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
The Windows 11 PC Health Check app is back and now slightly more useful
By Paul Lilly published
News Microsoft has updated and re-released its Windows 11 compatibility tool two weeks before the OS launches.
Find an RX 6900 XT in stock and get Far Cry 6 and Resident Evil Village as a free reward
By Paul Lilly published
News AMD has expanded its 'Raise the Game' bundle offer to include its flagship graphics card.
These Arctic CPU coolers qualify for a free LGA 1700 mounting kit for Intel's Alder Lake CPUs
By Paul Lilly published
News Hold onto your Alder Lake CPU or Z690 motherboard receipt.
TP-Link's new Wi-Fi 6 router for gamers has a dedicated 'fast lane' for gaming
By Paul Lilly published
News Announced all the way back at CES 2020, TP-Link's Archer GX90 finally arrives with a competitive price.
Microsoft doubles down on confusing TPM 2.0 requirement for Windows 11
By Paul Lilly published
News It doesn't look like Microsoft will change its mind before Windows 11 ships in three weeks.
LG made a soundbar especially for gamers with RGB, built-in mics, and a $500 price tag
By Paul Lilly published
News The UltraGear Gaming Speaker (GP9) offers some clever features for a premium price.
I'm not buying the $2,999 GeForce RTX 4090 price prediction, but should I?
By Paul Lilly published
News The GeForce RTX 4090 will undoubtedly command top dollar, but here's hoping it doesn't cost twice as much as the 3090.
Corsair's thick new SSD smokes all first-gen PCIe 4.0 drives
By Paul Lilly published
News The MP600 Pro XT is rated to deliver read speeds of up to 7,100MB/s and exceed a million IOPS.
Asus is issuing BIOS updates to support Windows 11 on unsupported Intel CPUs
By Paul Lilly published
News You may not need to upgrade your PC to run Windows 11 after all, just your BIOS.
AMD's Ryzen 6000 series rumored to be in mass production, but may not be Zen 4
By Paul Lilly published
News Updated APUs with Navi 2 graphics could arrive before AMD's next-gen Zen 4 CPUs.
AMD's Ryzen 5000 series CPUs are getting cheaper ahead of new chip launches
By Paul Lilly published
News Both AMD and Intel are releasing new processors in the near future.
Dark mode in Windows 11 plays different sounds intended to keep you calm
By Paul Lilly published
News Light mode and dark mode in Windows 11 have subtly different audio cues.
VESA adds a brighter HDR level for OLED and future microLED displays
By Paul Lilly published
News The new DisplayHDR 600 True Black certification ups the brightness ante for OLED and other emissive displays.
Forget the slim heatsink, Teamgroup's making an SSD with its own AIO cooler
By Paul Lilly published
News A liquid-cooled SSD could stave off throttling for longer periods of time.
Sabrent's terrifically fast Rocket 4 Plus SSD is about to be offered in 8TB
By Paul Lilly published
News It's the max supported capacity by the underlying Phison E18 controller.
Kaspersky blocked 5.8M malware attacks 'disguised as popular PC games' last year
By Paul Lilly published
News Cyber-attackers are targeting gamers with increased frequency.
Fractal Design recalls the fan hub in its Torrent case, get your free replacement
By Paul Lilly published
News The original fan hub that shipped with the Torrent case can potentially short circuit.
AMD loses more graphics card market share to Nvidia, says report
By Paul Lilly published
News Eight out of ten discrete GPUs sold are Nvidia GeForce cards.
This liquid cooler's CPU block is also a 1440p monitor with its own HDMI input
By Paul Lilly published
News See your system's stats in high resolution.
Own an AMD Ryzen CPU? Download the latest chipset drivers for 'critical security fixes'
By Paul Lilly published
News Despite the vague release notes, Ryzen (including Threadripper) owners should install this driver.
Over half of Windows 11 survey respondents said they plan to upgrade
By Paul Lilly published
News Despite mixed reactions to the redesigned Start menu and confusion over TPM, there's a lot of interest in Windows 11.
Windows 10’s security is easily thwarted just by plugging in a Razer peripheral
By Paul Lilly published
News Razer is working on a fix ASAP, but how many other devices can bypass security controls in a similar manner?
A recent Windows 10 update broke Alt+Tab switching on some PCs, here's how to fix it
By Paul Lilly published
News If pressing Alt-Tab no longer works as intended, there's a workaround that doesn't involve rolling back any updates.
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