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.

Maximum PC

PROJECT ORANGE

THE NEWS

PCIE VERSION 7.0 BEING PREPARED

INTEL 4 THIS YEAR

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

CHIP MARKET COOLS OFF • Companies cutting back on orders

RDNA3 VS. ADA LOVELACE • Next generation graphics cards square-off

Threadripper goes all Pro

Apple’s Hot Books

Samsung goes 3nm

AMD Kills Off Non-Pro Threadripper • HEDT (HIGH-END DESKTOP) platforms once reigned as the fastest CPUs available, targeting enthusiasts who wanted more. Intel created the HEDT space with socket LGA1366 in November 2008, and for a while the Core i7-920 was one of the best enthusiast processors. It was the first consumer four-core/eight-thread CPU, running at 2.66GHz base and 2.8GHz boost.

THE LIST • TOP FIVE GAMING LAPTOPS

Intel’s PC platform problem • YOU CAN READ ELSEWHERE in this issue about the future of the PC platform—the bottom line is an increase in bandwidth across the board. But the PC platform is not monolithic, instead, it’s bifurcated between Intel and AMD. And increasingly, it looks like AMD will have an advantage for some time.

DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…

BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO AN ABUSED GRAPHICS CARD • Drop your GDDR6X temps and noise levels

BUILD YOUR OWN NAS • Nick Peers extols the virtues of building your own network storage device

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GOING BIG ON BANDWIDTH THE FUTURE OF THE PC PLATFORM • Forget CPUs and GPUs. As Jeremy Laird explains, the PC’s future is all about more bandwidth, for everything from storage to memory and even display interfaces

Alienware Aurora R13

THE WORLD’S MOST ICONIC do we mean by iconic? Here, could PCs • What we’re talking about the influencers. The computers that changed perceptions of what computers be, or inspired a new type of design

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

Customize Your Windows 11 Desktop

Machine of the Month: Commodore PET (1977)

Word Art Logos with GIMP

Teenage Engineering Rig • Is this the PC setup Meccano lovers have been seeking?

Form factors • Does the size of the ship really matter?

PowerColor RX 6400 ITX • Bottom of the budget barrel

Asus ROG Flow X16 • HDR done right, at last

Acer Predator XB323QK • 32 inches of fantastic 4K 144Hz action

HP X34 • Great value ultrawide for gamers

ASUS TUF F15 2022 • Value, performance and a new image for TUF?

Razer Leviathan V2 • The best PC soundbar just got better

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Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless Mouse • The best productivity mouse

Audeze Euclid • Earphones for the price of a desktop? You read that right

Corsair HS65 Surround • A good value daily gaming headset?

Sniper Elite 5 • Rebellion has Enemy at the Gates in its sights

WordPress vs. Wix • Which website-building platform should you use?

LETTERS • WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON…

THE BUILDS • THIS MONTH’S STREET PRICES…