Paul Lilly
Paul is a seasoned geek who was first seduced into the world of computers and technology by the Commodore 64, and through the years he’s courted a number of OSes and platforms from DOS on up to the latest version of Windows. Having joined the HotHardware team in 2011, Paul is now a mainstay of the site covering the news beat and reviews, and resident wiseguy who keeps the mood light. He’s also an experienced freelance technology writer whose work has appeared in a number of online and print publications.
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At long last, the 4K OLED gaming monitor with dual refresh rate options that ASUS first showed off at the Consumer Electronics Shows (CES) earlier this year—the ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDP—is finally available to purchase. Granted, it’s not a cheaply priced display, but depending on your perspective, it’s sort of like...
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For the past several months, NZXT’s been low-key offering to rent fully assembled desktop gaming PCs with RTX hardware inside for a monthly fee. The program is called Flex and you might not have heard it, because for whatever reason, it hasn’t garnered a lot of attention. It is an interesting proposition, though, and...
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Is the era of x86 computing about to end? Not at all, though today's Arm-based solutions present the biggest threat to date to x86's decades-long dominance in the Windows landscape, and in time we could see a shift towards a more balanced (or at least less lopsided) roster of chips. Qualcomm's Snadragon X Elite and...
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It is probably just a matter of time before Intel is hit with a class-action lawsuit over unfortunate stability issues affecting a barrage of 14th Gen and 13th Gen Core processors. That likely inevitability is one step closer to becoming a reality, with law firm Abington Cole + Ellery investigating the situation and...
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It's been a couple of months since Intel introduced its upcoming Lunar Lake chip architecture at Computex in Taiwan, and at the time the chip maker said the first round of chips based on Lunar Lake would arrive sometime in the third quarter. As we approach the midway point of Q3, Intel is putting the word out that...
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Outside of real-world performance metrics, there's not a whole lot left to reveal about AMD's upcoming desktop Ryzen 9000 series processors that are based on the company's Zen 5 architecture. That's perhaps even more true now that a couple of big retailers, Best Buy and Newegg, flipped the switch on next-gen Ryzen CPU...
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The AI chip boom is benefiting the bottom line of big tech firms, and further proof of that comes by way of AMD's latest earnings report. For the second quarter of 2024, AMD generated over $5.8 billion in revenue, which is a gain of 7% sequentially and 9% year-over-year, and increased its net income to $265 million...
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More laptops powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite and Plus platforms are landing at retail, the latest of which is Lenovo's ThinkPad T14s Gen 6. Lenovo unveiled this model a couple of months ago, and it's now available to purchase direct from the company's own webstore. One thing that makes this ThinkPad stand out...
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We're starting to see more projectors aimed at gamers, though mostly from ViewSonic, which recently unveiled its LX700-4K RGB model. Now, however, Hisense is getting in on the action with its new Laser Cinema PX3-Pro. According to Hisense, it has the distinction of being the world's first ultra-short throw projector...
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If there's a criticism to be had with DDR5 RAM, it's that there's a latency hit compared to high-end DDR4 kits. That's the cost of taking memory speeds to the next level. In an effort to lessen the gap, G.Skill has unveiled a line of "ultra-low latency" DDR5 memory with fast speeds and high capacities designed for AMD...
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Qualcomm is aiming to turbocharge billions of affordable Android devices with fast 5G connectivity through the release of its new Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 platform. The newest system-on-chip (SoC) in the Snapdragon family is essentially a toned down version of the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 that Qualcomm unveiled around this time...
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Pretty much any new car sold these days offers a connection to the internet in some form for fashion. This is to power smart capabilities, like onboard navigation and a plethora of other functions. However, some automakers are allegedly selling driver data to third parties at incredibly low prices, and it's not always...
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Sony's PlayStation VR2 headset (PS VR2) just got a huge discount that sees it fall to an all-time low price. Moreover, the timely deal arrives just a little over a week away from the arrival of a $59.99 adapter that will enable support on gaming PCs via Steam. The current discount more than makes up for the cost of...
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Intel saying it discovered the root cause of instability issues on its 14th Gen and 13th Gen Core processors and promising a firmware fix came as good news to affected owners last week. That said, the issue could affect more than just the top processor models. Intel said as much in an interview with The Verge, in...
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AMD raised a few eyebrows last week when it announced a short delay to its desktop Ryzen 9000 series processors based on Zen 5, a decision the company said it made "out of an abundance of caution." This was followed by AMD SVP and GM Jack Huynh somewhat clarifying on X/Twitter that the unnamed cause of the delay was...
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While not quite small enough to build a traditional 4x4 NUC, ASRock's new X600TM-ITX motherboard is small enough to build a mini PC, and a bleeding edge one, too. According to ASRock, the X600TM-ITX is the only 'thin mini ITX' form factor motherboard to utilize the AM5 socket, and with it comes support for AMD's Ryzen...
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If you're like me, then you're old enough to remember when big screen TVs were absolutely massive units with monstrous price tags to boot. Remember those unwieldy front projection models, followed by slightly sleeker but still bulky rear projection sets? TVs have come a long way, not only in form factor and...
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Fans who have been patiently awaiting the release of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, will have to wait a little bit longer than anticipated...again. In a statement posted to X/Twitter, Ukranian video game developer GSC Game World said it was pushing back the release date a couple of months in order to "fix more...
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Building a PC isn't all that difficult, and it gets exponentially easier once you've gone through your first rodeo. What's a little more challenging, however, is constructing a silent or ultra-low noise gaming PC, which requires a bit more research and more thoughtful effort towards cooling. To help you get there...
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In case you missed it, Intel earlier this week issued a statement saying it finally discovered the root cause of widely reported instability on its 14th Gen and 13the Gen Core processors. Intel also said it would be delivering a microcode patch to address the issue, and that it was targeting mid-August for a roll out...
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In case you missed it, we recently posted a roundup of back-to-school deals on a variety of gaming laptops powered by NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs. If none of those systems caught your eye, however, then here's one more that is worth some serious consideration—it's a "limited time deal" on Amazon that brings it...
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Maingear has launched an upgraded high-end gaming laptop that is brimming with top tier components and features, including flagship mobile CPU and GPU hardware components from Intel and NVIDIA, respectively. Called the ML-17, Maingear says it developed the latest version of its portable gaming powerhouse in...
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