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
Razer upgrades its Blade 15 laptops with Tiger Lake-H and up to a 360Hz display
By Paul Lilly published
News Preorders are open for Razer's freshly sharpened Blade 15 Advanced laptops.
Need a new gaming mouse? Razer's awesome Basilisk V2 is just $50 today
By Paul Lilly published
Deals Save $30 on one of Razer's finest gaming mice.
Chia mining can wreck a 512GB SSD in as little as 6 weeks
By Paul Lilly published
News If you're thinking about becoming a Chia farmer, you'll need a steady supply of storage.
Microsoft yanks a dodgy AMD driver that is bricking some Windows 10 PCs
By Paul Lilly published
News Microsoft pulled a recent driver from Windows Update following reports of AMD systems being unable to boot.
Tackle those high CPU temps with this triple-fan AIO liquid cooler for $80
By Paul Lilly published
News Snag EVGA's CLC 360 all-in-one CPU liquid cooler for half off with this deal.
Storage study indicates SSDs fail less often than HDDs, and also maybe not
By Paul Lilly published
News Backblaze for the first time incorporated SSD failure stats into its storage reliability report.
Our favorite wireless mouse, Logitech's G502 Lightspeed, is just $104 right now
By Paul Lilly published
Deals Bring home the best wireless gaming mouse at a discount.
I'm drooling over Sabrent's 64TB RocketQ Battleship SSD config
By Paul Lilly published
News The RocketQ Battleship is armed with over $10,000 worth of high speed NVMe SSDs in a $1,000 RAID controller
Unlock 3DMark Advanced for under $5 and benchmark your PC like the pros
By Paul Lilly published
Deals Save over $25 on the paid version of 3DMark and get access to more benchmark tools and settings.
It didn't take long for a storage maker to pitch a new SSD for crypto mining
By Paul Lilly published
News TeamGroup's new T-Create Expert is a super durable SSD with a 12-year warranty.
If your CPU usage is inexplicably spiking, try installing this optional Windows 10 update
By Paul Lilly published
News A preview of Microsoft's next cumulative update for Windows 10 is available and it could potentially speed up your PC.
Researchers find new CPU vulnerabilities and say fixes would kill performance
By Paul Lilly published
News The new Spectre variants leave billions of PCs defenseless, researchers say.
These Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers are a banging deal for $90
By Paul Lilly published
Deals Save $50 on these small but mighty speakers.
You'll want to grab this Nvidia GPU driver to play Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition
By Paul Lilly published
News Nvidia's latest GPU driver gets your PC ready for several upcoming games.
A crafty Linux malware has evaded detection for years and experts still don't know what it does
By Paul Lilly published
News Crafty malware has managed to hide in plain sight since at least 2018.
Asus lays claims to 'world's first mini LED gaming monitor' and it costs $3,000
By Paul Lilly published
News The ROG Swift PG32UQX is up for preorder.
Data hoarders and Chia crypto miners will dig this motherboard with 32 SATA ports
By Paul Lilly published
News If the storage market dries up, it's because all the SSDs and HDDs went to this motherboard.
If this new cryptocurrency takes off it could lead to a shortage of HDDs and SSDs
By Paul Lilly published
News Hard drive prices have already started soaring in China as cryptocurrency miners turn their attention to Chia.
The Oculus Quest 2 won't be replaced by an upgraded VR headset anytime soon
By Paul Lilly published
News There will eventually be an Oculus Quest Pro with upgraded features, but not this year.
PC, PS5, and Xbox gamers rejoice, the first HDMI 2.1 gaming monitor is finally launching in May
By Paul Lilly published
News At long last, Asus is set to ship its 43-inch ROG Strix XG43UQ display next month.
DDR4 memory is becoming more expensive ahead of the DDR5 era
By Paul Lilly published
News A market research firm says PC DRAM prices could jump by as much as 28 percent this quarter.
If you’re building a mid-range PC, this 550W PSU for $65 is a great choice
By Paul Lilly published
News Save $55 on EVGA's SuperNova 550W PSU with 80 Plus Gold certification and a long 10-year warranty.
Gigabyte confirms existing CPU coolers can work with Intel Alder Lake
By Paul Lilly published
News Gigabyte has begin gearing up its water coolers for Alder Lake chips and the LGA 1700 socket.
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