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

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.

Intel to Take On AMD's Athlon With 4 GHz Pentium Gold G5620

By Zak Storey published 20 February 19

Intel to try and reclaim back market share from AMD's Athlon processors on the budget end with high clocked Pentium Gold G5620

AMD Ryzen Gets 35% Performance Increase in WoW's Latest Patch

By Zak Storey published 11 February 19

AMD nets 35-percent performance increase in World of Warcraft's Tides of Vengeance patch.

Unofficial CineBench R15 Extreme Edition Mod Launches

By Zak Storey published 7 February 19

Metro Exodus Removed Off Steam, Decision Unfair, Says Valve

By Zak Storey published 30 January 19

Philips Launch Impressive 49-inch SuperWide QHD Monitor

By Zak Storey published 29 January 19

Philips launch impressively priced 49-inch SuperWide QHD screen for professionals.

Apple Pulls FaceTime Group Calling Over Microphone Eavesdropping

By Zak Storey published 29 January 19

Apple takes down FaceTime group calling, thanks to eavesdropping bug leaving microphones vulnerable.

Google Adds Drive-By Download Protection to Chrome

By Zak Storey published 28 January 19

Google adds drive-by download protection to Chrome 73 in a bid to prevent malware and other malicious covert software downloads.

Microsoft Ends Metadata Support on Windows 7

By Zak Storey published 28 January 19

Microsoft cancels support for Metadata in Windows 7,8 and 8.1 across its default media player.

Pi on a Stick: Raspberry Pi Launches SODIMM-Sized Compute Module 3+

By Zak Storey published 28 January 19

Made for industrial uses cases, the new Raspberry Pi CM3+ puts all the power of the latest Pis into a form factor the size and shape of a SODIMM.

Machinima YouTube Channel Shuts Down

By Zak Storey published 21 January 19

OtterMedia pulls all of Machinima's YouTube content, setting its status to 'private'.

AMD Radeon VII to Support DLSS Equivalent

By Zak Storey published 18 January 19

AMD teases new multi-vendor competitor to Nvidia's DLSS

AMD's Navi Rumored to Launch at E3 2019

By Zak Storey published 18 January 19

Sources report that AMD may be launching Navi as early as E3 2019 with a budget GPU angle.

Convert Your DRAM into RGB Lightsticks, if You Dare

By Zak Storey published 16 January 19

Akasa introduces RGB RAM heatsinks to enhance the memory in your system.

AMD's Radeon VII could launch with fewer than 5000 stock

By Zak Storey published 15 January 19

AMD Reported to be producing fewer than 5000 Radeon VII GPUs

AOC Launches 27-Inch eSports-Ready VA Screen with 1ms Response Time

By Zak Storey published 15 January 19

AOC pulls out two new screens, one featuring HDR, 144 Hz refresh, a VA panel and 1ms response time.

EVGA Sounds Out its Nu Audio Card

By Zak Storey published 9 January 19

EVGA teams up with British audio manufacturer to bring new life back into the sound card setups of old.

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