Damien Mason

6 days ago | club386.com | Damien Mason

Ten years ago, it would’ve been inconceivable that Sony could ever make a controller that kicks it with the best PC pads around. Fortunately, PlayStation DualSense bucks just about every trend with a beautiful build quality, native support without the need for third-party software to play nicely with Windows, and for some, the symmetrical layout is just what the ergonomist ordered. Better yet, the gamepad has plummeted in price, echoing the savings we last saw during the Black Friday bonanza.

1 week ago | club386.com | Damien Mason

Your hands deserve better, which is why we’ve teamed up with our friends at be quiet! to give you the chance to overhaul your desktop with one of three premium keyboards. One lucky winner will soon tap away on the all-new customisable Dark Mount while two runners-up will each walk away with the ultra-silent Light Mount. be quiet! Dark Mount is a dream come true for keyboard enthusiasts, pairing quiet precision with clever modularity.

1 week ago | club386.com | Damien Mason

Network-attached storage isn’t always about flashy features and multimedia muscle. Sometimes, it’s about getting the fundamentals right, and that’s where QNAP TS-432X finds its groove. Priced at around $579 / £570, this four-bay NAS strips away some of the niceties of its siblings in order to achieve a more affordable MSRP, focusing on what matters most to power users: fast networking, clean RAID support, and a mature software experience.

1 week ago | club386.com | Damien Mason

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X is the kind of processor that turns heads and annihilates benchmarks, and it’s now more accessible than ever. With 16 cores, it’ll handle just about anything from enthusiast gaming to multi-layered creative workloads. Now, less than a year since launch, it’s already fallen off its lofty MSRP heights to its lowest-ever price, making it a tempting time to pull the trigger on that long-awaited upgrade.

1 week ago | club386.com | Damien Mason

It’s no secret that Windows 11 isn’t exactly tailored for handhelds, but Lenovo’s new Legion Go S puts that problem under a particularly harsh spotlight. In theory, it’s a great little gaming companion: portable, cheaper than the original Legion Go at £479, and packing a good AMD chip. But in practice, the real bottleneck isn’t the silicon. It’s the operating system. Dave2D recently put Windows 11 and SteamOS head-to-head on the very same Legion Go S hardware.