Chris Szewczyk
Chris' gaming experiences go back to the mid-nineties when he conned his parents into buying an 'educational PC' that was conveniently overpowered to play Doom and Tie Fighter. He developed a love of extreme overclocking that destroyed his savings despite the cheaper hardware on offer via his job at a PC store. To afford more LN2 he began moonlighting as a reviewer for VR-Zone before jumping the fence to work for MSI Australia. Since then, he's gone back to journalism, enthusiastically reviewing the latest and greatest components for PC & Tech Authority, PC Powerplay and currently Australian Personal Computer magazine and PC Gamer. Chris still puts far too many hours into Borderlands 3, always striving to become a more efficient killer.
Latest articles by Chris Szewczyk

AMD's pre-RDNA graphics products are ready to be put out to pasture as active driver support winds down
By Chris Szewczyk published
News A little too soon?

Canon challenges ASML dominance with new chipmaking tech that could lead to cheaper chips
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Or fatten profit margins...

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger candidly reveals where Intel dropped the ball in recent years
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Mistakes and what-ifs.

AMD's third quarter financial results show growth, but it'll be AI that determines its future trajectory
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Its gaming business was down year-on-year.

MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk Max WiFi review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Mad Max A powerful, affordable mid-range contender for a new 14th Gen system.

Asus' Dual RTX 4060 Ti with an integrated M.2 SSD slot answers a question few thought to ask
By Chris Szewczyk published
News It's not just a gimmick.

ASRock Z790 Riptide WiFi review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Budget beauty Do you really need to spend more?

Thermaltake steps into the monitor market with a pair of gaming focused monitors
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Me too.

Asus TUF Gaming Z790-Pro WiFi review
By Chris Szewczyk published
TUF enuff Asus enters the ring at the $300 price point.

Small form factor fans could soon have an intriguing new option after pictures of a single slot RTX 4060 Ti emerge
By Chris Szewczyk published
News I'm getting an 8800 GT vibe here.

Samsung talks up its fast and power-efficient GDDR7 memory
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Coming to a GPU near you not-so-soon.

Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Master X review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Memory master A board built for demanding 14th Gen processors.

AMD brings Threadripper back to the desktop with a new non-Pro range of monster chips... that I'm going to now call Wallet-ripper
By Chris Szewczyk published
News You can also jam in full Pro chip into your desktop, too, so fancy a beast rig with up to 96 cores?

Zotac’s new Mini PC will hopefully usher in a new era of device cooling
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Airflow without fans.

AMD's newly announced RX 6750 GRE cards are strong RTX 4060 competitors, though you won't find them on shelves in the west
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Expect a few to pop up in OEM systems, though.

AMD's Fluid Motion Frames tech now works in any DX11 and DX12 game with any RX 7000 and RX 6000-series graphics card
By Chris Szewczyk published
News It won't magically make a slow card fast though.

The NUC is in good hands with Asus as it outlines its future plans
By Chris Szewczyk published
News It's commercial stuff, but gaming NUCs are under consideration too.

California's right to repair bill is now law, so don't toss that 'old' device just yet
By Chris Szewczyk published
News It's a big win for consumers.

Russia seeks to stop access to unfiltered information by attempting to ban VPNs
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Easier said than done.

AMD APUs are set to make their AM5 debut after support was added to AMD's latest BIOS microcode
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Phoenix Ryzing.

The Intel Arc A580 graphics card has finally broken cover
By Chris Szewczyk published
News ASRock and Sparkle cards pictured.

96 core AMD Threadripper Pro 7000-series chips reportedly ready for launch on October 19
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Lots of cores, cache, and, er... cash.

Windows Copilot is not playing well with AMD's Adrenalin software
By Chris Szewczyk published
News But there's a fix if you're having problems.
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