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A TIME TO REFLECT
Apple’s New Chips • Company to switch to its own ARM designs
INTEL LOSES KEY PLAYER • TOP CHIP DESIGNER RESIGNS
AMD SAYS YOU NEED 8GB OF VRAM • 4GB cards obsolete
Tech Triumphs and Tragedies • A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech
PS5 REVEAL • Mixed reaction as Sony finally shows PS5
TECH TALK • Stop With The Mobo Auto-overclocking Shenanigans
OPEN SOURCE • One Boot Disk To Rule Them All
THE LIST • EIGHT SERIOUSLY GAUDY PC COMPONENTS
DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…
COMET LAKE PC • We look at what you can achieve with Intel’s latest processors in the world of gaming and rendering
THE HARDWARE
BUILDING THE COMET LAKE CHAMPION • DELVING INTO THE MURKY WORLDS OF RGB, GAMING, AND RENDERING GLORY
THE NEW RENDERING KING?
LICENSE TO FAIL • Join Christian Guyton for a walk down memory lane as we recall the 20 biggest computer industry flops of the last 20 years
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK • After more than a decade of dominance, Intel has fallen behind its main rival, AMD. Jeremy Laird investigates where Intel went wrong and how it will fight back
THE ULTIMATE HUMILIATION? • Is Intel planning to use TSMC to manufacture its new Xe graphics?
PLOTTING A ROUTE OUT OF 10NM • Intel’s roadmap to 7nm and beyond
TECH PORN
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HOW TO • STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC
iPhone SE 2020 • THIS MONTH WE DISSECT…
How to Silence your PC for Less Than $20
Start (& Secure) your own WordPress Blog
Customize the Desktop with Rainmeter
A Sound Plan • This month, we’re building an audio-recording PC to perfectly complement any home studio
Intel Core i5-10600K • The gaming staple finally gets Hyper-Threading
Acer Nitro 7 • Laptop gaming without the hefty price tag
MSI MEG Z490 Ace • Intel’s new chipset finally hits our lab
Asus ROG Strix Go 2.4 • Ready, set, go
Aukey KM-G6 LED Mechanical Keyboard • Click clack to reality
Before We Leave • Build a cosy colony, but beware of the whales
Gears Tactics • Do you know the way to Fenix Point?
Black Lives Will Always Matter • We don’t get political, but it shouldn’t be political to say it
EDITOR’S PICK
LETTERS • WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON…
THE BUILDS