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
Amazon Prime Day 2024 PC gaming deals in Australia: the sale is over, but some discounts remain
By Dave James last updated
Prime Day Deals This year's Prime Day was surprisingly decent for PC gear.
I've found the best Prime Day gaming laptop deal — this MSI with RTX 4060 is a steal at AU$1,199
By Chris Szewczyk published
Prime Day MSI's GF63 Thin offers exceptional bang for buck for under AU$1,200.
Best CPU coolers in 2024: I've loaded these AIO and air coolers onto today's top CPUs
By Dave James last updated
Cool Breeze Our picks for the best CPU coolers will have your processor running cool with air or liquid during the hottest gaming sessions.
AMD Zen 5 architecture: A ground up redesign that lays the foundation for future Ryzen CPU architectures
By Chris Szewczyk published
AMD is confident a 16% IPC uplift will see its Ryzen 9000-series ascend the CPU silicon throne.
Best Mini-ITX motherboards in 2024: My pick from all the mini mobo marvels I've tested
By Chris Szewczyk published
Mini marvels The best Mini-ITX motherboards for both Intel and AMD.
Gaming laptops on sale: top Australian deals in July 2024
By Chris Szewczyk published
Deals A running list of the best gaming laptop discounts and deals from across Australia, updated regularly.
Best graphics cards in 2024: the GPUs I recommend for every budget
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Pixel Pushers Our picks of the most powerful gaming GPUs and the ones that provide the best bang for your buck.
Asus ROG Strix Z790-I Gaming WiFi motherboard review
By Chris Szewczyk published
power packed Big on features, but not on size.
EOFY sales are pretty much finished for 2024, but here's what's left in PC gaming
By Shaun Prescott last updated
EOFY 2024 Doing your tax is annoying, but copping a good bargain is not.
AMD's Ryzen 9000X3D-series chips reportedly gain full overclocking support, meaning simple tweaks would make them the all-round chips we always wished for
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Cache AND clock speed.
Asus ROG Strix X670E-I Gaming WiFi review
By Chris Szewczyk published
fully loaded Asus proves it really is possible to load up a Mini-ITX board with lots of goodies.
The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is so good at gaming, AMD might give more juice to the Ryzen 7 9700X in order to beat it
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Scotty, we need more power.
Intel claims its optical interconnect chiplet technology is 'like going from using horse-drawn carriages to using cars and trucks'
By Chris Szewczyk published
News It can deliver 4Tbps of bandwidth from 100m away.
ASRock B760I Lightning WiFi review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Itty bitty beaut An itty bitty B760 board that'll happily dance with any 14th Gen CPU you care to name.
Why bother using spinning fans to cool your PC when you can just spin your whole rig?
By Chris Szewczyk published
News The protective riot shield is a bit of a giveaway to the answer to that question.
MSI MPG B760I Edge WiFi review
By Chris Szewczyk published
All white Do you fancy a white-themed Mini-ITX Intel build? This MSI could be what you're looking for.
Gigabyte A620I AX motherboard review
By Chris Szewczyk published
no frills A no-frills board that's about the cheapest option there is if you want a compact AMD system.
Hands on with the Zotac Zone gaming handheld: It's got a gorgeous screen, but the competition is ramping up
By Chris Szewczyk published
news It does have a mostly impressive spec list.
MSI's Computex 2024 booth was packed with wonderful and weird hardware, and even more packed with people eager to see it all
By Chris Szewczyk published
Packed! Graphics cards, monitors, SSDs, and next gen motherboards galore. With a healthy dose of AI for good measure.
Nvidia's RTX 5090 might not be the jumbo big boi we were all expecting
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Dual slot? Really?
China's latest round of domestic chipmaking funding raises $47 billion
By Chris Szewczyk published
News DIY, superpower style.
Gigabyte's new B650E motherboard supports plump graphics cards weighing up to 58 kg
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Getting ready for some seriously chunky next-gen GPUs?
Lenovo launches its Legion 7000K desktop gaming PCs: With laptop CPUs
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Is it a good thing or a bad thing?