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
Microsoft sets a kill date for Windows 10 support as Windows 11 draws near
By Paul Lilly published
News Windows 10's days are officially numbered.
It's official, Nvidia will end GeForce GTX 600/700 series support in October
By Paul Lilly published
News The final 'Game Ready' driver for Kepler GPUs will land on August 31, 2021.
Intel could help end the GPU shortage by making chips for Nvidia, but will it?
By Paul Lilly published
News Before Intel becomes a rival to Nvidia in the discrete GPU space, it could become an ally.
Pirated games helped a malware campaign compromise 3.2 million PCs
By Paul Lilly published
News A nameless malware strain stole 1.2TB of personal information, including 26 million login credentials.
Intel issues driver fix for a wireless bug crashing Windows 10 PCs
By Paul Lilly published
News The driver update affects a dozen different wireless adapters.
Phanteks launches a 360mm liquid cooler that will work with Intel's Alder Lake CPUs
By Paul Lilly published
News Alder Lake will introduce a new LGA 1700 socket, but it won't be a problem for the Glacier One 360MPH.
Eurocom releases a 'fully upgradeable' Rocket Lake laptop but there's a caveat
By Paul Lilly published
News The Sky Z7 R2 is a desktop replacement with modular parts, but don't expect an upgrade path to Alder Lake.
You can now mine cryptocurrency with your antivirus software. Wait, what?
By Paul Lilly published
News Norton 360 antivirus is getting a built-in Ethereum mining tool.
NZXT expands its spiffy motherboard lineup with a Z590 model for Rocket Lake
By Paul Lilly published
News The N7 Z590 is based on Intel's latest chipset for its newest gaming CPUs.
The ultra-lightweight Glorious Model D is going wireless with a 71-hour battery life
By Paul Lilly published
News The Glorious Model D Wireless will weigh just 69 grams and have brand new button switches made by Kailh.
I have no interest in mining Chia but new super-long endurance SSDs have caught my attention
By Paul Lilly published
News Sabrent's Plotripper SSDs are rated to last up to 18 times longer (or even more) than most other consumer models.
Looking for a monitor on a budget? This 24-inch Dell FreeSync model will only set you back $117
By Paul Lilly published
Deals Save $53 on Dell's SE2422H with this deal.
Nvidia DLSS will soon give Red Dead Redemption 2 a much-needed FPS boost
By Paul Lilly published
News Another free performance boost is headed to GeForce RTX GPU owners.
Have I Been Pwned teams up with the FBI to collect a lot more stolen passwords
By Paul Lilly published
News The FBI now has a direct line to HIBP to inject compromised passwords into its database as it takes down botnets.
Gigabyte promises its beefy PCIe 4.0 SSD will never throttle
By Paul Lilly published
News It will resist slowing down even if your case's airflow is terrible, according to Gigabyte.
No other browser performs better than Edge in Windows 10, just ask Microsoft
By Paul Lilly published
News Edge is a good browser these days, but is it the best? Microsoft certainly thinks so.
Microsoft is embarking on a 'multi-year journey to re-imagine' Windows 10
By Paul Lilly published
News Let's hope the end result is not a repeat of the Metro UI introduced in Windows 8.
Nvidia outlines plan to end 600/700 series GPU support, but may have backtracked
By Paul Lilly published
News The R470 driver could be the last one to support most of Nvidia's GeForce 600 and 700 series graphics cards.
Chrome is crashing on some Windows 10 PCs after latest browser update
By Paul Lilly published
News Try these potential fixes if Chrome is suddenly having temper tantrums on your PC.
Best Buy is selling a PC with a discrete Intel graphics card inside
By Paul Lilly published
News Intel's Xe DG1 has found its way inside a $750 desktop PC.
Microsoft just killed Windows 10X, the lightweight version of Windows 10
By Paul Lilly published
news Windows 10X is dead, but parts of it will migrate to Windows 10.
This CPU liquid cooler has an extra fan to cool your M.2 SSD and RAM too
By Paul Lilly published
InWin's latest all-in-one liquid coolers come with a CPU block fan blower for added cooling potential.
Windows 10 has a built-in ransomware block, you just need to enable it
By Paul Lilly published
News Turns out there is a mechanism in Windows Defender that can protect your files from ransomware.
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