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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NEXT GEN HAS ARRIVED!

New graphical king • Power cables under strain from new monster GPU

Nvidia’s RTX 4090 16-pin Adapter Woes • LAST MONTH, we finally got a taste of what Nvidia’s Ada Lovelace architecture and the RTX 4090 GPU have to offer. Yet already there are reports of failing cards. For the second major architecture launch in a row, Nvidia’s greatest graphics cards are raising power-related concerns.

THE LIST • BEST POWER SUPPLIES FOR PC GAMING

That prediction didn’t work out so well… • ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO, I predicted 18 months of awesomeness for the PC. “A rapid-fire product assault is coming from AMD, Intel, and Nvidia, the likes of which we’ve rarely seen,” were my exact words. There’s still one major launch to come, but with four out of five reveals under our belts, it hasn’t worked so well. Am I disappointed? Yup. But let’s keep some perspective.

DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…

8K GAMING MONSTER • A gaming PC powered by top-end Intel and Nvidia processors? After two years of inflated prices, chip shortages, and slow progress, next-gen is here, as Guy Cocker discovers

8K FOREVER BUILD YOURSELF THE BEST GAMING PC OF 2022

GEAR OF THE YEAR

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INTEL’S ARC ALCHEMIST ARCHITECTURE • Turning silicon into gold

FASHIONABLY LATE TO THE PARTY

SPEEDS AND FEEDS

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE & LEARNING OUR ABCs

EARLY XESS IMPRESSIONS

INTEL’S AMBITIOUS MEDIA FUNCTIONALITY

ARC AND RESIZABLE BAR

CENTERFOLD • PERFORMANCE GEAR LAID BARE

THE TRUTH ABOUT HDR • Fake technological news or the ultimate visual experience? Jeremy Laird investigates the state of HDR technology on the PC today

LIFTING THE LID ON DDR5 • The latest RAM technology has hit the mainstream, but what difference does it make? Darien Graham-Smith decodes the data to find out

THE MANY VARIETIES OF DDR

HOW TO TEST YOUR RAM

HOW MUCH FASTER IS DDR5?

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

Under the hood of Windows 11 22H2 • YOU’LL NEED THIS

WHITHER 22H2?

LIVE CAPTIONS

FEATURE PACKS

Build a Streaming Audiobook Server • YOU’LL NEED THIS

THE AUDIOBOOKSHELF INTERFACE

PREP YOUR FILES

WHERE TO FIND AUDIOBOOKS

How to Update Your GPU Drivers • YOU’LL NEED THIS

LAB NOTES

Intel Core i9-13900K • Introducing Intel’s new multi-core monster

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X • This standard Zen 4 chip is no gap filler

Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition • A true mid-range competitor

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SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless • Is it a step forward or a step backward for SteelSeries?

Corsair Katar Elite Wireless • Does this Katar provide razor sharp accuracy or is it a blunt instrument?

SureFire Kingpin M2 • A dependable mechanical keyboard for $50?

Gotham Knights • The latest Batman(ish) game keeps it in the family

Google Drive vs. WeTransfer • Which side are you on for file sharing?

LETTERS • WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON…

THE BUILDS • THIS MONTH’S STREET PRICES…