Maximum PC

Maximum PC is the magazine that every computer geek, PC gamer, or content creator should read every month. Get Maximum PC digital magazine subscription today for punishing product reviews, thorough how-to articles, and the illuminating technical news and information that PC power users crave. Maximum PC covers every single topic that requires a lightning-fast PC, from video editing and music creation to PC gaming; we write about it all with unbounded enthusiasm for our collective hobby.

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TOUCHING GREATNESS

AMD’s APUs go Zen4 • 8000-series good news for budget gaming

WIN12 NEXT YEAR? • THE NEW WINDOWS MIGHT FINALLY HAPPEN

COPILOT GETS GPT4 TURBO • This AI is about to get even more intelligent

Tech Triumphs and Tragedies • A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech

NVIDIA SWERVES CHINESE SANCTIONS • Regulators not happy about it either

WIN10 USERS TO PAY FOR SUPPORT • Home users need to upgrade or pay

Threadripper hits 6GHz on 96 cores

The L2 RAM Disc

AI ain’t Green

RTX 4090 Banned in China • ONLY ABOUT A YEAR after the good ship RTX 4090 sailed out the doors, the US Department of Commerce has updated its export controls on various GPUs to prevent them from being sold to China. The RTX 4090 is now deemed too potent, due to its theoretical AI performance. The restrictions went into place on November 17, 2023, and the resulting chaos should come as little surprise.

THE LIST • THE BEST GAMING KEYBOARDS

We’re to blame when our AI overlords arrive • NVIDIA IS CURRENTLY SELLING AI chips at a rate of about $15 billion every three months. By 2027, analysts predict that this figure will have doubled, taking annual revenues to about $200 billion, again for those specific chips used in data centers and excluding other income like gaming GPUs.

DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…

Core i9 vs Core i5 How Much Power Do You Need? • THE CORE I5 HAS BEEN THE GO-TO FOR GAMERS FOR YEARS, BUT DOES THAT STILL HOLD TRUE?

Hardware Picks

David vs Goliath – i5 vs i9

Build or Bust?

Does Performance Matter?

Intel Core i9 vs Intel Core i5 – Fight! • WHERE’S THE BEST PLACE TO SPEND YOUR MONEY?

What should I buy then?

STOP USING PASSWORDS • Passwords are a hassle to remember and enter, and offer only weak protection for your online accounts. Robert Irvine explains why you should now switch to passkeys

GET READY TO BECOME A TRUE PYTHON EXPERT • Make Python work for you with tutorials on coding with Django, Flask, Pygame and even more useful third-party frameworks.

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WINDOWS 10 STICK, UPGRADE OR SWITCH? • With hundreds of millions of computers still stuck on Windows 10, due to go end of life in 2025, we investigate your options

Don’t landfill that old PC • Lee Grant is not overly impressed by Microsoft failing to provide an upgrade path

Linux Mint • Nik Rawlinson is already a Linux convert. Here, he offers a few good reasons to switch

Tiny11 • We asked Nik Rawlinson to move out of his comfort zone and give this stripped-down version of Windows 11 a try

Windows 11 in the cloud • There is a novel, if painfully expensive, option: stream a Windows desktop instead. Jon Honeyball delivers his verdict

Windows 10 end-of-life security reality check • Davey Winder explains how vulnerable you’ll be if you decide to carry on using Windows 10 past its sell-by date

Hyte Y70 Touch Chassis

WELCOME TO STREAMING SCHOOL • How to get started streaming on Twitch and what...