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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GET THAT NEW PC FEELING, WITHOUT LOSING A BYTE

Welcome to Sunny Cove • Intel’s new microarchitecture finally lands

SERVER WAR GETS HOT • AMD reaches 64 cores

TWITTER OVERWRITES PRIVACY SETTINGS • YET ANOTHER DATA LEAK

DRAM PRICES SET TO DROP FURTHER

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

Ring and Police Sign Secretive Deal

Windows May Go Cloud

Huawei’s New OS Ready

PROJECT ATHENA UNVEILED • Intel sets new standards for mobile computing

Not All Cores Are Created Equal in Zen 2 Processors • SINCE THE INTRODUCTION of variable clock speeds and boost/turbo clocks, most CPUs have behaved in a similar fashion. The base clock is the minimum guaranteed speed, and the boost is the maximum a CPU can hit—but only in certain situations.

GitHub Shuts the Gates for Sanctioned Countries • WHAT HAPPENS WHEN one of the world’s biggest repositories of open-source projects denies access to users based on location? GitHub’s new policy can’t stop people from Iran or Syria using its services, but it can definitely make it prohibitively inconvenient. And that might be enough.

THE LIST • 8 BEST WEBCAMS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW

HEAD TO HEAD • RX 5700 XT vs. RTX 2060 Super vs. RTX 2070 Super

DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…

WINDOWS MADE FRESH • Ready to reinstall Windows? Are you really? Let’s look at your options…

MULTIBOOTING WINDOWS 10

BUILDING BETTER BACKUPS

GO VIRTUAL INSTEAD

THE BEST PC-BUILDING ASSISTANTS • Need help with your PC build? These are our go-to resources for everything PC related.

PC BUILDING SIMULATOR

ASK THE COMMUNITY

THE DEATH OF THE LOOT BOX • Could the reign of random-rewards terror finally be coming to an end?

THE ORIGINS OF THE LOOT BOX

MOBILE MICROTRANSACTIONS

PAYING THE PREMIUM

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FACEBOOK’S NEW MONEY • The social media giant takes on the finance industry with Libra

THE BLOCKCHAIN

THE LIBRA ASSOCIATION

SENDING MONEY HOME

TECH PORN • PERFORMANCE GEAR LAID BARE

HOW TO • STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC

AUTOPSY • THIS MONTH WE DISSECT…

Stream Live to YouTube from Your Raspberry Pi • YOU’LL NEED THIS

Master Cortana with Key Commands • YOU’LL NEED THIS

Test Your GPU Using Nvidia FrameView • YOU’LL NEED THIS

Get the Most from Your AMD CPU • YOU’LL NEED THIS

A QUICK GUIDE TO THE RYZEN MASTER UI

Use Open Media Vault to Run Your NAS • YOU’LL NEED THIS

SNUG AS A PLUGIN A RUG

Work with Images in Affinity Publisher • YOU’LL NEED THIS

Video-Editing Powerhouse • In need of a new rig for editing video? Look no further

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X • Building a better mainstream eight-core chip

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super • No Founders Edition premium makes this a decent $700 card

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super • This card just cut the price of 2070 performance by $100

AMD Radeon RX 5700 • A good alternative that isn’t quite as beefy or...