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

GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES

Intel stakes World’s Fastest Chips claim • Company claims both desktop and mobile crowns

NVIDIA’S MARKETING MESS • POOR PERFORMANCE AT HIGH PRICES

HOT RADEON 7900 CARDS • Faulty vapor chamber to blame

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

ZEN 4 V-CACHE LANDS • Sixteen cores, 144MB of cache, a gaming monster

NEW MACBOOK PROS AND MINIS • Debut of the M2 Pro and M2 Max processors

Microsoft drops $10 billion on OpenAI

Win10 is dead

Battlemage next year

AMD RX 7900 XTX Vapor Chamber Woes • FOR A MONTH OR TWO, Nvidia was in the hot seat due to the melting 16-pin adapters on its RTX 4090 graphics cards. An investigation determined that the root cause was users failing to fully insert the plug into the receptacle. With a bit of wiggling, the connection could come loose and start arcing, causing the plastic around the socket to melt. As you can imagine, AMD was pleased with its decision not to use the 16-pin connector on its cards.

THE LIST • THE TOP FIVE STEAM DECK ACCESSORIES

OLED screen tech is finally here, but I’m not feelin’ it • IT’S BEEN A LONG WAIT for OLED technology to make the jump from HDTVs to the desktop PC. Now it’s finally happening, it turns out OLED isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, though not for the reasons you might expect. Among the slew of new OLED PC monitors announced at CES 2023, there’s not one I’d want. So what’s going on and why is OLED disappointing on the PC?

DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…

ULTRA COMPACT 4070 Ti GAMING PC • What happens when you take Nvidia’s latest RTX 40 series GPU, Intel’s hottest new CPU, and squeeze them into a tiny NUC 13 Extreme case? As Sam Lewis finds out, this compact chassis packs some punch…

WHAT’S IN THE BOX

CRACKING INTO THE CASE • Is it a petite powerhouse, or a diminutive danger?

GREAT THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES

GAMING WITH THE NUC 13

CREATING WITH THE NUC 13

OUR FAVORITE SMALL FORM FACTOR CHASSIS

BEST OF CES 2023 • After a quiet 2022, the world’s biggest tech show returned to normal in Las Vegas. Guy Cocker was on the ground to find the PC hardware that will shape 2023

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BEST FREE DOWNLOADS FOR 2023 • Make the most of your PC this year without spending a dime. Robert Irvine reveals all the best free software, apps, and downloads to get you through the year ahead

CENTERFOLD • Elgato Stream Deck+

THE MOTHERBOARD MAP • The motherboard is the foundation of every PC but how well do you know this complicated component? Darien Graham-Smith explores all its main features

WHAT ABOUT LAPTOPS?

THE REAR PANEL • EVERY MOTHERBOARD OFFERS A VARIETY OF CONNECTORS AND PORTS AT THE REAR. HOWEVER, IT’S RARE THAT ANY TWO BOARDS OFFER THE SAME SELECTION OF SOCKETS, SO IT’S WORTH INVESTIGATING WHAT’S THERE

3D PRINTING comes of age • Whatever happened to the3D-printing revolution? Nik Rawlinson takes a fresh look at the much-maligned technology and finds that the hardware has come a long way

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

GoPro HERO11 Black Mini

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