Alan Dexter
Alan has been writing about PC tech since before 3D graphics cards existed, and still vividly recalls having to fight with MS-DOS just to get games to load. He fondly remembers the killer combo of a Matrox Millenium and 3dfx Voodoo, and seeing Lara Croft in 3D for the first time. He's very glad hardware has advanced as much as it has though, and is particularly happy when putting the latest M.2 NVMe SSDs, AMD processors, and laptops through their paces. He has a long-lasting Magic: The Gathering obsession but limits this to MTG Arena these days.
Latest articles by Alan Dexter

You're not ready for this 'CNC machinist pornography'
By Alan Dexter published
news EK is showing off some seriously gorgeous custom builds at Computex.

Don't worry, AMD is still supporting overclocking across all AM5 boards
By Alan Dexter published
News That doesn't mean Zen 4 will be great for overclocking though.

AMD confirms first PCIe 5.0 SSDs will launch alongside Zen 4
By Alan Dexter published
News AMD is working with Phison, Crucial, and Micron to produce the first PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs in time for the AM5 launch.

Kioxia Exceria Pro 2TB SSD review
By Alan Dexter published
Late-comer Arriving late to the speedy SSD party isn't always the best way of making an impression.

RTX 3080 12GB and RTX 3050 crypto-mining limiters unlocked to 90% efficiency
By Alan Dexter published
News Cryptocurrency giveth and then taketh away.

Framework's 12th Gen Intel upgrade kit is a welcome first for laptops
By Alan Dexter published
News The modular laptop design delivers on its promise of the Right to Repair nirvana.

Latest Intel beta drivers confirm upcoming Arc GPU models
By Alan Dexter published
News Is it going to be too little too late though?

Life's too short to give a crap about your PC's cable management
By Dave James published
Cthulhu cables Yes, I suck at cable management, but you know what? I just don't care.

5.2GHz AMD Zen 4 test CPU pops up in database and then vanishes
By Alan Dexter published
News That's faster than any current Zen 3 CPU, and confirms they'll come with integrated RDNA 2 graphics chips, too.

Wired2Fire Reaper gaming PC review
By Alan Dexter published
Quad damage Quiet and cool, the Wired2Fire Reaper is almost the perfect 1440p gaming PC.

Intel's latest HX chips bring desktop-grade features to gaming laptops
By Alan Dexter published
News These powerful CPUs take aim at workstations and extreme gaming laptops.

DDR5 is finally relevant for PC gaming
By Alan Dexter published
News Lower latencies and faster frequencies will finally make a difference to our frame rates.

CyberpowerPC Infinity X125 RTX gaming PC
By Alan Dexter published
Reduced Alder Lake and Ampere take on 1080p gaming for less than a grand.

RAM manufacturer reveals Ryzen 7000 will support DDR5-5200
By Alan Dexter published
News Apacer says AMD will support faster DDR5 RAM than Intel.

Magic Arena gets all dark and dangerous in the Streets of New Capenna
By Alan Dexter published
Roaring The latest Magic expansion goes back to the prohibition era.

MSI had to sacrifice everything to hit this 10,004MT/s DDR5 RAM overclock
By Alan Dexter published
News A new record for DDR5 and a testing time for the 12900KS.

Intel could flood retailers with up to eight different Arc graphics cards
By Alan Dexter published
News It's almost summer for graphics cards.

AMD's high-performance motherboard chipsets might be built out of chiplets
By Alan Dexter published
News AM5 is already shaping up to be a powerful platform.

AMD's AM5 platform won't support DDR4 at launch
By Alan Dexter published
News Expensive DDR5 memory is rumoured to be the only option for X670 and B650 motherboards.

Save $400 on this quality RTX 3060 HP Omen laptop
By Alan Dexter published
Deal This is a lot of laptop for not much money.

'Locked' AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D overclocked to 5.14GHz
By Alan Dexter published
News Using MSI's expensive Godlike X570 motherboard, but that's still impressive.

AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D doesn't support overclocking or PBO. Zilch
By Alan Dexter published
News AMD's newest chip doesn't overclock, undervolt, or support PBO.

AMD's new Ryzen 7 5800X3D prioritises gaming above all else
By Alan Dexter published
News Video encoding and 3D rendering take a hit for the sake of games.
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