Articles by Zak Storey | Tom's Hardware

As Associate Editor of Tom's Hardware's prestigous British division, Zak specializes in system building, case reviews and peripherals, and has a particular penchant for liquid-cooling. He's also a lover of all things Viking/Scandinavian (thus the poor attempt at a beard).

Articles by: Zak Storey

Silent But Deadly PC: How We Built a Quiet, RGB-Free Desktop

By Zak Storey published 8 April 19

In a world of RGB excess, this understated black and chrome masterpiece lets its performance do the talking.

960GB Kingston SSD On Sale, Under £100

By Zak Storey published 3 April 19

One of our favorite budget SSDs Kingston's A400 960GB is on sale for just under £100.

Maxon Backtracks on Cinebench R20 Microsoft Store Exclusivity

By Zak Storey published 27 March 19

Maxon ditches the Microsoft Store and gives public standalone portable Cinebench R20 benchmark finally.

Intel Launching Updated 9th Gen CPUs With New Stepping, According to Asus

By Zak Storey published 26 March 19

Intel to launch new 9th generation processors, according to Asus, with BIOS updates available today.

Epic Store Releases Feature Update Road Map

By Zak Storey published 15 March 19

Epic set to release multiple updates to its gaming store, with search, user reviews, achievements and more to follow soon.

Fortnite Streamer Ninja May Have Been Paid $1 Million to Stream Apex Legends on Launch

By Zak Storey published 14 March 19

EA hands top Fortnite streamer Ninja, a $1 million pay day to stream Apex Legends on launch up until Midday.

Microsoft Backtracks on Windows 10 DX12 Exclusivity

By Zak Storey published 13 March 19

Microsoft enables select app support for DX12 on Windows 7, one year before the OS reaches End of Life.

Windows 10 Update Causing Severe In-Game Performance Issues

By Zak Storey published 7 March 19

March Windows 10 update is causing severe performance issues in Destiny 2 and other titles, with reported drops in frame rate, and a massive increase to input lag.

'Addicts' Suggest Solutions to UK Politicians Over Video Game Addiction

By Zak Storey published 6 March 19

UK politicians speak to gaming addicts to get to the bottom of video game addiction and what impact it has on the youth of today.

Windows 10 on the Nintendo Switch Soon to Be a Reality

By Zak Storey published 4 March 19

Windows 10 could be coming to the Nintendo Switch soon thanks to a group of developers dedicating their free time to bring the OS to the ARM based device.

Overclockers UK Launch £33,000 Custom Liquid-Cooled Twin System PC

By Zak Storey published 21 February 19

Overclockers UK release an update to the £33,000 Orion X Custom Liquid-Cooled PC, featuring three RTX Titans, 160GB of DDR4 and over 36TBs worth of storage.