Review AMD's most affordable Zen 3 chip is finally here but it's too little too late.
Intel Arc GPUs don't natively support HDMI 2.1
News Intel's openness about its GPU's capabilities is certainly refreshing.
Raptor Lake appears to enjoy a 20% performance boost from DDR5
News It's early days, and it's only one benchmark, but that's still an impressive uplift.
I have a deep fear about how messy AMD's Ryzen 7000 CPUs will be with too much thermal paste
News Zen 4 is coming and looks utterly metal.
The surprising bit about hard drive shipments being down 35% in a year is that it's not by more
News Desktop PC drives still account for a surprising chunk of that storage though.
Microsoft changes its mind about open source monetization
News Microsoft was trying to do the right thing, but it turns out doing nothing is better.
Latest Windows 11 security patch is causing problems, again
News Installation errors and known issues make the latest update a tricky one.
Give your old laptop a new lease of life with Chrome OS Flex
Shiny Shame you need semi-decent graphics hardware to install it though.
Intel's next-gen Raptor Lake CPU is 39% faster in Cinebench than the Core i9 12900KF
News That 400W power consumption is looking a little worrying though...
Windows 8.1 has begun warning users of its imminent demise
News Not long to go now before it follows Windows 7 into the long dark night.
EU tells big companies to make it easier to get rid of pre-installed software or pay up
News The EU will keep a watchful eye on the "Wild West" of the digital world.
AMD hack due to some of its passwords being just 'password'
news Extortion group allegedly has "more than 450Gb" of AMD's data.
Cyberpunk 2077's clever AMD FSR 2.0 mod can double performance but is definitely a work in progress
News We've put this one-man FSR 2.0 mod up against DLSS 2.0 and the results are impressive. Just kill motion blur, eh?
AMD has released new drivers for GPUs it no longer supports
News It's been a year since the last update and it isn't clear what's new here either.
Valve could cut the cord for future VR headset suggests new patent
News Let's just hope it isn't planning on powering it with a Steam Deck.
Intel really just asked the EU for $624M to pay it back for overturned anti-AMD fine
News This battle has been ongoing since 2009 and shows no sign of abating.
Modder builds the world's first PS5 slim
News DIY Perks is at it again, but this build is his coolest yet.
Gigabyte Aorus 17 XE4 gaming laptop
Review A beefy gaming laptop that balances power and price, if not quite portability and noise.
Don't be blinded by GPU price drops, buying an RTX 3080 even at MSRP is a mistake
Pick a card Nvidia's 4000-series is too close to release to be dropping serious money on today's hyper-expensive GPUs.
It's now 'more cost-effective to turn off the mining rig and buy Ethereum'
News GPU mining is now not profitable due to the perfect storm of dropping value and spiking energy prices. The hopeful few will continue for a little while yet.
